Prosperity and industry urged by business leaders and visionaries
James Simpson of Marshall Field & Company predicts a strong year with growing confidence and conservative restraint, stressing the nationwide reach of Field’s Wholesale Department and urging a test of conditions through large firms. Henry Ford foresees metal monoplanes and future aviation growth, while the era’s royalities and leaders are noted for cautious adaptation to new ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Simpson
Marshall Field & Company
Chicago
Marshall Field
United States
Girl Poison Attempt Ties to Boone Local Tales
dispatch from Lenoir reports Francis Mae Cook a young woman found nearly dead from carbolic acid on the Lenoir Blowing Rock road. she had an infant with her and sought a taker for the child while lingering in the Blackburn house in Boone. authorities say the father refused aid and she later drank the poison on the road.
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Lenoir Blowing Rock
Lenoir
Daily Papers
Blackburn
Boone
Francis Mae Cook
Blowing Rock
Bob Craig
Beet pickles eyed as new Watauga industry
John B. Steele announces a pilot project to grow 1 to 10 acres of beets by ten to twelve farmers for beet pickle production. Proceeds from sales to go to growers in proportion to deliveries with a potential expansion if successful.
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Watauga
John B. Steele
Co. Agt
Whiskey Found in Irish Shamrocks Sparks Regulatory Removal
A Boston Dispatch report states over 1000 shamrocks destined to brighten Boston homes on St Patrick s Day were ordered sent back to Ireland by Department of Agriculture officials under plant import rules. One box contained a small bottle of Irish whiskey with a note claiming it would keep the shamrock fresh per St Patrick.
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Boston
Ireland
Department of Agriculture
St. Patrick
Five Tube Mahogany Radio For Sale In Clement Neb
Classified ad notes a five tube radio set with mahogany finish offered by a man in Clement Nebraska. Includes inquiry from Asiatic Advertiser for sale listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asiatic Advertiser
Clement Neb. Journal
Queen's bobbed hair stirs wittyご House talk
The piece notes a humorous clash over fashion and politics as the Commons debates hairstyles. It recalls Carlyle and Sartor Resartus to comment on the Queen's updated look.
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House of Commons
Carlyle
End of 1925 General Assembly Adjourns in Raleigh
Raleigh March 16. After sixty three days of tense sessions the 1925 General Assembly adjourned at eleven thirty Tuesday night. Gaveled doors fell simultaneously as 169 men and one woman closed pleas and policies, with bills cleared and state business largely finished. The session enacted revenue and pension measures while reshaping state offices. new duties for officials and tighter rules on state vehicles and garage use were adopted. Governor McLean announced highway and prison board appointments as the session ended.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Assembly
Senate
House
Insurance
Insurance Department
Corporation Commission
Wade
House of Representatives
Burgwyn
Northampton
Appomatox
B. R. Lacy
State Departments
Capitol
Council of State
State Department
Seawell
McLean
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Frank Page
W. A. Hart
Tarboro
W. C. Wilkinson
Charlotte
A. M. Kistler
Morganton
Board of Agriculture
Clarence Poe
Fred P. Latham
E. Grover Robertson
Finch Wheatmore
James A. Leake
Wadesboro
R. M. Chatham
Elkin
E. A. White
Lumberton
Henry K. Burgwyn
Jackson
Ben B. Everett
Palmyra
J. Preston Wilson
Warsaw
Piano Recital Crowning Event of the School Year
Miss Ena Alexander and Miss Vera Cook headline a joint piano recital on March 16 in the school auditorium marking high school music graduation for both. The varied program includes Mozart Haydn Bach Merkel Grieg Schubert and Deyo pieces with praise for the performers and Miss Lillian Rouse’s supervision.
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Ena Alexander
Vera Cook
Alexander
Miss Cook
Lillian Rouse
Mozart
Haydn
Bach
Butterfly
Merkel
Grieg
Liebish
Mec Dowell
McDowell
Milo Deyo
Schubert
Nevin
Miss Alexander
Phil Mast
Ina Prevette
Lucy Moretz
Gordon Winkler
Frank Winkler
Where North Carolina's College Graduates Go
More than three fourths of North Carolina college graduates became school teachers, teaching in rural high schools. In 1923, of 550 graduates, 349 joined rural high schools and 201 joined city high schools. Vocational agriculture and other agriculture courses are expanding, giving rural pupils training closer to their future lives.
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North Carolina
North Carolina bill reshapes oil inspectors and education board
The measure shifts oil inspection appointment power from the Board of Agriculture to the Commissioner, expands departmental oversight, and adds county justices of the peace to several counties. It also inventories selected officials for Watauga County and a two year term for B. T. Taylor on the Board of Education.
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John M. Brewer
Wake Forest
Board of Agriculture
Tennessee Will Build the 8 Mile Link
Mr H W Horton of Miami Florida and Boone NC encloses a letter from Senator E E Butler of Johnson County Tennessee. Butler says highway commission will put the link in traveling condition this summer and work may start soon. Horton foresees traffic from Mountain City to Trade expanding travel both north and south via a principal route for millions traveling from the central northwest to the southeast.
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H. W. Horton
Miami
Fla
Boone
N. C
E. E. Butler
Johnson County
Tenn
Florida
Highway Commission
East Tenn
Mountain City
North Carolina
Boone, Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Asheville
Horton
Fifth Sunday Meeting At Watauga Baptist Church
The Fifth Sunday Meeting will be held at Watauga Baptist Church on March 28 starting at 2:00 pm with devotional led by Rev. L H Greene. Activities include Sunday School attendance guidance by Hodges Cook and Ashley Hodges, and a 7:30 pm sermon by Rev. D M Wheeler. A noon dinner follows with a 1:00 pm round table discussion chaired by Wilcox Hodges Greene and committee members.
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Watauga Baptist Church
L. H. Greene
T. C. Hodges
W. J. Cook
W. D. Ashley
L. M. Hodges
Blaine Coffey
N. L. Harrison
Henry Storie
D. M. Wheeler
B. B. Dougherty
J. A. Hampton
Boone’s Oldest Landmark Torn Down Amid Progress
The brick Main Street house, home to the Democrat for 33 years, is being razed. Built in 1855 by J C McGhee and Bart Woods for J Councill, it later housed the Councill family. Local legend called it “the house Daniel Boone built.”
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Main St
The
Democrat
W. L. Bryan
J. C. McGhee
Bart Woods
Benjamin Council
J. C. Councill
Bryan
Joe Councill
Councill
Texas
North Carolina
Daniel Boone
Souvenir Post Card Rate To Be 2 Cents This Season
The post office will raise the rate on souvenir and private mailing cards from one to two cents starting April 15 as business firms shift to one cent postals for advertising. Officials expect increased use of one cent cards for advertising by firms previously printing private mailers.
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Post Office Department
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Arthur Brisbane
James Simpson
Marshal Field & Company
Weeks
Congressional Committee
Mitchell
Coole
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Dearborn
Michigan
Ford
Belgium
England
Bess
Solons
Butler
Tennessee
Boone’s
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