These issues add to the nearly 800 other issues of the paper (also known as the Tryon Bee) that are already online. Like many newspapers from small communities in North Carolina, the paper was a source of local events, advertisements, national and international stories, serialized novels, regular columns, and style information.
All of the issues of the Polk County News are an excellent source for genealogical research, as the paper covers many of the comings and goings within the town.
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The Polk County News is available for the years 1902 to 1922, covering a period of rapid change in rural North Carolina. Typical of other small-town papers of that era, the News was more than just a source of local events and ads. Earlier issues carried national and international stories, serialized novels, and columns specifically for children and women. Later issues focused more on items of interest to local farmers, including regular columns on agriculture and household items. All of the papers include the social columns and local tidbits that cover the minute comings-and-goings of residents, making these old papers incredibly rich resources for anyone studying community and family history.
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