Hylan Loses renomination to Walker in New York
New York reports James J. Walker, Tammany designee, defeats Mayor John F. Hylan by more than 60 000 votes as 2 020 of 2 968 districts report. Walker leads with 165 275 to Hylan 104 724. Waterman dominates Republican returns. McCooey concedes, predicting Brooklyn victory but Manhattan and the Bronx heavy losses. Governor Smith hails Walker win as a boost for Democrats statewide.
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New York
John F. Hylan
Stormy Petrel
James J. Walker
Tammany Designee
Hylan
Walker
James Walker
Waterman
Frank Waterman
John J. Lyons
William M. Bennett
John H. McCooey
King’s County
McCooey
Hee
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bronx
New York Times
Tam
Smith
Hearst-Hylan
Democratic Party
City
Upstate
Community Notes From Triplett Area
Saturday evening rains broke a 90 day drought. Visitors include Bert Brown and family from Coshocton Ohio in Watauga. Henry Greer of Mountain City Tennessee spent two weeks amid the local cattle trade and plans return on the fifteenth. Minnie Benson house fire partial loss. B A Hampton traveled to Triplett on Sunday. Rev D M Wheeler preached at Mt Ephriam Saturday and Sunday.
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Henry Greer
Mountain City Tenn
Tennessee
Minnie Benson
Another Watauga Boy Dies in Army Service
Monroe Cook, 20, of Brownwood N C died in the U S Army two years after enlisting with the 94th Squadron Air Service Mount Clemens Michigan He was buried at the family graveyard after services by Rev P H Haire Relatives say he died in a government plane wrecked by a gale on Sept 3 1925 The Federal Government was asked to explain the accident further The boy lived with his uncle Joe C Phillips since childhood after loss of both parents
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Brownwood
N. C
Monroe Cook
Roy
Mary Cook
United States Army
94Th Squadron
Air Service
Mount Clemens
Mich
Joe C. Phillips
P. H. Haire
Monroa
Cook
Cove Creek Items Highlight Local News and Church Plans
Community notes recount visits by A Greer Glenn and A M Banner recovering at home. Miss Blanche Horton leaves for Meredith College Raleigh. Prof J F Spainhour visits Morganton. Henson's chapel church delivers brick and gravel for a modern building. Rev M A Adams preaches two Cove Creek services. Mt City fair draws locals. Miss Annie Sherwood starts Salisbury City Schools career. Chas Bingham of Lincolnton visits. Aunt Lou Shull improves at Horton home. J Coggins promotes subscriptions for Country Gentleman SAT Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal to fund library and equipment.
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A. Greer Glenn
Blanche Horton
Raleigh
Meredith College
J. F. Spainhour
Morganton
Cove Creek
A. M. Banner
M. A. Adams
Rutherfordton
Adams
Mt. City
Annie Sherwood
Salisbury
Miss
Prayers for Rain Rewarded by Nightly Showers
A churchgoing record of Wednesday and Sunday prayers for rain notes continual refreshing showers since those nights. The writer asks who will doubt the Lord heard the prayers of the faithful.
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J. M. Downa
Then He Shot Her and Words of Wisdom Exchange
A short local item notes a dramatic line from down stairs to upstairs about being ready quickly and a quip from an amateur aviator on upkeep costs. The fragment hints at a domestic dispute and a humor column remark.
Rifleman Thomas Jones earns more scores in New England matches
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Jones of the U S Marine Corps, born in Scottville North Carolina, won the Neidner Match at 200 yards rapid fire and the Turner match at 400 yards rapid fire in the Wakefield Massachusetts event. The Marine Team took 13 of 17 matches. Jones previously set a Wakefield world record in August 1921 with 133 straight bull's eyes at 300 yards in the Campbell match. He joined the Marines in 1920 in Richmond Virginia and is 31.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson Jones
Scottvile
N. C
New England
Wakefield
Mass
Marine Corps
Jones
U. S. Marine
Sergeant Jones
Campbell
Scottville
Mary E. Jones
Richmond Va
J. W. Jones
Boone, North Carolina
Death of NC Supreme Court Chief Justice William Hoke
Raleigh NC mourns the death of William Alexander Hoke former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court at age 73 74 after heart failure during recovery from thyroid surgery. He died while talking to a nurse and the body will lie in state under the capitol dome as public buildings are draped in mourning.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
William Alexander Hoke
Supreme Court
Capitol
Card of Thanks for Sister’s Death Burial
Card of Thanks from P. C. Wike and wife expressing gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during their sister’s death and burial and blessings from the Heavenly Father.
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Heavenly Father
Remembering Bob Reinhardt Lincolnton and Blowing Rock Pioneer
Bob Reinhardt of Lincolnton and Blowing Rock died last week at his mountain home. He was a genial, generous employer and friend noted for hospitality, kindness, and leadership in industry and social life. The Charlotte Observer tribute honors his memory with mentions of his heart for people and gracious nature.
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Bob Rinehardt
Lincolnton
Blowing Rock
Charlotte Observer
Bob Reinhardt
Robert Rheinhardt
Mr. Rhinhardt
Mr. Reinhardt
That Yeason Clara Dialogue Sparks Fashion Talk
A brief dialogue shows Clara asking about Ruth’s new fall coat and Ruth confirming she bought it the next day. Ruth recalls her father’s enthusiastic reaction to the coat.
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Clara
Ruth
Court sentences Wooten for murder in Boone
In Boone a week of court heard liquor cases and a second degree murder verdict for Policeman D W Wooten of Blowing Rock. He received a three to five year prison sentence and filed an appeal. Civil docket to continue under Judge Cook.
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Boone
Stack
D. W. Wooten
Blowing Rock
Wooten
Cook
Ruth
J. D. Rankin
State Normal
Rutherford College
F. M. Huggins
S. F. Horton
Blowing Rock Turnpike Turned Over to State Highway Board
The Blowing Rock Turnpike between Lenoir and Blowing Rock was transferred to the State Highway Commission in spring 1920. The road will be widened and surfaced to hard quality, with an eight month closure starting October for completion. A new two percent grade will avoid heavy inclines, linking Boone to Charlotte with a continuous hard surface.
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Blowing Rock
Lenoir
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Blowing Rock Village
Kestler and
Hanes
Charlotte
Statesville
Taylorsville
Wilkesboro
Boone
Fall Court Adjourns After Large State Docket
The Watauga Courts completed a heavy session with Judge Stack closing 25 state cases and Emergency Judge J Weylan Cook finishing about 20 civil actions. Sentences ranged from fines and costs to jail terms and suspended sentences, with multiple liquor and prohibition cases and one man slaughter conviction appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Watauga
Stack
J. Weylan Cook
Greensboro
Dave Shore
Claude Teague
Lee Colvard
Noah Bentley
A.d. W
Alfred Coffey
John C. Melon
Bill Smith
Hugh Carson
Horace Hayes
John McNeil
Wiseman Main
Ec. c. W
Willard Miller
Amos Ward
Co. W
Walter Adkins
Coy Triplett
Philip Yates
R. L. Honeycutt
Paul Kluttz
Chain Gang
Jessie Broyhill
Josie Broyhill
Wesley Reynolds
Hattie Isaacs
Bascomb Hampton
Grady Moretz
Conley Woodring
Conley Winebarger
S. G. Church
John Campbell
Roby Flannery
G. L. Story
Walt Abernethy
Lon Abernethy
W. E. Stearns
Cliff Tuttle
Sen
Milton Coffey
Will Fleenor
County Beauty Drive Seeks Planting of Trees and Lawns
Readers urged to enhance the county by planting trees shrubs and flowers to beautify hills valleys and landscapes. The call to destroy ugliness recommends immediate action for vibrant roadside beauty spots.
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James W. Walker
Tammany
Triplett News
Bert Brown
Coshocton
Ohio
Mr. B. A. Hampton
D. M. Wheeler
Mt. Ephriam
Tom Jones
Rifleman
WM. A. Hoke
P. C. Wike & Wife
Bob” Rinehardt
Ava
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