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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1933
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for six months and three months payable in advance. Cards of thanks resolutions of respect obituaries charged at regular advertising rates. Paper entered at Boone North Carolina post office as second class mail matter. Thursday March 9 1933.
In Boone, residents display calm and resolve as banks nationwide close. Retailers maintain steady business and locals foresee a recovery while praising forebears for pioneering communities and trusting in an eventual normal prosperity under new government programs.
A reflective prayer attributed to Thomas a Kempis asks for daily conduct among others marked by patience, mercy, and brotherly love. It pleads to avoid anger and contempt, to help the suffering, and to forgive sins and offenses toward one another.
Dr Gaines argues against sulfur candles for contagion control and endorses formaldehyde fumigation as the effective airborne agent. He notes many homes are closed in winter, warns of flu carriers, and stresses safety and cautious use of formaldehyde to disinfect living spaces.
The piece argues that Jesus embodies core sales techniques by matching the prospect's mindset. It cites a salesman analogy of boarding a moving streetcar, urging gradual alignment of minds to elicit assent. Jesus chooses familiar terms like fishers of men to engage the fishermen, who eventually say yes. Next Week: Getting Attention.
The article surveys U S presidents highlighting Franklin D Roosevelt as the third with double o in his name and the third whose surname repeats a predecessor. It notes Mason membership among presidents and lists religious affiliations across administrations. It emphasizes deep personal religiosity among presidents.
The writer notes Presidents who were grandfathers at election time. George Washington had no children. John Johnson, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe were grandfathers. William Henry Harrison had a grandson who later became President. Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were also grandfathers at election, while Warren Harding was a grandfather through a son. The point is of possible interest in discussing the new President.
Sixteen farm families are now selling regularly on the newly organized curb market at Lenoir in Caldwell County.
In Watauga County North Carolina H B Perry sues Oscar Cook Dona Cook to foreclose a tax sale lien on twenty five acres in Watauga Township The defendants must answer within thirty days and other interest holders have six months to present their claims The notice is dated March 9 1933 and published March 9 16 28 and 30 1933 A E South Clerk of Superior Court
Charlie Gray and Maggie Green wed amid the storm last Monday. Nathan Horton has changed his name in the country yesterday. A large flock of wild geese passed over town on the 21st. Andy Davis of Beaver Dam jailed by Deputy Adams for stealing carpenter tools. The firm Spainhour and Coffey of Boone N C dissolves by mutual consent. Annie Parks returns to Boone from Trenton Ga. for health reasons. Death claims Mrs Louisa Wike after long illness.
Mrs Roosevelt plans to cut 25 percent of government expenditures by personally managing White House domestic affairs. Ike Hoover and his longtime staff doubt the plan can work, as for a century the residence has been run by a trained team under Hoover.
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