Local Notices and Social Remarks From Watauga County
Local notes report Ruth Coffey's return from Azalea North Carolina while Mrs Wat Beach remains seriously ill near Boone. Hodges family plan Miami winter after a motor trip. Wilmington visitors T J Baird enjoy a vacation in the county. Funeral services and business news include F J Foley opening undertaker parlors. A fashion show by Spainhour and Eastern Star ads promotes a charity event at the Pastime Theatre. Sewer work by Boyd Goforth continues with 50 workers, improving roads and utilities as winter approaches.
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Spainhour-Sydnoy
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Spain Hour
Eastern Star
Boyd & Goforth
Charlotte
Friday Afternoon Club Hosts Family Picnic at Daniel Boone Park
The Friday Afternoon Club held a family picnic at Daniel Boone Park with members' husbands and children joining. A bonfire, lunch, chicken, cake, and sandwiches fueled a joyful gathering, with Mrs Vauhin of Lynchburg and Mrs Warfield of Savannah as guests. The group left content after a scenic hillside afternoon and will meet next with Mrs Anders.
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Daniel Boone Park
Vauhin
Lynchburg
Warfield
Savannah
Anders
North Carolina plan adopted in Greece
A mill town cooperative method used in Roanoke Rapids to fund doctors at a one dollar yearly tax has been adopted by Greece. The plan creates 250 dispensaries with doctors touring on fixed dates and handling emergencies to fight malaria typhoid and reduce infant mortality.
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North Carolina
Roanoke
S. F. Patterson
Greece
Widow's divorce case turns to town wedding in Dayton
A Buffalo Cove widow facing a disorderly house charge during a Caldwell county term wins her divorce suit and marries her fiancé with court figures and locals present. Attorney Wakefield defends, claiming malicious warrants. the crowd shows sympathy as a courthouse wedding follows the trial.
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Caldwell County
Buffalo Cove
Wakefield
Lenoir
Johnson J. Hayes
Tests Show Students Know Little of Current History
A Review of Reviews survey of 1,650 students across the nation finds widespread gaps in current history knowledge. Only 43 percent correct on average, with notable misidentifications of Coolidge, Muscles Shoals, and other facts.
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New York
Ma” Ferguson
Texas
Mexico
Babe Ruth
Tea Pot Dome
Washington
Mussolini
Siki
al Jolson
Billy Sunday
Review of Reviews
Coolidge
Italy
United States
Japan
Songs of the Saints By James Monroe Downum
Poem reflects on noble men of God and peaceful songs that travel from prisons and homes across hills and nations. It envisions heavenly praise and endurance guiding hearts toward eternal light. A final line notes Ephc Land’s grave sighting in a city picnic context from newspapers.
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James Monroe Downum
Ephc
Le noir Rivalry With Dayton S M Dugger in Buffalo Cove
Darkened windows hid the action as Le noir became Dayton S. M. Dugger’s rival in Buffalo Cove North Carolina.
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Lenoir
Dayton
Tennessee
Dayton S. M. Dugger
Buffalo Cove
N. C
Drought Drives Georgia Road Bond Talk As Governor Seeks Special Session
The Asheville Times notes drought damage in the South hit crops in Georgia and South Carolina, urging quicker road building to provide farm employment. It says Governor Walker may call a special session with a road bond proposal as a key agenda item to offset farmer distress.
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Asheville
South
South Carolina
Georgia
Walker
County Singing At Brushy Fork This October
The annual county singing will be held at Brushy Fork on the first Sunday in October. Committee members J R Isacs, W M Hodges, J R Oliver and W G Hodges ask for full attendance.
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Brushy Fork
Messrs
J. R. Isacs
W. M. Hodges
J. R. Oliver
W. G. Hodges
They All Do First and Second Wife Poker Remarks
A humorous dialogue reports on marriage and gambling with first wife noting her husband’s natural talent at poker and the second wife agreeing he excels at the game far more than he brings home money.
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Ruth Coffey
Azalea
W. P. Hodges
Alonzo
Miami
T. J. Baird
Wilmington
Watauga
J. W. Pettgrew
Braemar, Tenn
Jim
Joe
Ina White
Bristol
W. H. Gragg
Methodist Church
F. J. Foley
Indiana
Folge
Linotype
John S. Williams
Blowing Rock
Mr. Williams
Nellagra
Songs OF the Saints
Heavenly Throne
Spainhour
Sydnor Dry Goods CO
Pastime Theater
The
Joseph M. Gaither
Boone Drug Co
J. B. Hagaman
Firestone
W. Ralph Winkler
ICANS
Farmers Hardware & Supply Co
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