Watauga Democrat Reflects on National Leaders and State Politics
The March 16 1938 issue surveys national emergency drive comments on the Roosevelts big stick and the Eighteenth Amendment repeal debate in North Carolina Governor Ehringhaus slates a general sales tax while legislators vote on liquor law repeal Josephus Daniels departs Raleigh for Mexico to head the American embassy and state officials note his departure from the News and Observer leaders praise Daniels contributions and mourn his absence.
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Ehringhaus
General Assembly
Roosevelt
Congress
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
Mexico
Daniels
Dwight W. Morrow
News and Observer
Doughton Named Head of Ways and Means Committee
Robert L. Doughton longtime Ninth District representative has risen to chair the Ways and Means Committee after Henry T. Rainey’s selection as Speaker. He urges unity behind the President’s economy program and stresses keeping the country’s credit sound as national outlook grows more hopeful.
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Robert L. Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Doughton
Congress
Bob
Senator Reynolds backs Roosevelt plan after flood of telegrams
The article reports Senator Reynolds facing heavy crossfire over the Roosevelt salary-cut measure. He initially feared veteran pressures but surveyed public sentiment and pledged support to the administration. Supporters hope he proves responsive and earns public trust again.
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Reynolds
Sclon
Bob
Roosevelt
Meeting an Objection in Bibles Sermon
The speaker recounts Jesus rebuking Simon the Pharisee during a dining scene. A woman anoints Jesus with costly ointment, prompting a lesson on forgiveness. Jesus praises the woman’s love and declares her sins forgiven, while noting Simon’s lack of hospitality.
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Jesus
Simon
Bob Earns Fresh Chance Amid Calls for Fair Assessment
Community members urge impartial review after concerns about past judgments. supporters say Bob deserves due process and a chance to prove capability, while critics emphasize accountability and transparency in the process.
Providence Only Danger
An exchange claims banks are in the strongest financial position since the beginning of the depression and that no power on earth can break them in their present condition.
The Flu Danger in the Elderly Warned by Doctor
A doctor recalls a fatal influenza case in an 80 plus neighbor and urges care for the aged. He warns that a simple cold can trigger deadly flu poisoning, stresses proper ventilation and steady warmth, and notes vaccines are not always reliable.
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Coolidge
Notable death of former President Coolidge
A speaker asserts Coolidge’s death had a strong unrecognized cause and questions tobacco and indigestion as factors. The speaker, 71, recounts personal smoking history and argues physicians may have warned too late, insisting the patient’s death was preventable and urging identification of the true cause.
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Calvin Coolidge
America
Mr. Coolidge
Roosevelt Bank Holiday Response Appeases Public
Public reaction to President Roosevelt's bank holiday proclamation has been cheerful and cooperative. His decisive action stopped the flow of gold, likened to a surgeon applying a tourniquet to a bleeding artery, and may lead to careful legislative steps to mend the situation. The article suggests probing foreign speculation in American gold and possible continued restrictions to safeguard gold supplies.
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Washington Post
Roosevelt
United States
Senate Committee On Banking
Woman 87 Credits Vincl Iron Tonic At Church and Parties
Mrs. M. Batdorf, aged 87, reports she never tires and enjoys good appetite and sleep after taking Vincl iron tonic. Advertisement from Watauga Drug Store promotes Vincl as tasty and effective.
Song of Faith by Grace Gaddis
The poem reflects on rural life and the dignity of labor amid hardship. It contrasts exhausted city workers with sturdy farmers who toil from dawn to year round harvests, praising Earth as mother and questioning industrial dependence while noting rain and food persist.
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Grace Gaddis
Three Essentials for Better Pastures in North Carolina
Agricultural extension specialist A C Kimrey outlines that fertile soil, adapted seed mix, and higher seeding rates are key to establishing permanent pastures. He advises 50 60 pounds of seed per acre with a specific mix including orchard grass herd grass Kentucky blue grass Dallis grass White Dutch clover and common lespedeza. Thirty five Chatham County farmers are planting new pastures this spring.
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North Carolina
A. C. Kimrey
State College
Kimrey
Notice of Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Watauga County
Notice is given that on April 10, 1933 at 1 p.m. the courthouse door in Blowing Rock will host a cash sale of all interest of C L Dula and Bertha Dula in a Blowing Rock Township lot in Watauga County North Carolina described as 1 4 acre more or less. Mortgagees W L Holshouser and T H Coffey now seek to satisfy a 600 dollar lien recorded July 17 1926 in Book 9 Page 14. Attorneys Trivette and Holshouser will conduct the sale.
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C. L. Dula
Bertha Dula
Register of Deeds
Watauga County
L. Dula
Blowing Rock
North Carolina
W. L. Holshouser
T. H. Coffey
Trivette & Holshouser
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