18 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
1
An advertisement states a dentist will be in Blowing Rock from the 1st to the 15th of each month offering all kinds of dental work and notes the office near Watauga Hotel. Dated October 21.
Senators Gore and Creager, Oklahoma representatives, testify that Jacob Hammon and others offered bribes to withdraw opposition to D. F. McMurray's contracts with Choctaw and Chickasaw lands. The Indian trust claims involve 450,000 acres valued at about 80 million dollars with McMurray taking large fees. The inquiry seeks full illumination of alleged corruption and the sale process for Indian lands.
A jeweler in Zionville North Carolina advises owners to avoid running watches with dry or faulty mechanisms. He urges regular cleaning and oiling, warns that a neglected watch can seize and be ruined, and offers to diagnose watch conditions and explain proper care.
An advertisement claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve provides quick relief and cure for wreck injuries and a range of skin problems from burns and boils to sores eczema chapped hands and lips sore eyes and corns. It urges purchase at all druggists.
An old advertisement notes Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a cure for coughs colds grip and bronchial troubles. It urges readers to buy a bottle and look for the Bell emblem on the bottle.
A discussion notes atmospheric causes for starlight twinkling and contrasts with planet stability. It cites air particles and light interference, then lists Chamberlain’s medicine for bowel complaints and a New York Press quip about people changing their minds.
The State's college for training industrial workers lists courses in Agriculture Horticulture Animal Husbandry and Dairying Civil Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Cotton Milling and Dyeing Industrial Chemistry and Agricultural teaching. Entrance examinations at each county seat on the 14th of July D H Hill President West Raleigh North Carolina. With the dishonest storekeeper where there's a will there is a short weigh.
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