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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
4
A jumbled 19th century prose piece mocks political rivals and lists extravagant, humorous counts of daily life events in New York. It parodies campaign rhetoric, records fanciful tallies, and includes social statistics about births, funerals, weddings, and city activity for dramatic effect.
Tax sale notice for delinquent real estate across Beech Mountain and Boone townships in Watauga County North Carolina. Listings include Smith Stansberry Millsaps McGuire Flannery Horton Coffey Campbell etc with tax amounts for 1905–1908 and 1907–1908. Sale at Boone courthouse on May 8 1900 between 10 am and 4 pm with costs and levy charges noted.
State of North Carolina in Watauga County files suit in Superior Court against Geo M McGuire M M McGuire and Bettie Greene to recover 250 dollars plus interest on a note. Defendants are summoned to appear at the next term on the first Monday after the first Monday in September 1909 in Boone North Carolina to answer or demur to the complaint or risk entry of relief sought.
A Chicago Record Herald column presents a diner style debate where Pa rejects women voting arguing home duties, while Ma counters with a quiet pledge to manage without a vote. The dialogue contrasts traditional gender roles with a moral corpus and ends with aphorisms on self and society.
Under order of the Superior Court in Martha E. McGuire vs Julia A. Davis, Administratrix case, the Boone North Carolina courthouse door will host a May 3 1909 sale to the highest cash bidder. The 20 acre tract along Cove Creek adjoins J M McGuire Enoch Fletcher John Reese and others, described by boundary points starting at Enoch Fletcher corner chestnut tree. The bid aims to cover 1859.49 dollars plus costs. L D Lowe is commissioner.
In Watauga County the mortgagee will sell at Boone courthouse door on May 3 1909 at noon the tract in Cove Creek township adjoining J H Mast and others to satisfy $265 with interest from Sept 26 1907. The deed is recorded in Book M page 20, signed by D R Phillips mortgagee and J D Fletcher attorney.
Fragmentary notes reference R B Glenn and a claim about glass mirrors and political eras from 28 AD to the 1800s. The text is garbled, mixing Latin proverbs about a shoemaker and a lost regime, with unclear attribution and chronology.
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