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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
3
The notice lists subscription options showing durations of one year six months and three months for The Watauga Democrat. It reads as a basic renewal or pricing snippet without additional context or names.
Local items report roads remaining fair commissioners court on Monday, Miss Jennie Coffey's millinery, improvements to Uncle Henry Hardin and Col. Todd, Appalachian Training School ad, library donation appeal, numerous local births deaths and obituaries, stock law reminders, and weather notes. A large list of spots includes auctions, school closings, church meetings, and a charitable gift from Hon. H Z Linney.
A health guard is a blessing in sickly seasons with grip pneumonia and diphtheria common. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills are praised for cleansing blood boosting vigor and preventing illness. Louisa Thrall from Francis Penn endorses them for toning the system and staying well. Accept no substitute for Hood's remedies.
An old advertisement promises a quick cure for colds using Brown Quinine tablets. It claims druggists will refund money if the remedy fails and notes E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. The language reflects early 20th century patent medicine style.
In Watauga county Superior Court before Clerk B B Dougherty and others the Doherty lands bought from the Smith heirs in Boone township are subject to sale for partition. Defendants must appear at Boone courthouse on January 12 1904 to demur or answer. Tuomas Dixausy clerk’s entry dated November 28 1908.
An advertisement describes scrofula causing facial and neck swellings and general weakness. It attributes relief to Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills after six bottles, claiming complete cure and permanent health restoration. Names like Mun, E, T, Sxvonit, Troy appear as user testimonials characters.
An old time soda-shop style ad claims Dr King’s New Life Pills rapidly cure ailments from dyspepsia to jaundice and fever. The copy emphasizes youth’s shame for not respecting age and touts the pill as a universal solution sold by M. E. Blackburn.
A milliner advertises fashionable seasonable hats in stock and arriving from Northern markets. The dealer offers goods to trade and invites ladies to visit the east room of the Coffey Brick Row, Trance Vegeur BY.
A brief notice states Be calls are available promptly around the clock for day and night emergencies or service responses, emphasizing readiness and rapid response to inquiries or needs.
A public sale will be held on Monday December 7 to offer the entire stock of merchandise owned by the late firm of R. M. and E. M. Greene. Goods must be moved on that day and all are invited to attend and share in the bargains. J. S. Winkler, Assignee.
The mortgage sale notice for A W Penley to W L Bryan lists six parcels totaling about 430 acres on Joe's Fork and Buffalo Creek in Watauga County, North Carolina. The sale is scheduled for February 1, 1904 at Boone courthouse, with descriptions of each tract including bearings and distances, and notes a prior conveyance excluding a 50 acre tract to Thomas Triplett.
Thomas L Critcher a surveyor in Deerfield North Carolina now equipped with a Warnier compass and specializing in surveying mapping home mineral and timber lands. Also surveying roads terra cing ditches meaning and boundary work for property lines.
Local seller announces wholesale clearance of fall and winter goods at drastically reduced prices. Spot Cast or good Country Produce offer a large stock to choose from as the sale aims to move inventory at near cost."}
Advertises men’s and women’s underwear at cost or below with emphasis on cheap prices. Notes a fine assortment of notions and heavy dress materials, flannels, jeans, and red flannel. Includes men’s and boys’ hats and caps ten percent below cost.
Bargain sale offers tinware hardware glassware lamps and air tight stoves with pipe and a line of groceries at rock bottom prices. 20 pounds brown sugar and 20 pounds rice for $1.00 each 4 pounds soda 10 cents green coffee 74 to 10 cents per pound meat and flour offered at low prices and various stove pots pans lids and skillets also noted.
A Vilas notice proclaims a closing out sale with about 3500 dollars in goods. It invites all to attend for bargains on chicken feed beans potatoes and grains at greatly reduced prices. The ad emphasizes high market price for beans and potatoes and urges attendance.
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