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Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1927

Page

8

Lying on Sleep Might Be a Hoax Says Roller

A muddled general news note reports Lester Roller of Danville Virginia claiming 16 days of sleep while punishing Governor Peay and expressing no regrets. It also mentions Senator Graves in Knoxville returning after a French leave from the Tennessee legislature.

Lester Roller Danville Peay A. J. Graves Knoxville Tennes Memphis Commercial Appeal Evening Appeal Lea Nashville Tennessean Commercial Appeal South Washington Cal Chauncey M. Depew New York Coolidge al Smith Berlin Germany Provorts Doorn Boston Mass Alvan T. Fuller Sacco-Vanzetti Masachusets Sacco Vanzetti

Beaver Dam Dots Weather, Health, and Local Notes

Freezing Sunday morning with hail in the afternoon but no damage reported. Rev. L A Wilson held a Forest Grove Baptist service. Mrs. Harrison Farthing and Mrs. Susan Moody are ill, with Moody improving. Prof D D Dougherty and family visited their aunt Mrs Carrie Farthing after a weekend trip. About $10 to $12 was raised for flood relief in the Mississippi valley. state treasurer and auditor spoke at Forest Grove church on Sunday assessing finances.

Rev. L. A. Wilson Forest Grove Harrison Farthing Susan Moody D. D. Dougherty B. B. Dougherty R. M. Greene Carrie Farthing Uist

Laconic Phrase Turns Lifeline Into Lexical Insight

The passage notes a $3,333,137 cash stock in North Carolina and a Macedonian king Philip letter to the Lacons of Laconia. It explains that a brief pointed reply yielded the term laconic meaning speaking briefly and to the point.

North Carolina Philip Lacons Greece Laconia

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