Slander and integrity in presidential campaigns in 1928
In urging voters to ignore scandal and focus on substance, the piece rails against rumors about Hoover and Smith. It notes past targets of gossip from Wilson to Harding and argues that character accusations do not prove fitness for office. Voters should critique policies, not tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colliers Weekly
Hoover
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Whispering
Cover
Governor Smith
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Harding
George Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Nightly missteps and ironic glare of light
A reflective verse line laments repeated shin injuries from stumbling in darkness and the irony that the speaker remained in shadow while the light remained unlit.
Boone News Roundup Of Local Notices And Travel
Local banks closed for Memorial Day. Boone, North Carolina area residents share visits from Lynchburg and Asheville. Community letters urge authorship. multiple hospital and personal updates follow. Mountaineer travelers report a fast Memorial Day trip to Ontario and Niagara Falls with one flat tire and return in two and a half days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Winkler
Prominent locals and visitors in Boone tale deer hunt tale
A string of brief notes reports Butler McBride a Tennessee resident with roots in Watauga County. two Ashe County men fined for drunkenness. Calgary visitors praising Boone. Newton Banner recalls an 85 year old deer ride as a hunter jumps a buck in Toe River after a water chase.
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Butler McBride
Watauga County
Tenness
Herman McBride
Cove Creek
Sweet Water
Penn
George and
Coy Goodmen
Ashe County
Boone
Wyke
Lees McRae Commencement Highlights 1921
Lees McRae College Elk Park closed its term with eleven graduates and two Grace Hospital nurses receiving diplomas. The May 18 senior day started events with a homecoming banquet, followed by a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. R P Pell and a literary address by Dr. James P Gillespie. Awards included high school diplomas for multiple students and nursing certificates, plus Bible and prize recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lees-McRae Ins Elk
Grace Hospital
Friends of
Lite
Lees-McRae
R. P. Pell
Converse College
Spartania Ss. C3
James P. Gillespie
New York City
Gillespie
Bernice Brown
Lenoir
Launa Carender
Matney
Edith Garland
Buladean
Georgie Glenn
Sherwood
Johnnie Sue Freeman
Rutherfordton
Dolly and Wynne Queen
Spruce Pine
Ethel Moody
Asheville
Agnes Snyder
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nellen Wilson
Elk Park
J. B. Yelton
Alesia
Martha Payne
Nashville
Getting the baby to sleep at eighteen months
The passage notes that sleep challenges peak when a baby reaches about eighteen months. It describes common difficulties, potential causes, and parental strategies to soothe and establish routines for calmer nights.
Azalea decorated Appalachian State Normal next week
The campus will feature the rare multihued azalea and other flowers. Access is via Highways 60 to Wilkesboro and 17 to Lenoir Blow Rock, with new concrete walks at the administration building central dining hall and the new dormitory. Democrats in Watauga county show harmony after Saturday precinct meetings. Rev. and Mrs. G G Adams spoke at the Methodist church about Epworth League work.
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Appalachian State Normal
Piedmont
North Carolina
Wilkess
Lenoir
Blowock
Watauga County
G. G. Adams
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Watauga County road commission seals deal for new rock crusher
The Watauga County road commission traded an old heavy rock crusher, rusting in North Wilkesboro, for two new road machines. One unit, under Spencer Dishman, operates on the Sugar Grove to Beech Creek road, making an eleven mile drive to Highway 60 pleasant when dry. Residents praise the improvement and hope for a hard surface in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County Road Commission
North Wilkesboro
Mountain
Sugar Grove
Beech Creek
Spencer Dishman
Democrat
State Highway Commission
Views on Boone Trail Highway Re Survey Plans Discussed
Mr Gordon Hackett of North Wilkesboro and his nephew visited and voiced optimism about a re survey of Highway 60. He predicts multiple surveys including through Job s Cabin Wilkes county potentially shortening Boone to Wilkesboro by about ten miles. The goal is a standard hard surfaced road, cheaper to build than revamping the old route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hackett
North Wilkesboro
Williams
Miller’s Creek
State Highway Commission
Hackett
Cabin
Wilkes County
Boone
Wilkesboro
Watauga
North Carolina
Highway work plans for Boone Trail in North Carolina
Highway Engineer A B Cole says a Boone Trail survey may start this year but funds limit a full rebuild. No 60 to be rebuilt in sections at five to six miles a year. No 69 east of Boone nearing completion with 3.5 miles to surface. No 175 Yonahlessee Trail set to start around September 1st after summer traffic.
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State Highway Commission
Boone Trail
Boone
Wilkesboro
A. B. Cole
Mr. Cole
The
Highway Commission
No. 69
Cole
Yonahlessee Trail
Blowing Rock
Linville
Valle Crucis School Graduation Highlights Rev James Burke
Mrs Y W Bickett of Raleigh speaks to Valle Crucis Girls School graduates as Bishop Junius Moctere presides. Essays poems and prizes mark the day with attendance awards and a sermon by Bishop Horner.
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T. W. Bickett
Blowing Rock
Y. W. Bickett
Raleigh
Valle Crucis School
Junius Moctere
Jesus
Bickett
Aduates
Lola Mae Reaves
Pearl Moretz
Idlewild
Ernie Triplett
Matney
Martha Justice
Marion
N. C
Raleigh Ledbetter
Edneyville
Effie Townsend
Valle Crucis
Mabel Lyda
Edith Arthur
Columbia
S. C
James P. Burke
Burke
Mary Wagner
Floyd Tester
Emma Dyer
Lillian Tester
Hoyle Townsend
Nancy Tester
Myrtle Mitchell
Sarah Francis Kaney
Margaret Caudill
Margaret Townsend
Thursa Yates
Evelyn Stowe
Ann Trott
Edna Smith
Isabel McAbee
Evelyn Plummer
Marjorie Deal
Horner
Value of scrub cattle advice ends with warning
Smith Hagaman, county superintendent of schools, explains scrub calves offer poor returns though they eat as much as good cattle. A scrub may weigh 550 pounds at two years and sell for about 4 cents a pound, totaling $22, while a good calf at 900 pounds could bring 10 cents a pound for a $90 return. The lesson: buy a good calf for $50 rather than ten scrubs. moral: get rid of scrub cattle.
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Smith Hagaman
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Oliver Robertson
Johnson City
Elsie Farthing
Gladys Swift
Miss Hurst
Charles Farthing
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson, City, Tenn
A. F. Young
Lynchburg, Va
Forrest Clower
Leo B. Vaughn
Daniel Boone Hotel
Emma Moore
Earl Blackburn of
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Ralph Winkler
Stinard
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Shulls Mills
Kenneth Linney
F. A
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Oak Ridge Istitute
Boone Drug Company
R. R. Butler
Dalles
Oregon
W. R. Butler
James L. Winkler
Long’s
Statesville
W. M. Critcher
L. L. Critcher
Route 1
W. L. Winkler
Gertrude Dickhut
City Memorial Hospital
Winston-Salem
Dickhut
West
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Mildred Louise
Margaret Mahne
Saxon
J. C. Fletcher
W. S. Christian
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Christian
E. R. Conrad
James C. Rivers
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Criteker Hotel
Mountain City
Arthur Spooner
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
America
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Newt
Toe River
Mr. Banner
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Poft
Jean and
Jewel Hartley
Dave Star
Corrine Greer
Mary Kluttz
Kathleen Foster
Catherine Underdown
Margaret Miller
Grace Hartley
Gladys Teaster
Nellie Gray Sides
Virginia Sudderth
Bill Klutz
James Stutz
Jack Gillett
Lena Reeves
Polly Hayes
Jesse Boone
Weiners
Irene Sherwood
Cove Clerk
Mast
Cyrus Babb
Hickory
T. H. Coffey
Pendley
T. H. Coffey, Jr
Connie Moody
Dorothy Hayes
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T. J. Miller
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Hubert Holshouser
Harry Tharrington
Ambrose Underdown
Fred Church
Claude Teague
Ethel Holshouser
Mabel Coffey
Earnest Banner
Durham
A. M. Critcher
A. B. Goodman
J. A. Panella
Charlotte
Laura Armitage
Richmond
Doad Reid
Mary Tester
Jacksonville
Fla
Valley Crucis
Reid
Miss Tester
Helen Sudderth
Linville Falls
Tom
Harry
Watauga County Bank
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