Americans Spend Enormous Sum on Recreation
United States Department of Commerce figures show Americans spend over 0.5 billion dollars annually on amateur sports such as golf, fishing, and tennis. The piece notes golf course land use, costs of maintaining courses, fishing tackle spending, and the rise of American games like lacrosse and basketball. It cites Hoover’s portrayal of global fishing equipment progress and details the economic impact from sporting goods, clothing, and related industries.
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Caleb Johnson
United States
United States Department of Commerce
America
Scotland
Sarasota
Fla
Florida
Department of Commerce
Julius Klein
Russia
Alaska
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Dar
Siam
Japan
China
Bangkok
Canada
Brazil
Colorado
Chicago
Ill
Akron
Ohio
Europe
North America
Middle West
Yucatan
Certified Sweet Potato Plants and Garden Seeds For Sale
CERTIFIED Sweet Potato plants $3 per 1000 delivered Nancy Hall and Japanese Reds 35¢ per 100 prepaid delivery Onion plants 25¢ per 100 cabbage plants 25c per 100 large size tomato and sweet pepper plants 10c dozen Hugh Webb 30 years in business Johnson City Tenn 5-15-2 Dr C B Baughman ENT specialist will be in Boone office first Monday each month 10-17-11
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Nancy Hall
Hugh . Webb
Johnson City
Tenn
C. B. Baughman
J. B. Hagaman
Boone
Lost dog near Shulls Mills seeks owner
A lemon and white Walker dog with a nose scar went missing last week near Shulls Mills. It wears a collar bearing the name H. W. Miller. Finder should contact H. W. Miller, Route 2, Boone, North Carolina.
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Shulls Mills
H. W. Miller
Boone
N C
Dear Old Mother and Me Poem Reflects Sea Loss and Longing
A nostalgic poem recalls a cottage by the sea shared by a child and mother. The father and siblings are mentioned as distant, a stormy shadow passes with a beautiful boat, and the narrator wishes for a return of dear mother and a Crystal Sea voyage. A brief dialogue about usefulness closes the fragment.
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Mother
Crystal Sea
W. R. Savage
Father of A H Bush Dies at Home in Caldwell
W W Bush 74 father of A H Bush manager of a Standard Oil station in Boone died at his Bush settlement home near Lenoir on Saturday May 10 after a two year cancer battle. Burial followed Sunday at Colliers Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev House officiating. Survived by widow four sons and one daughter.
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W. W. Bush
A. H. Bush
Standard Oil
Boone
Bush Settlement
Lenoir
Colliers Methodist Church
Mr. House
Daugher
Weather Summary for Week at Appalachian State Teachers College
The report shows average maximum temperature around v5 degrees with an overall average of 57 degrees. A 17 degree average daily temperature range and a 25 degree greatest daily swing on the 17th are noted, with 6 pm reading at 56 degrees. Highest 70 on the 17th, lowest 40 on the 11th. one cloudy day and six partly cloudy days. southwest winds. Dry weather and flea beetle attacks curb tobacco plant growth across Eastern Carolina.
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Co-operative Station
Appalachian State Teachers College
J. T. C. Wright
Rat Snap Advertised by Boone and Hodges Drugs
Mr R C King shares a testimonial about a rat problem at his place. He uses Rat Snap and soon sees no live rats and a reduction in damage to chickens eggs and feed. The ad lists prices 35 65 and 1 and credits Boone Drug Company Hodges Drug Company and D P Coffey Blowing Rock as sellers.
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R. C. King
Boone Drug Company
Boone
Hodges Drug Company
D. P. Coffey
Blowing Rock
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Blowing Rock Road
Douglas Battery
W. T. Pardue
E. O. Greer
Boone, N.C
A. W. Dula
Daddy
Buddy
Sis
Boone Drug Co
Fexall
Caldwell
Carolina
Farmers Hardware & Supply Co
Boone, North Carolina
Amels
J- Reynolds Tobacco
Winston-Salem, N. C
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