Local notes from Lenoir and Wilkes regions report flood impacts and visits
October items show Mrs J M Moretz and others visiting relatives in Statesville and Winston Salem while Dr A W Dula returns from Charlotte hospital. Floods affect Caldwell and surrounding areas with Lenoir golf course submerged. Wilkesboro records Yadkin River flooding near 1916-26 levels, with tens of thousands in damages. Other briefs cover visits, a rattlesnake incident, a judge’s minor car crash, and a sixty day option on Ore Knob Copper Mine with New York interest.
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Lenoir
J. M. Moretz
Boone
Grover Triplett
A. C. Farthing
Statesville
W. T. Gragg
Skulls Mills
Hickory
Stephens
Caldwell County
Lenoir Golf Course
Wilkes
Madeline Harris
W. E. Harris
W. F. Miller
Lucile
Wilkesboro
Yadkin
North
Frank S. Grandin
Englewood
N. J
H. C. Landon
Bethel Parsons
Wilbur Post Office
New York
T. C. Bowie
W. B. Austin
G. G. Greene
R. C. Barr
Local Driver And Passengers Injured In Weekend Collision
Dr. W. R. Blackburn of Jefferson sustained a slight left arm injury Saturday afternoon when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Dewey Huff near Todd. The other driver was unhurt while Jake Graham, riding with Huff, received a slight head cut.
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W. R. Blackburn
Jefferson
Dewey Huff
Todd
Jake Graham
Extraordinary Negro Horton Dies in Arkansas City Arkansas
A local obituary details John Horton an extraordinary Negro known for legendary eating feats. He reportedly ate dozens of lemons chickens watermelons eggs pies and massive quantities of soda with bets and challenges recurring in Arkansas towns.
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Arkansas City
Ark
John Horton
Horton
Arkansas
Surrender of Camp Mast Recited by Arthurs
Colonel John P. Arthurs recounts the 1865 surrender of Camp Mast in the Watauga region. Captain James Champion led about 123 Union men from Banner Elk to Valle Crucis and attacked Camp Mast at dawn, with sixty in favor of surrender and eleven wishing to fight. Most surrendering garrison members were paroled. Paul Farthing and his nephew died at Camp Chase.
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Democrat
John P. Arthurs
Camp Mast
Watauga County
Waatime
T. P. Adams
Dog Skin
James Champion
Indiana
Banner Elk
Valle Crucis
Henry Taylor
James Isaacs
Ben Councils
Vilas
Cleveland
Brushy Fork Creek
Cove’ Creek
Christendom
Champion
I. V. Reese
Aaron Voncannon
Franklin
George McGuire
Harvey Bingham
Ashe
Price
McGuire
Cove Creek
Watauga River
Ben Baird
Bedent Baird
Beech Mountain
George Dugger
Sam Banner
Keith Blalock
Ham Ray
Shell Creek
Tennessee
Camp Chase
Paul Farthing
Sophronia Mast
Joseph Mast
Sugar Grove
Melinda Williams
Wesley Holsclaw
Sophronia
J. G. Rivers
Miss Williams
Miss Mast
Newton Banner
Farthing
Paul
Reuben
Bear mauls boy at German zoo after sandwich attempt
An 11 year old boy was bitten by a bear in a Frankfurt am Main zoo as he tried to feed the animal a sandwich through the cage bars. Lenoir County club members earned top honors in poultry and dairy cattle judging at Coastal Plains Experiment Station in Pender County.
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Frankfort-on- Main
Germany
Lenoir County Club
Coastal Plains
Pender County
Winter suits and topcoats at Good Will Dept Store
The Good Will Department Store in North Wilkesboro North Carolina promotes wool winter suits and topcoats described as well made for many forms with sensational values and unusual assortments at compromising prices.
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Good Will Department Store
North Wilkesboro
N. C
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C. W. Higgins
Sparta
Ashe County Journal
Peyor E
Ll’s Eye
Boone Feed CO
Boone, N. C
Arthur
Milton Sills
Dorothy MacKaill
Vitaphone
Tom MIX
Tony
the Wonder H Iorse
Irene Rich
Warner Baxter
Craig
Dolores Costello
Ralph Graves
The
Annabel Lea
Rexall
Boone Drug Co
Fexall
W. W. Mast
Dayton
Valle Crucis, N. C
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