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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
3
The Thomastown Democrat reports Boone residents coping with cold booking and busy social rounds. Notables include Capt. E F Lovill returning from Oxford, J Ragan headed to Texas, J C Fletcher visiting, Felix Johnson moving to Tennessee, and Mrs. Otto Taylor selling eggs amid sugar shortages. A Christmas funeral and several shop trips to Johnson City are noted, along with church services and a reshaped Watauga Hotel venture.
The Democrat Clyde Hoey leads Republican John M. Morehead in the ninth district race by at least 2500 votes based on latest returns obtainable before press time. Official tallies may raise the margin.
A 614 acre Tennessee farm with a new barn and all needed buildings is for sale. Forty acres are cleared and every acre will yield at least fifty bushels of corn with grass and clover meadows. Located 80 miles up the Watauga River from Butler near Sugar Grove church and Dugger's Forge school. Asking price 4500 dollars. Contact W. J. Reese for details.
On December 1 the Meth odist church young ladies organized the Livingston Club a young people's mission society named for Dr Livingston. Officers were elected and a salad course was served. The January meeting will be at Miss Velma Rivers home.
Wesley Bently a Route 1 resident was killed instantly last Friday while supervising workers on a temporary bridge frame across New River below Three Fork church. A brace failure caused the structure to crush him. his neck was broken and his jaw crushed. He left a young wife and five children.
Boone North Carolina will sell by sealed bids at 4 p.m. December 23 1919 at the town clerk’s office 15000 of 6 percent bonds. Each bid must include a certified check for 2 percent of the bid amount drawn to the town treasurer at an incorporated bank or trust company to secure against bidder noncompliance. Fr A Linney Clerk.
Two two year old steers missing from a pasture near Foscoe. Marked by a hole in the left ear. Information leading to their recovery or the conviction of a thief will be liberally rewarded. Identified by the owner N L Mast.
Qualified as executor of the will of C A Grubb dece ased in Watauga County North Carolina all persons with claims against said estate to present them by December 5 1920 or be barred from recovery All debtors to the estate should pay promptly This December 5 1919. C F Carroll Executor
The Handwork Shop in Poughkeepsie New York seeks knotted and tufted bedspreads. Do not send spreads without prior consultation with a regular staff member or a sample. Poor work will not be accepted for the benefit of both parties.
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