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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
3
Local notes recount weather affecting mail, religious meetings at Valle Crucis, hospitalities and teach appointments, and residents' health. Reports include the Rev. Raper at Valle Crucis, Dr. Price hypnotist attendance, Bishop Horner sermon, and Sheriff Baird ferrying I T Henderson to prison. Political commentary on labor and economy appears alongside community events and personal notices.
There will be a call session of the Board of Education on Saturday Aug 17 1901. All persons having business with the Board are asked to attend on that day. WM Francum Chairman Bu of Eu.
For three days only Alfred W. Dun, Refracting Optician, Lenoir North Carolina offers free eye exams and age-based glasses tests. Aims to beat Blowing Rock on August 22, 28, and another date.
All persons indebted to the firm of T. J. Coffey & Bro are asked to settle. The business must be wound up quickly. After August 19 the firm will sell goods on a pay-down basis at reduced cash prices. Surviving partner W. C. Corry.
A. E. Moretz of Mabel announces a stock of goods and promises low prices including coffee at 1.00, prints 54 to 6 cents, sugar 16 pounds for 1.00, and other items at reduced rates. He invites trade and offers to buy farm produce at the highest market price. Also listed is a public tax sale notice for Watauga county with multiple properties and costs scheduled for September 2, 1901, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Trinity College offers 125 graduate and undergraduate courses, 23 teachers, modern laboratories, a large library, test gymnasium and athletic facilities. The college reports doubling attendance in seven years and low excuses, promoting its scholarship fund and loan options. President Kilgo invites inquiries and catalog requests from Lunia, N.C.
A testimonial touts Electro Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing a long leg sore and various skin troubles. The speaker, Rey JT W of Hartland Georgia, asserts the remedies purify impure blood and restore health, with a money back guarantee offered by Ulickburn.
The store touts a large in stock assortment of Spring and Summer clothing and Gent’s furnishings including shirts collars and cuffs Hats hardware trunks umbrellas and valises. It claims to pay top prices for country produce and promises rock bottom prices if rivals undersell. Acknowledges past patronage and asks for continued support.
Fragmentary ad style text claims Johnson's Sarsaparilla cures and that many noble women endorse the product. It hints at social reputation boosting sales and praises the tonic as a wonderful cure, urging readers to trust proprietors due to female endorsements.
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