Elizabethton Strikers Endure Amid Strong Support and Strife
Miss Louise Leonard praises the Elizabethton textile workers as the sturdiest highlanders in the South with wide community backing. She notes disciplined leadership, legal aid from Paul Devine, a heavy militia presence at picket trials, and ongoing relief needs as the strike sustains its fight for economic rights and civil liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethton
Tennessee
South
Louise Leonard
Southern Summer School For Women Workers
Burnsville
N. C
Miss Leonard
Raleigh
Gastonia
Greenville
S. C
Mary Heaton Vorse
United States
Lawrence
United Textile Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Paul Devine
Adjutant-General of
Montoux
North Carolina
Southern Summer School For Women Workers In Industry
Livestock on North Carolina Farms 1867 to 1929
The University News Letter argues NC shows little progress as a livestock state since the Civil War. Farm averages reveal sharp declines in hogs sheep cattle per farm, while mules rise ninefold and dairy cows remain regionally clustered, with overall livestock importance shrinking despite farm growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
University
South
America
Lend Me Your Ear Comic House Fire Tale
A man spots a house ablaze and rings the bell. A deafened woman asks for repetition. He escalates with urgency and demonstration, yet she remains unfazed and asks if that is all. The joke ends with his exasperated confession that’s all he can think of.
Burnsville Hosts Second Southern Industry School Event
Report notes the school will again hold its event for southern men and women with girls from across the region, including two applicants from Elizabethton, seeking admission this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnsville
South
Elizabethton
Hawley Proposes Tariff Bill Marking Hoover Era Crisis
Willis C Hawley introduces a tariff bill seen as the first real crisis of the Hoover administration. The passage notes economy and quarrels in a social scene while a shopkeeper laments rotten business prospects as customers complain of a foul smell in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis C. Hawley
Birthday notices and small town happenings at Valle Crucis
In Valle Crucis May 28 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Don Shull on May 18. Beulah Townsend returned from Konnorock Training School. Alfred Isaacs of Vilas celebrated his 69th birthday. his daughter Bessie Brown and granddaughter Odenia Miller shared in the day. A dinner followed the feast with guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Valle Crucis Valle Crucis
Don Shull
Beulah Townsend
Konnorock Training School
Alfred Isaacs
Vilas
Bessie Brown
Odenia Miller
J. C. Brown
Casey Jones
Boone
Valle Crucis
Mission House
Testing Before Buying-Customer Pleas For Refit Try
A customer requests another fitting to test wear while the assistant hesitates. The dialogue reflects curiosity about durability as a mail carrier causes confusion with many bills but few receipts.
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Elizabethton Strikers
Sturdy Highlanders
Nell Battle Lewis
News and Observer
Jinks
Boone Clothing Store
Rexall
Shari
Naturelle
Rachelle
Blanche
Rexall Theatrical
Chee
Harmony Quinine
Harmony Coca Butter
Alaska
Canada
Newfoundland
Great Britain
Ireland
Bermuda
British Guiana
Mexico
South Africa
Egypt
China
United Drug Company
Rexall Drug
Jon
Georgia
Boone Drug Company
Fexall
Boone, North Carolina
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