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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
2
The December 1905 report notes the school tax referendum at the courthouse last Saturday, carried by a small margin with nonvoters counted against it. It praises earnest citizens supporting funding for children’s education, while urging all to gain from better schooling at lower overall cost.
The County Singing event held last Friday at the courthouse drew large attendance and proved a success. Deerfield and White Springs led the classes with White Springs favored by judges. Boone hosts an April contest with a silver cup for leaders, signaling growing local interest in vocal music.
An old ad claims to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabs sold by E. W. Graves as a 60 cent box, 250.
Dr Madroo returns from Jefferson and extols local hospitality and medical care. He visits Capt. Gentry, Capt. Todd, and Drs Colward, Tea terman, and Edwards, praising the town’s generous people, school, and teacher Prof Dixon, and recommends Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
An old advertisement claims fat babies are happier and better nourished. It targets anxious parents, arguing scrawniness causes sensitive nerves and discomfort. The copy promotes Scott's Emulsion as a soothing, tasty remedy to build fat stores and vitality, urging readers to request a free sample.
The Zionville school, taught by Prof I G Greer and Misa Inez Elliott, closed its term with an afternoon program of songs recitations and comic dialogs. A noon basket dinner fed all, and Prof B Bd Dougherty gave an engaging closing address.
A Washington Special notes Congressman Blackburn introduced bills to appropriate 109000 for a Salisbury public building and 5000 for Mt Airy. Representative W W Kitchin proposed 50000 for a High Point parish building. An advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for skin health.
A commissioner in the North Carolina Superior Court for Watauga County will sell at public auction at the Boone courthouse on January 11, 1996, the real estate of Adolphus Penley estate. The sale requires half cash and half in six months, with a detailed boundary description and the hour set for 1 p.m. The proceeding follows an order from the clerk of court in the Penley matter.
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