Golden era today inspires toil and progress
The Watauga Democrat prints a prods urging action today over tomorrow with Walt Mason quip, emphasizing doing now rather than delaying. Newton Enterprise notes a remarkable fall with crops thriving despite inaction. Moore County News mentions Miss Mary Currie harvesting ripe tomatoes, highlighting truck farming potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
News and Observer
Moore County
Mary Currie
Sand Hills
No Doubt About This Foley Callartic Tablets
They are old fashioned physic that act promptly on the bowels without pain or griping. They keep the stomach sweet and liver active and bowels regular, banishing biliousness and indigestion. Sold everywhere with a quote from Emerson about time and courtesy.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Endorsed by Mother’s Note
In New Kensington Mrs B O Irwin recounts sleepless nights with her son Edwin to praise Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for relief from croup. The Asheville Citizen notes a shift in spelling from aeroplane to airplane as an economy measure due to paper prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wdwin
Mra. B. O. Lrwin
New Kensington
Penn
Asheville
Thanksgiving note on turkey prices from Wilmington Dispatch
A Wilmington Dispatch quote notes many blessings this Thanksgiving but excludes turkey prices from the gratitude list. The brief item reflects economic concerns by mentioning rising costs affecting holiday meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Selling Cigarettes to Boys Violates State Law
Wilkes Patriot notes that selling cigarettes and related materials to boys violates state law. Five indictments were filed in Greensboro last week against offending merchants as tobacco use becomes common among young youths in the community. Authorities urged merchants to enforce the law to curb underage purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Wilkes
Patriot
Grandson's Whooping Cough Aid Prompted By Foley's Honey
Mrs. Sam Small of Clayton New Mexico writes that her grandson had whooping cough at three months old and Foley's Honey and Tar saved his life. The letter praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a fine household remedy for whooping cough croup and cold coughs and notes it is sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam. Small
Clayton
Foley
Thedford
No better reason than Wilson and Democratic Congress
The Wilmington Star notes the only clear justification is the work of President Wilson and a Democratic Congress, emphasizing the party's efforts as the main reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wilmington Star
Indigestion Relief Claim For Chamberlain's Tablets
A letter from Mia Casey of Geneva New York says Chamberlains Tablets relieved her husband’s years of indigestion and abdominal pain after meals. The note praises quick relief and notes availability everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Mia
Thos
Casey
Geneva
N.Y
Pine-Tar Honey Cures Cold Butchers Promise
Pine-Tar Honey relieves a sever cold by soothing irritated membranes and loosening phlegm. A dose of Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey is suggested to ease stuffed up chest or sore throat and prevent a lingering cough. Sold by druggists for 25 cents. The passage also mentions a Chinese sauce made from soy beans wheat and rock salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jr. Bell
Dr. Bell
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promote Clean System
An old style drug advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a gentle laxative to purge impurities from the system. It claims accumulated waste poisons the blood cause dizziness biliousness and a muddy complexion and promises a full morning bowel movement for 25 cents at your druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers $100 Reward
A vintage advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case of catarrh. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a trusted 35 year remedy that works through the blood to heal mucous surfaces and improve overall health, urging readers to send for testimonials from Cueney & Vo. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cueney & Vo
Toledo
Changing Seasons Brings Colds
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery for cold relief with antiseptic balsams to ease nasal congestion throat irritation and phlegm. It urges persistent use until the cold is gone and notes 47 years as a selling point with a 50 cent price at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Darkey’s Foolish Advice From a Doctor
An old black man recalls a physician advising chicken soup and staying indoors after dark. He reflects that the doctor was clever yet foolish to insist a Black man must live on soup and not go out at eight, highlighting a flawed judgment from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkey
Sloan's Liniment Advertises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An old advertisement describes rain causing rheumatism and neuralgia and promotes Sloan's Liniment for quick relief. It claims rapid penetration without rubbing, soothing aches in joints muscles and minor injuries. Bottles cost 25 cents at druggists.
County Officials Travel and Attendance Records 1915 16
Watauga County records show board members attendance and travel for Dec 1 1915 to Nov 30 1916. L A Green attended 19 days at 3 dollars daily totaling 57 dollars and 144 miles at 0.5 cents per mile totaling 7.20 dollars. J L Glenn attended 4 days at 3 dollars daily totaling 12 dollars and 288 miles at 0.05 dollars per mile totaling 14.40 dollars. L Bollinger attended 19 days at 4 dollars daily totaling 57 dollars and 260 miles at 0.05 dollars per mile totaling 13 dollars.
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North Carolina
Watauga Co. I
W. R. Gragg
Watauga County
Board of County Commissioners
L. A. Green
L. A
J. L. Glenn
L. Glenn
Glenn
Bollinger
Sunda tatCians
Clase
Abingdon
Cane
Watangi
Barron
Cedarville
Vail
Dicus
Creek
Cree Auinetion
Hahan Crousing
Green Cove
White Top Gap
Nelli
Tuckerdale
Lansing
Kerlin Os
Woarrenaville
Smethport
M.alm
Hamitton
Donation Bowie
Riverside
Elklund
N.C
Konnarock
Executor's Notice for James D. Teague Estate
Executor L Bollinger notifies all claimants to present claims by November 15 1917 or be barred. Creditors urged to settle debts promptly. Notice dated November 13 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Teague
L. Bollinger
Mortgage Foreclosure Notice in Shawneehaw Township
Standard Grocery Co. as assignee will sell at public auction for cash at the courthouse door in Watauga county on December 26, 1916 between ten and eleven to satisfy notes secured by a deed of trust dated November 0, 1014 by John Davis and Bettie Davis. The tract in Shawneehaw township measures about 2 acres, bounded by Ward and others, beginning at a locust tree and following specific lines to the beginning. J W Ward mortgagee, V W Bower attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis
Bettie Davie
J W Ward
Register of Deeds
Watauga County
North Carolina
Standard Grocery Co
Court House
Shawneehaw Township
Ward
Standard Gro, Co
V. W. Bower
Atty
Notice of Mortgage Sale In Boone North Carolina
By virtue of a power of sale in a mortgage deed dated September 1 191d from C Greer and wife Mary to McGuire Brothers to secure 143.49, recorded in Wa tauga county, I will sell at public outcry December 18 1916 at noon at the courthouse door Boone for the debt interest and costs. Lands described include two tracts totaling about 129 acres. McGuire Brothers, mortgagees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Greer
Mary Greer
McGuire Brothers
Office of Register of Deeds
Watauga County
Boone
Gell
Blue Ridge
Boone and Deep Gap
Bartlett Brown
Brown
A. Watson
Owith
Watson
J.T. Chawson
Clawson
L.C. Carroll
Mcguire Bro
Large tract of land near Linville River advertised for sale
W Whiting offers about 4200 acres split into small tracts near Blowing Rock Grandfather Mountain and Skulls Mills. Aimed at aiding modest means buyers with attractive cash terms and instalment options. Engineer made map shows exact locations. land lies 1 2 to 3 miles from the Linville River railway toward Shulls Mills. Prompt viewing encouraged by J M Lacy Boone Fork Lumber Co Shulls Mills NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Whiting
Coun Ty
Watonega
Blowing Rock
Grandfather Mountain
Skulls Mills
Yonablessee Turnpike Road
Linville River
Shulls Mills
North Carolina
J. M. Lacy
Boone Fork Lumber Co
Sballs Mills
N. 0
Men Feel Tired Too and Foley Kidney Pills Ad
Overwork toll on men noted with fatigue and weak kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted as a quick tonic and strengthener. Advertising copy claims rapid action and urges sending five cents and address to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Kidney Pills, and Cathartic Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
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Martin Block
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H.C
Liniment
Watauga Co. Bank
Plaid
Castor
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Castoria
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