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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
4
A Watauga Democrat column discusses Carnegie and Rockefeller funding a newspaper, uses a parable of selling a soul for wealth. It argues modern business rewards require discipline and education, warning against idleness and preoccupation with luck, urging young readers to prepare for demanding opportunities.
An ad touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as a cure for burns boils cuts sores eczema and sprains urging trials as the greatest healer. It promotes 25 cents at druggists. A separate line extols Chamberlain's liniment for sprains bruises and sore muscles.
A compiled collage voice offers a Walt Mason poem praising the mule and its steadfastness, followed by brief garden variety medical and public notices. The item mixes verses, medical testimonials, and light public chatter, reflecting a small town newspaper page vibe with multiple short snippets.
Richard Shumaker and Luther Bowman were tried for burning the Lenoir Chair Co plant before J A Bush on two charges. They were already jailed on housebreaking and highway robbery with this alleged arson adding to four serious charges. The evidence is circumstantial but strong.
Rochester New York resident Mayer warns that a sharp back pain, fatigue, and irregular kidney action led to using Foley Kidney Pills. He says each dose revived strength and he is now cured and feeling better than in years.
A crank rushed in to report a man swallowed a two foot roll and died gradually. The editor sought more details and spoke with Dr. Southwick who recalled a patient who swallowed a thermometer and died by degrees. Bystanders cited Kansas quips about a friend who drank a quart of apple jack and died in good spirits. Foley's Kidney Pills advertised.
Mortgage sale by Eli Long dated March 25 1910 to secure 710 dollars. On December 12 1910 at Boone Court House door, Watauga County NC, the Calvin Long Rich Mountain Tract adjoins Jennie Lovill and others, to be sold to satisfy the mortgage with interest and costs. Mortgage appears in Book M page 155. Whis Nov 2 1910. Tuos Biscuam Mortgagee.
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