Watauga Democrat notes local building and life updates
The Watauga Democrat reports J N Davidson building a new dwelling on Daniel Boone Park. two local banks to close May 20. It covers residents visiting, family moves, illness of John A Gragg, Ed Hodges family staying for summer, new property purchases by Prof Vance Howell, marriages including By num Greene and Lottie Edmiston, Rose Marvel's return to Trenton, and weather affecting fruit crops with continued local chatter on crime and Prohibition enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hodges
Ohio
Watauga
Bryan Cottage
Vance Howell
The
H. Grady
A. G. Miller Becomes Oldsmobile Sales Agent
Mr A G Miller has become a sales agent for Oldsmobile offering a reliable car that looks good and runs smoothly at a modest price within reach of buyers in the area.
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A. G. Miller
Ecome
Scotland Yard Crusade Against London Drug Trade Expands
London police have intensified efforts against narcotics after postwar rise in English drug trafficking. Officers report Limehouse links to West End supply, arresting a young Chinese leader and several other suspects, with deportations planned after prison terms.
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London
England
West End
Scotland Yard
Limehouse
Limehouse Docks
Oriental
United States
State Looks to Big Wheat Crop in North Carolina
Raleigh May 13 The wheat crop in North Carolina shows 87 percent condition with an expected 4 720 000 bushels this year Frank Parker state agricultural statistician in his monthly grain report The state output falls 22 percent from last year and abandonment due to winter damage stands at 3 percent The state acreage declines about 10 percent while April 15 price is 1 30 per bushel The U S wheat crop condition is 85 percent of normal with national winter wheat forecast at 553 000 000 bushels The April 15 price is 96 cents per bushel The NC oats crop is very poor due to January freeze and stands are damaged with many farmers plowing up oats The oats condition is 67 percent of a fall crop The spring crop is better than fall sown The rye outlook is 86 percent normal with yields around 10 3 bushels per acre The national crop is 88 percent with potential production 62 000 000 bushels and average yield about 14 bushels per acre.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Frank Parker
United States
Parker
Piedmont
Baptist Church Sunday Services Announced
Sunday School at 10 a.m. B Y P U at 6 30 p.m. Preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. In the pastor’s absence arrangements are made for both services. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
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Baptist Church
Corporeal Punishment Then and Now in Child Training
An essay argues that punishment is neither right nor wrong in all cases. It stresses adults must guide children toward civilized behavior while respecting childhood and using punishment only as a last resort to correct serious misbehavior.
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Louis E. Bisch
Rights and fairness guide farm life and discipline
Opinion cites non punitive, calm parenting to avoid anger driven punishment and its harms. It urges humane treatment to foster respect and prevent bullying, while noting affordable home improvements and a boost in rural life. Farmers in Pamlico county shipped soybeans, lifting local prices from 1.50 to 2.05 per bushel.
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Pamlico County
R. W. Galphin
Farm Women Work Like Horses In Waterless Homes
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College researchers calculated that farm women without running water travel about 140 miles annually for housework. They compare their labor to two plow horses, noting 5.5 million farm homes lack piped water and the yearly value of such labor would exceed 17 million dollars, with potential health and time benefits.
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Virginia Agricultural College
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
Virginia
U. S
Trinity College Summer School Notice at Durham and Oriental
First term at Durham runs June 10 to July 21 and second term July 22 to August 30. An affiliated summer school operates at Oriental from June 10 to July 21. Courses for teachers college students and high school graduates. Address Holland Holton Director of Summer School College Station Durham N C.
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Durham
N.C
Oriental
N. C
Holland Holton
Summer School College
Durham, N. C
School Committee Budget Session Set for May 20 1924
The Board of Education calls school committee members to meet on Tuesday May 20 1924 to present expense requests for the next school year. No further appropriations can be made outside the May budget. W. F. Sherwood chairman.
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Board of Education
W. F. Sherwood
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Watauga Memocrat
J. N. Davidson
Daniel Boone Park
Mr. Boone Gragg
Kentucky
Mr. J. A. Gragg
Hodges Gap
John A. Gragg
Edna Hodges
Louise
Hardin Street
F. M. Maltba
Maltba
Miss Hodges
Oak Street
F. M. Huggins
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Annie B. Shull
New York City
E. F. Lovill
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bynum Greene
Boone Hardware Co
Lottie
R. F. Edmiston
Levi Greene
Greene
East Boone
Democrat
Miss Rose Marvel
Trenton
N. J
Mgr
John Baker
Bakersville
Mahala Kate Wilson
Walter Wilson
Boone
B. L. Greene
Sands
Alfred Watson
Geo. F. Blair
Blowing Rock
A. E. Wellborn
Howard Steelman
Winnie Miller
Stony Fork
Ralph Bingham
Holland
Germany
Scotland
N. L. Mast
L. A. Greene
F. A. Linney
G. P. Hagaman
B. B. Dougherty
S. E. Gragg
J. H. Mast
Watauga County
Trinity College
A. W Dula
Lenoir, N. C
A. W. Dula
Knapp
Boone, N. C
Telephone
Geo. Hays
Clyde Clawson
Blaine Coffey Shulls Mills
Long
Statesville
W. A. Watson Life, Accident and Health Insurance
Yuma
N. Car
C. C. Hacker, M
Elizabethton
Tennessee
Edna Mills
Edna
Henrietta
Bond Department
American Trust Company
Charlotte, N. C
Frank B. Green
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