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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
3
Local items report Mrs Rebecca Day ill then improving Mrs Ruby Sears wed Barbara Moretz officiated by Will H McGuire Esqr John Mast and family visit from Maud Ninevah Ford claims two bulls weighing 839 and 315 pounds Blackburns sale promises bargains and Dan Boone Eastern Star plans a Thursday meeting.
The Leoe-McRae institute at Banner Lik will hold closing exercises on Sunday and Monday December 12 and 13. Rev H H Sweets D D will preach the Baccalaureate and Sunday night sermons, with the Sunday service at 11 o clock. Six young ladies form the first graduating class receiving diplomas. two submit music certificates and four earn gold medals for work in various departments. A short program and an exhibit of Art and Industrial Room work follow, with public invitation.
A Pleasant Occasion reports T. E. Weaver preaching morning and evening at Boone to large grateful congregations. Last Saturday night forty or fifty people from Boone and nearby areas rushed into the parsonage to share in the home, using flour sugar coffee and other goods in a display of kindness and goodwill for the pastor and community.
The Rev. Mr Weaver issues a Boone circuit schedule with services on Sundays across Hopewell Todd Fairview Rutherwood Blowing Rock and White Springs. Times include 11 a m and 3 p m sessions with evening services on select Sundays and may change later.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell Anu as an antiseptic remedy for pain with instant relief claims. A Davidson minister Rev J M Wharey dies of pneumonia on the 30th at home. The Dixie Manufacturing and Novelty Co of Salisbury names John G Heiley as receiver in a bankruptcy-like transfer.
A vintage ad promises Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey with a bell on the bottle. Message notes a Kansas City livery fire burning 140 horses and references John R Early quarantined again in Washington City as a leper. He reportedly lives quietly in Manchester Virginia with his wife and child.
The seller proclaims opening up pounds for fall and winter trade. He claims to offer better prices and bargains, insisting he is the Father of the Pounds in the world. Customers are urged to clothe children warmer and save 20 to 80 percent, with butter and eggs welcomed for prices that astonish.
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