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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat prints a farcical self defense anecdote about two men carrying a corpse into a saloon and the barkeep’s reaction. It includes social notes, proverbs, and quotes from Hyron, a French medical review, and remarks on Chamberlain and political trade. The page also relays a Raleigh Post coon story, Wilkesboro Chronicle humor, and a New Jersey corporate note.
A girl expresses greater fear of being alone with a man in the dark than of outside lights or modern conveniences turning on at night. The fragment hints at anxiety about safety and technology in everyday life.
Fragmentary reflection warns that swift fame is followed by slow payment and that lasting renown may not erase the duty to settle debts. The voice muses on memory, fortune, and consequence, suggesting caution about rapid celebrity and its costs.
A fragment notes that a sack of flour and a barrel of potatoes can lift a poor family faster than a flood of gospel tracts, illustrating how basic sustenance impacts morale in wartime famine rumors.
A concise maxim notes that kindness can defuse anger with most individuals yet proves ineffective against agents or law enforcers who may respond to resolve or power rather than sentiment. The statement contrasts everyday dispute dynamics with formal authority interactions.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for digestive trouble and nervous unrest. It claims the tonic tones the stomach kidneys and bowels clears the blood and revives run down systems, promising satisfaction or a refund.
A fragment from editorial commentary and aphorisms reflecting on legal practice and virtue. It cites a courtroom moment where an attorney forgets his question, notes on forgiveness and wisdom, and various maxims about character, habit, and philosophy. The piece blends satire with moral precepts and legal quirks from old sermons.
A Beall Mississippi resident claims his wife cured consumption after using Dr. King's New Discovery. He says she improved immediately after trying the remedy following prior failures. The company offers 50c and $1.00 bottles with a free trial.
A terse proverb warns choice between a larger problem with small impact and a small issue with a larger consequence. It frames risk as a tradeoff between comfort and exposure, urging pragmatic acceptance of bigger challenges when smaller ones mislead.
In Watauga county Superior Court before the Clerk, BB Dougherty D D Dougherty and wives F A Linney and wife M H Linney, John Smith, Jakie Smith, Fannie Smith, Jas Smith, Nancy Fountain, and Edgar Fountain are defendants. The action seeks sale for vacation of Dougherty lands bought from Smith heirs, lying on Boone creek and adjoining E S Coffey F A Linney John Hardin and others. Defendants must appear at the Clerk's office in Boone on January 12, 1904, to answer or demur. otherwise the plaintiff will apply for relief. This November 28, 1903. Tromas Birersm, C2 8.0
Trustee Albert R. Shattuck to auction three parcels totaling 453 acres in Watauga County on the first Monday in January 1904 between 6 am and 3 pm at Boone court house. Lands include 275 acres in Meat Camp, 159 acres in Bald Mountain, and 18 acres in Bird Mountain, deeded to Jane Miller and Edmund B Miller to satisfy a $1,300 debt to British & American Mortgage Company Limited.
A reflective note on how willows symbolize unions based on experience of possible deceit in marriage. The piece suggests caution and teaches that relationships can be misled by appearances.
For sale forty seven acres of land with twenty cleared, a young orchard, a six room house and barn, good water, porch and spring house, near stores post office church and Valle Crnis Mission School. Also entry notice of twenty five acres in Watauga Township located at Clark Creek with references to Phipps Townsend White and Storie lines dated October 3 1903.
The Martin Cottage operated by Mrs W P Pendley advertises recent refitting and refurnishing across all departments. It offers good, comfortable rooms and fare in line with market rates. Transient boarders will be accommodated, with EP Kates listed as proprietor or manager.
Alan shows reduced confidence in his assertions when his wife is present compared with when she is nearby.
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