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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows a Democrat entry filed at Roono post office as second class mail matter with an advertisement rate of one dollar and six words eighty. The garbled text suggests a local notice or advertising rate card with unclear names or dates.
Local Boone items report Rev W B Savage sermon in Boone Episcopal church at 11 a m next Sunday. School building brick work started last Monday. Mrs Riverson Boone ill at home. Marvin Blackburn joins uncle M B Blackburn's Boone store. Various notices on Sherwood sales and local debts. Death of Miss Ella Hodges at Bamboo. Miss Mertie Ma dies at 13 after illness. School opens Monday with Prof John E Brown and Miss Bertha Stanbury.
Fine hay weather keeps stacks high on Beaver Dams as hay is stored. Stokes Williams remains very low with several other Beaver Dams cases improving. A marriage occurred last Thursday between Grant Lawrance and Linda Shell of Beaver Dams officiated by Rev. Weaver. Rev. Eller began meetings at Timbered Ridge last Monday. Hagaman visited Beaver Dams from the Watauga County Bank on weekend. Aunt Myra Cook remains feeble with death expected soon. Mrs Cora Qualls of Overton County Tennessee visits Forest relatives. Prof. Dudley Farthing will begin Forest public school the first Monday in Sept. Charles Hagaman, aiding Valle Crucis business, visited his parents Sunday. Mrs Callie Eller and children of Beech Creek spent last week with relatives.
In Ashe county, B A Dobbin takes exclusive charge of Valle Crucis and outlying stations with Rev Mr Savagy continuing pastoral care for Blowing Rock Boone St Johns and Fleetwood Rev Mr Atkins retains Foscoe Todd and Ashe county stations Rev Mr Beagle assists at Valle Crucis until October then moves Rev Mrs Royeter and Miss Schenck return home from Valle Crucis boarding work Episcopal Convocation held at Valle Crucis with Rev Mr Hughson and Rev Mr DuBose preaching Retreats for clergy and charity concerts support scholarships for mountain students Bynum Holeclaw remains at Stonewall Jackson School Col Edwards recovering from injuries Road Supervisors plan September meeting to enforce road reports and penalties L Callender chair L Calleher Chm A D Blair Sec
Alfred W. Dula of Doula Building Lenoir North Carolina states he has complied with the North Carolina Optometry Law creating a State Board of Examiners in Optometry. He holds a license and certificate of registration from the State Board and a Caldwell Watauga county registration, enabling him to fit glasses professionally.
Notice states Sherwood will sell at public auction on Aug 70 and Aug 86 21 offering dry goods notions shoes clothing pants and more. Terms: amounts over 500 on four months credit with note and approved security. smaller payments cash. Sale to be held Friday at no specific location. seller WF Gharwood invites all to attend for bargains.
The Appalachian Training announces the opening of its jail term on August 25 1909. The faculty has been enfeebled, course of study extended and equipment improved. Expenses remain at the same rate. Address Secretary of the Faculty Boone N U.
W B Shipley advertises mower repairs including knives rivets guards and bolts for McCormick and Deering, plus all McCormick mower repairs kept at W. W. Maat's store. Payment is cash only and no repairs sold on credit. Valle Crucis North Carolina.
Land for sale and lambs offered by Harrison Baker in Ashe County North Carolina. Lambs priced ten dollars each and available at Bald Mountain farm Long Hope. Also a recruitment notice from Montezuma Lumber Co seeking twenty teams for amber haul with wages of four to six dollars per day, work at Montezuma or Banner Elk.
Lea A C Calaway and A Linsey attorney note a debt settlement with immediate payment required. The terse filing references an estate and owes creditors a specified sum, directing prompt compliance with the stated conditions and deadlines.
Merchants invite customers to savings on boy clothing hosiery suspenders and thread. W F Sherwood and R M Green promote August price cuts, cash sales, and stock clearance with no charge terms and plans for an annual auction in Amantha North Carolina.
Buyer notice promotes stock from D Jones Cottrell offering secondhand garments in all styles and sizes at lower prices, new clothing for children, boys, and men about 25 percent cheaper, and Geo DeWitt shoes. Shoppers urged to call and inspect bargains, store expanding with bargains and businesslike terms.
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