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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1925
Page
2
In Dunwich England on September 7, locals speak of dredging the North Sea to locate the fabled lost city. Legends tell of mermen, a baron, and a curse that sank sixteen churches and a monastery, leaving only stories of vanished glory beneath the waves.
Washington reports that 1925 vacation spending neared three billion dollars as about 30 million Americans took roughly two weeks off. Rail and lodge demand surged with California and national parks drawing large crowds, while federal staff enjoyed widespread time off and free camps overflowed. The estimate, conservative at best, underscores a booming leisure economy and expanded holiday culture.
Fragments lie scattered along the sands where a stately church once hung over the cliff. Only a monastery wall with a Gothic gate remains, plus an ancient graveyard on the heights and a handful of houses nestled in honeysuckle, dreaming of former glory.
The Order of Eastern Star chapter mourns the death of E S Coffey a faithful member husband and father. The resolution expresses sympathy to his wife and children and asks publication in The Watauga Democrat while directing copies to the family and chapter minutes.
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