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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
3
The notice lists subscription prices and advertising details for the Watauga Democrat in Boone North Carolina. Rates are shown as one year at 1.00, six months at 0.50, and three months at 0.25 with advertising rates available on request.
Readable items note Moretz & Farthing offer a full fireworks line and Christmas goods, local officials and merchants report busy holiday trade, while roads, taxes, and county exhibit items are discussed. Several residents including W L Bryan and M B Blackburn appear in notices, with weather and road work updates, church services, and a humorous marriage jest about Jack Mast.
Watauga Hotel Co announces a new store at Blowing Rock offering dry goods groceries footwear hats ladies dress goods and hardware with a wide variety of stock. The shop promises low prices and complete stock ready to trade for good country produce at Buchannan's old stand.
A Sugar Grove area notice advertises a new general merchandise shop on Cove Creek. It invites trade and promises to pay the highest market price for grain, chickens, eggs, butter, Irish potatoes, dried fruit, and produce. The store touts winter footwear and split leather prices, with an opening date of Oct 18.
Bargain notice shows low prices on goods including Ginghame four cents, Plains five cents, and shawls at cost. Read as a small shop advertisement highlighting cheap fabric and accessories.
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