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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
3
Christmas ads and items fill the Boone area pages as schools close for a two week break. A newborn boy, sales at Jurney’s, home life, and homegrown produce pepper the community chatter. Officials, legal notices, and church plans mix with charity efforts, illness, and a growing library effort.
Miller in Blowing Rock announces a large Christmas assortment including candies raisins figs oranges and dolls at various prices. Also a selection of toilet sets work boxes shaving sets frames photo albums boxes toy trucks cravat boxes and more plus a supply of musical instruments like roller organs violins guitars accordions autoharps and violin bows with prices listed.
Clarence Call offers a broad range of goods including sugars coffees meat flour salt tobacco and more at the lowest prices in No. Wilkesboro North Carolina with a new shoes line and best calicoes 5e. He proclaims a way down pricing system accusing slaughtered prices on all pods and urges readers to visit for savings and satisfaction at the right place with the right man.
J J Coffry announces a fresh assortment of seasonable millinery in the east room of Coffey Brick Row. Goods bought on Northern markets aim to help customers save money, inviting ladies to call.
The Rev Irl R Hicks Almanac for 1904 is now ready and may be mailed for 80 cents. The Hicks Almanac and Word And Works paper are offered together for one dollar a year. Word and Works is praised as a strong American magazine, published by Word and Works Publishing Co at 2201 Locust St St Louis Mo.
Notice from I J M May Clerk of the Board of Coins Watauga county certifying the days served by commissioners and miles traveled for the year ending Nov 30 1903. Names John W Hodges L A Green G W Robbins with days at 2.00 and miles at 5c totaling amounts. Date given as goth day of Nov 1993.
Antique ad narrates scrofula dangers and claims Hood s Sarsaparilla and Pills cure. Mentions President Roosevelt tariff stance and Laxative Bromo Quin ine. Notes cotton seed market from North Carolina to Texas. Includes mortgage sale notice in Watauga County beech Mountain township with 100 acres.
An author Rey Thomas Dixon announced in Raleigh that his book The Leopard’s Spot will be staged in a southern town within eighty days. The notice appears amid other items including a mortgage deed record for Watauga County North Carolina dated 1879 and a Feb 1 1904 courthouse sale description detailing six land tracts on Joe's Fork Buffalo Creek.
Merchant announces drastic reduction of stock for immediate sale. Offers spot cash or good country produce payment options. Large stock available with many fall and winter items at greatly reduced prices.
Readable items include men's and women's underwear and clothing in all grades to close cheap. Also ladies heavy dress skirting, flannels, outings flannel, cashmere, domestic, jeans and red flannel at cost. Notion goods to select from. Includes men's and boys' caps offered at ten per sentence.
W. W. Holsclaw announces a closing out sale in Vilas on November 5 offering tinware hardware glassware lamps air tight stoves stove pipe pots pans lids and a wide line of groceries at greatly reduced cash prices. About $5,500 worth of goods to clear includes brown sugar rice soda green coffee meat flour calico outing flannel and domestic goods with staff eliminated and all items discounted. Customers urged to attend and share in bargains while they last.
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