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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
4
A collage of short quips and anecdotes from a bygone era discusses aging memories, humorous tales of rural life, and social fashion in hot weather. Observations touch on honesty, home papers, vanity, and a doctor’s endorsement of Foley Kidney Pills, weaving community voice with light humor and nostalgia.
Frank J. Cheney sworn statement as senior partner of I. J. Cheney & Co. promises payment for each uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6 in Toledo Ohio. Includes testimonials and drugstore claims. Ends with proverb about comradeship.
A Taft administration note mentions Pure Food and Drug law amendments in relation to prepared medicines like Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and Foley Kidney Pills. In Watauga County North Carolina Superior Court a divorce action, Vina Horton plaintiff vs Thomas Ervin Horton, is initiated by publication with the defendant required to appear at the September term in Boone to answer the complaint.
In a Cleveland Leader excerpt a speaker recalls serving in command of a squad most of the time. Asked about special duty he replies that the men were being taken to the guard house. The exchange highlights disciplinary authority during service.
A promotional note from Rev H Stirbengell of Alli sot Ta extols New Life Pills as a health necessity. It urges readers to use Dr King's pills if other kinds fail and claims availability only at druggists.
A quote in the letter page asserts the only honest way to end a newspaper subscription is to enter the office, pay all arrearages, obtain a receipt, and have the name removed from the list. It condemns paying by returning the paper and marking reluged as highly dishonest and disreputable.
An old advertisement line promotes Fletcher's Castoria with the phrase Children cry for. The fragment also notes a remark about people who marry money paying heavier interest than if they borrow it.
A distressed Lincoln woman seeks relief from constipation and stomach trouble and reports rapid improvement after taking Chamber City Stomach and Liver Tablets for three days. The advertisement notes the medicine is for sale by all dealers.
By power of sale in a mortgage from J B Hodges and Edna Hodges to Loyd M Norris, recorded in Book 6 page W1 in Watauga County. sale at Boone court house on Monday July 4 1911 at 10 o clock, property in Meat Camp Township bounded by Johns Brown road C G Hodges line G W Barnes line Martha Hodges dower and Norris line, containing about 14 acres, to satisfy mortgage conditions.
In Watauga County Superior Court North Carolina Risbad Manufacturing Co. vs T A Cable By execution directed from the court the sheriff will sell on Monday September ith at 1 pm at the courthouse door Boone to satisfy the judgment containing forty acres more or less on the waters of Watauga River adjoining Nelson Greene George Greene Bessie Swift and others. D C Ragan Sheriff. Aug 1 1011.
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