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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1924
Page
2
Davidson announces a demonstration of high quality goods at low prices for Watauga and surrounding counties. Buyer J N Davidson recently visited Baltimore and New York markets with other merchants to stock a high grade selection below wholesale price.
Advert shows a sale offering $10,000 worth of solid leather shoes for men women and children plus men’s and women’s rain coats all wool crepe underwear cretonne sheets and young men’s suits Norfolk and other models priced at $12.50 with numerous unusual values advertised.
Our prices talk for themselves with pure silk pongee popular at 1.50 for eight. The editor notes the one man who won t always take a joke. Don t miss seeing our mens work shirts.
A lighthearted column notes humorous road signs and the oddities of motoring culture. It contrasts a motorman with a conductor and pokes fun at cafe signs with witty phrases while joking about banks that offer no meals or checks.
A promotional piece extols Deep Gap as a developing community with plans for a sanatorium and manufacturing opportunities. It credits founders C. M. Yates A G Miller E W Moretz and W L Moretz and highlights real estate growth, local labor, tourism potential, schools churches and a booster slogan One in all for Deep Gap. Information available from W A Watson Yuma NC.
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