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Newspaper

Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1908

Page

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FARM LAND WANTED AND SMALL FARM FOR SALE INQUIRY

Promoter P Councill and firm invite requests for farming land in a fertile country noting Limestone Tennessee as a base. A separate item advertises a small farm for sale one and a half miles west of Boone North Carolina near a first class school with terms and particulars via G R Long Williamsburg Butte Montana. Also listed is a medical specialist in eye and throat diseases offering refraction services on Fourth St Bristol Tennessee Virginia.

Boone N. C Long Williamsburg Butte Mont

Death of Moses H. Cone in North Carolina

Moses H. Cone of Greensboro died at 5 PM in Baltimore after five weeks of hospital treatment for an illness. A prominent industrialist and founder of Cone Export and Commission Co, he helped develop the Proximity Manufacturing Co and the Flat Top Manor estate near Blowing Rock. He was 51, born in Jonesboro Tennessee in 1857, married in 1888 to Bertha Lindau of Baltimore, and leaves a large Greensboro family and business partners. The obituary notes his role as a leading cotton fabrics exporter and a major North Carolina employer, with funeral arrangements to be announced.

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Physicians praise King's New Discovery for coughs

The Macon Telegraph cites a testimonial from Mrs. A C Williams about dramatic health gains after using Dr King’s New Discovery for a graveyard cough that plagued her lungs. The ad claims the medicine has the world’s healing record for respiratory illnesses and offers trial bottles and guarantees at druggists.

In the lily and dust a plea for faith amid human peril

An October Century paragraph by Bidney Lanier laments losing God amid storms and accidents while contrasting serene natural scenes with mankind’s brutal acts. The piece then shifts to a promotional note for Dr King’s New Life Wille, claimed to ease constipation and other ailments, sold at druggists for 25.

God Bidney Lanier

Doctors favor tonics and alternatives over alcohol

Doctors prescribe very little alcohol today and prefer strong tonics and alteratives. This reflects modern medical science. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is now made entirely free from alcohol. Ask your doctor and follow his advice.

Ayer Sur- Saparilla

The Observer Advertising Blurb From 1920s Paper

The Charlotte Observer proclaims itself the largest and best newspaper in North Carolina with daily editions and a Sunday supplement. It notes semi weekly issues on Tuesdays and Fridays offered at one dollar per year, promising extensive coverage of local, state, national, and foreign news.

Observer North Carolina Sunday Observer Access, the Observer Co, Cuartorrs N.C

Watch Repairing and Honest Watchmaker Ad

Watch repair advice warns that inexperienced workers ruin fine timepieces and urges trust in a skilled graduate watchmaker jeweler. J. W. Bryan claims careful pan and adjustment, usage of top materials, fair charges, and avoidance of unnecessary work.

J. W. Bryan Wach-maker & Jeweler

The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths Declared

An old alarmist health ad warns that kidney disease drives heart failure and bladder troubles. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidneys liver and bladder, claiming cures and a free sample offer from Binghamton New York, urging readers to mention the paper.

Kilmer Root

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