Roald Amundsen flight and church convention notes
Roald Amundsen’s dirigible Norge crossed the North Pole on a historic polar flight. The 1927 Southern Baptist convention will meet in Louisville Kentucky, with the Methodist Episcopal Church South set to elect no new bishops this season following the Episcopacy committee’s recommendation.
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Roald Amundsen
Norge
North Pole
Southern Baptist Convention
Louisville
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Memphis
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal
Sinec Ees le
Point Barrow
Arctic
Here
Barrow
Teller
Houston
Texas
Boone citizens urged to clean back lots and alleys
Citizens within Boone limits are urged to clean back lots alleys and premises. Burn burnable rubbish and place other rubbish for truck pickup starting Wednesday May 19. No dumping elsewhere allowed. Mayor D J Cottrell. Also a fifty thousand dollar bond ordinance for town road improvements passed May 10 1926 with public filing of debt and a 30 day challenge period.
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Boone
State Farm
A. W. Beach
D. J. Cottrell
N. C
A. Y. Howell
Land entry record near Buffalo river in Blue Ridge Township
State of North Carolina Watauga County office of entry taker records C C Storie locating and entering 25 acres on Joe's Fork Blue Ridge Township. The parcel runs from a chestnut oak corner with C C and C M Storie south along James Coffey heirs line to Pocket Rock on east side of Joe's Fork then along Elk Creek Lumber Co line to the Stokes line and back to the starting point. Entered May 3 1926 by H J Hardin entry taker.
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North Carolna
Watauga County
C. C. Storie
Buffalo
Blue Ridge Township
James Coffey’ Heirs
Elk Creek Lumber Co
C. C. and
C. M. Stokes
H. J. Hardin
Petition for street and sidewalk improvements in Boone NC
To the Mayor and Aldermen of Boone we the undersigned property owners abutting King Street petition for paving the section from the Boone and Blowing Rock highway intersection to opposite the kraut factory and for sidewalks along both sides with half costs borne by abutting property owners and the town respectively, under chapter 56 article 9. Signers include F A Linney J B Taylor A C Church and many others.
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Town of
Boone
King Street
Boone and
Blowing Rock
R. K. Bingham
Consolidated Statutes of
North Carolina
F. A. Linney
J. B. Taylor
A. C. Church
W. D. Farthing
Boone Hdw. Co
J. F. Moore
C. M. Critcher
Smith Hagaman
F. C. Ward
Critcher
N. Hahn
John W. Hodges
J. W. Jones
G. P. Hagaman
A. E. Hamby
C. G. Cook
Henry J. Hardin
R. Greene
Jas. D. Rankin
J. C. Cook
W.G Hartzog
A. F. Parsons
Chappell Wilson
Jennie Coffey
Private sale of 600 acres near Boone and dissolution of Blue Ridge Farmers' Association
As trustee for W P and A P Moody I offer at private sale about 600 acres on Laurel Fork of Watauga River four miles west of Boone. Notice also that Blue Ridge Farmers' Association Inc stockholders meet May 24 1926 at Boone courthouse to consider dissolution and sale per a board resolution. In Superior Court before the Clerk notice of summons F C Ward assignee.
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W. P
A. P. Moody
Laurel Fork
Watauga River
Boone
Boone, N. C
Blue Ridge Farmers’ Association, Inc
Watauga County
N. C
Notice of Dissolution Proceedings in Colonial Bank Suit
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia versus R L Ward and others as listed. A summons issued April 29 1926 and returnable June 8 1926 before A W Smith Clerk of Superior Court of Watauga County North Carolina. Defendants must appear or demur to avoid relief being granted.
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Federal Land Bank of Columbia
R. L. Ward
A. L. Ward
Lula Ward
W. L. Ward
Eliza Ward
E. M. Presnell
Dollie Presnell
H. H. Yates
W. H. Shull
A. W. Smith
Superior Court
Watauga County
N. C
Office of the Register of Deeds
Mortgage Sale Notice for 56 Acre Boone Area Land in Watauga
Notice of sale under a 1924 mortgage to Peoples Bank & Trust Co securing 2800. Property is 56 acres on Boone Trail Highway near Boone. Sale set for May 26, 1926, 12 to 2 PM at Watauga County courthouse door. Avery Y. Howell, cashier, signs for the bank. 1-29-26
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Lovill
Josephine Lovill
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
North Carolina
Boone Trail
Boone
L. M. Trivett
Linney Barnes
Court sets terms for sale of Green Park Mayview property
In the United States District Court the sale of Green Park properties and Mayview Park lots is set by commissioners with staged payment terms. Purchasers must provide surety to furnish water to Mayview Park tenants under North Carolina Corporation Commission rules. Court to report sales on June 1, 1926 and issue decree copies in Caldwell and Watauga counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayview Park
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Green Park
Register of Deeds
Caldwell
Watauga
United States Offered Mediation Tacna Arica Dispute
Secretary Kellogg disclosed a diplomatic note showing the United States offered mediation between Chile and Peru over Tacna Arica. The Washington dispatch appears in the New Orleans Times-Picayune as it was made public tonight.
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United States
Chicago
Peru
Kellogg
Washington Dispatch
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Intruders Propose Club Membership at Chicago Country Club
A brief Chicago Phoenix item notes an odd inquiry at a country club where two men asked about joining. The incident prompts curiosity about club security and guest access.
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Chicago
Phoenix
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Marshal Pilsudski
Warsaw
Poland
Wojciechowski
Spain
London
Paris
Europe
Helen Bridge
Senate
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
J. M. Weeks Constriction Co
J. M. Weeks
J.M. Weeks
T. H. Shull
Wilkes Hatchery
N. Wilkesboro
District Court OF the United States
W. L. Winkler
H Neat
Atr Seev
Chicago Horns
S.C. Eggers & Co
Farmers Home. & Supply Co
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