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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1923
Page
7
A McClure Newspaper S item notes the public behavior around moviegoers who share opinions, calling it a bully tactic to judge others. It hints at social labels like low brow and the paradox of theaters filled with those who may apologize for enjoying films.
A nostalgic cooking page presents several rarebit variations. Welsh Rarebit and Tomato Rarebit are detailed with butter, cheese, mustard, and egg. Baked Bean Rarebit adds mashed beans. Directions include heating, stirring, and serving on toast or crackers for quick, comforting meals.
Radio Central in Rocky Point Long Island transmitted a complete round by round description of a prize fight from Madison Square Garden to listeners in Argentina. The RCA line connected ringside with land wires to Broad Street, delivering instant round reports 6,000 miles away. Argentina logged the demonstration as highly successful.
Two readers guessed North Carolina hosts 30 to 40 insect kinds. In 1922 the entomology division logged 419 reports covering 139 species, with crops, gardens, orchards, and stored goods among the affected groups. By March 1923 the records listed over 6,800 NC insect species and kept growing.
Geologic and Economic Survey in Chapel Hill reports that Fort Macon and Fisher in North Carolina face sale by the Government as part of military cutbacks. Officials say no plan to transfer ownership to private hands. states may receive park status under existing acts, though outcomes remain unsettled.
Government appraisal will first offer Fort Macon to North Carolina as a park at a set price. If the State declines, private sale follows by auction. Donating the price to the state may secure Fort Macon under a perpetual public park deed and spur a coast wide park system.
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