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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
1
A dated advertisement touts Dr King s New Lift Pills as effective purifiers for liver and bowel stagnation, headaches, biliousness, and jaundice. It promises relief without grinding or griping and lists a price of 25 cents at all druggists.
Washington dispatch reports Democratic state committees largely endorse William Jennings Bryan with Minnesota New York and Pennsylvania as notable exceptions. Governor Johnson campaigns as a rival while Republicans shift toward Theodore Roosevelt amid taft debates. Senate action shows presidential influence guiding Employer Liability bill to final passage. Local notes include a rabies dog and a testimonial letter praising Kodol for dyspepsia.
The Jaimacan is described as the most amusing and aggravating Isthmus figure. He mimics dress, speech, and accents, claims British rights, endures and bristles with conflict. He arrives by boat for mail, uses many names, sings hymns and older music, plays doleful accordions, and appears in elaborate Jamaican English in public notices. He frequents a new hole in the wall on Bolivar Street between Sixth and Se.
A lurid poem describes Tom Gray's nightmare voyage on a hell-bound train fueled by lager and bones. Passengers from all walks face fiery torment as the devil proclaims judgment for greed, vice, and oppression, ending with Tom awakening and pledging to seek redemption.
An advertisement extols De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as prompt and thorough, promising strengthened kidneys and relief from bladder inflammation. It references a setting with daily meals, drinks, and mosquito bars, and lists J. M. Holmes as the seller.
A poetic meditation on the saloon called a bar critiquing its pull toward wealth ruin health and virtue. The verse laments how the bar bars hope prayer and honored life while driving many toward drunkenness grief and tragedy.
A LeRaysville man, O S Wolever, claims Bucklens Arnica Salve healed his bleeding piles twenty years ago and praises its quick remedy. The Statesville Landmark reports Capt D N Bennett of Norwood caught a German carp weighing 34 pounds in the Yadkin River near Norwood. The tale notes a duck found alive in the fishs stomach, a curious postscript to a very fair fish story.
Notice states the firm Williams Bros dissolved by mutual consent with L M Williams taking debts and obligations and J A Williams signing this April 4 1908. The filing designates 8 L and B M Williams as collectors of all debts and assumes part of outstanding obligations.
A state leading repair shop offers first class materials and expert care for watches. Every watch is cleaned and repaired with skill and a guarantee. Located at Couneill house Boone N J W BRYAN graduate Watchmaker and Jeweler.
An advertisement promises honest repair work at a reasonable price with a good supply of materials. Mainsprings guaranteed 12 months and all work guaranteed to satisfy. Located at R. M. Green's store in Silas M. Greene. DeWitts Little Early Risers liver pills sold by J. M. Hodges.
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