Assessments Increase At County Meeting Discussed
At the commissioners meeting county assessor J W Blackwelder reported increases for several townships including Clines with 550 000 total valuation and 1054 unlisted acres D P Smith Mt Creek 63393 case and 672 unlisted acres Catawba led with 96000 increase and 646000 total valuation Jacobs Forks 57655 with 600 unlisted acres Bandy 69072 increase and 800 listed acres Caldwell 46894 rise with 692 unlisted acres Hickory and Newton expected to rise Newton total 1543103 with 35684 acres averaged 13 15 per acre A special election was ordered for 15 and 45 cent lines August 12 and minor court house improvements were directed including a petit jury room and vault enlargements. Wanamaker book praised for historical and philanthropic merit in local appreciation piece.
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Commissioners County
J. W. Blackwelder
Clines Township
G. E B. Moser
Moser
Mt. Creek
D. P. Smith
Catawba
Henry
Coulter
Jacobs Forks
G. L. Rheinhardt
R. P. Heavner
Caldwell
Tate H. Caldwell
Sescor
Newton
J. F. Stewart
G. F. Moser Register
P. L. Sigman
O. M. Rocket
Ine
Epidemic Skin Remedy Advertises Overnight Cure
The Woodworth Co offers Lemola a skin remedy mailed free to requestors claiming to cure eczema pimples and rashes overnight. The notice touts uses for skin hair and hands and mentions additional claims across burns wounds and ailments. Also cited is a local weather note about Eufola wells going dry then resuming normal flow per Statesville Landmark correspondence. Diarrhoea remedy Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remely recommended for sudden outbreaks.
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New York
Woodworth Co
Broadway
New York City
Eufola
Iedell
Satawba
Eufola i T
Statesville
Catawba County
Review of the July Physical Culture magazine
A July issue review highlights an article by Upton Sinclair urging parents to guide youth to curb crime and moral decline. It argues neglect in child rearing leads to prisons, gangs, vice districts, and insanity, urging readers to read Sinclair’s piece and influence male character and American manhood.
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Upton Sinclair
Shakspear
Gauinter
Upton Stclair
Arthle
America
A Watauga Dinner On Grandfather Mountain
A reader recalls a dinner on Grandfather Mountain in Watauga County prepared by Mrs. W Finley Gragg. He praises fresh spring milk and butter, native corn bread ground at a water mill, roast beef, honey, maple syrup, loaf bread, and other good things, calling it a dinner fit for a king and claiming no place equals it.
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Warner
Lexington
Grandfather Mountain
W. Finley Gragg
Grandfather Mountains
Watauga County
Bids Open for Brookford Bridge Raise Project
The commissioners appoint J. F. Abernethy and F. A. Yoder to receive bids for raising Brookford bridge. The full board will meet at St. James church on the 20th to inspect the proposed new road in the vicinity.
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J. F. Abernethy
F. A. Yoder
Brookford Bridge
St. James Shurch
Aycock Leads Hickory Newton News Circulation Claim
In Hickory the talk centers on Aycock’s claim to his own press influence amid the senatorial race discussed by locals. A Hickory man notes Aycock has secured his own standing and voice in the coverage.
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Newton News
Aycock
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Seen in Paper
An old advertisement promotes Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer and Co claiming it eases bladder and kidney troubles. It urges readers to request a free sample bottle and a booklet by mailing address to Binghamton New York, noting bottles sold for one dollar.
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Sil
Reyer Blader
Imer
Eeeghamton
N.Y
Ailaroggista
Kilmer
Boy kings Josiah Joash lessons from 1 and 2 Kings
The Sunday School lesson explores the lives of Joash and Josiah, young kings who did right in the sight of the Lord with priestly guidance or reform. It notes their early ages, reforms, later failings, and the biblical insistence that believers strive to follow Christ as a model, cleansing themselves to be temples of God.
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Mr. Stearns
Joash
Jerusalem
Jeholada
Samuel I
Jeremiah
Jerema
Samuel
Tim
Timthy
Jesus
Joseph
Daniel
Christ
Josiah
Riz
Abraham
David
Judah
Babylon
Tabernacle
Temple
God
Bucklen’s Arnica Now in Local Drug Store
A local advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica as the greatest healer for burns boils and skin ailments. Carpenter E S Lopez of Marilla reports healing wounds that would not previously heal, with the product sold at C M Shuford Moser & Lutz and Grimes Drug Store.
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E. S. Lopez
Marilla
C. M. Shuford
Moser & Lutz and
Grimes Drag Store
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Faribault
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