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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
7
A chaotic mix of fashion notes and public health concerns. Poiret touts the jupe culotte as a middle ground between skirt and trousers while warnings about rat bite fever and pest control urge a future focused on home ownership and disease prevention. The piece also notes a funeral for Thomas F. Ryan and calls for a federal public health drive led by the AFL and the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
A London Chronicle tale tells of a damsel wooed by a bachelor who offered one heart then two diamonds to win her. A rival spoils the scene, the couple wed but quarrels grow, and the bride dies as grave-diggers dig four spades. The moral warns against marrying for gold and a loveless match.
A frontier missionary family opens a Christmas box to find a small box containing only a catalog until a letter reveals a $100 donation from the Sunshine Class girls to fund gifts. The moment turns into a testament to faith as the family realizes God was guiding the gesture.
Florence Porter as administratrix of Reid Porter will sell at the courthouse door in Boone on January 12, 1929 at 1 pm the 80 acre tract in Blue Ridge township described by metes and bounds. The sale is to satisfy mortgages executed by M E Triplett and wives to Reid Porter dated January 28 1925 and November 6 1926 and secured amounts of 600 and 747 50 respectively. Jesse Triplett William Greene Henry Story et al are adjacent landholders. The property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Attorney Ira T Johnson acts for the administratrix and the sale proceeds go to payments due under the mortgage deeds.
An article urges readers to save and start an account today with one dollar to build a nest egg. It stresses thrift as protection against emergencies and the future, promoting Bank of Blowing Rock in Blowing Rock North Carolina.
Notice is given that J. S. Bumgarner and wife Mrs. M A Bumgarner executed a land sale on July 9 1925 and a trustee will sell December 31 1928 at 1 pm at the courthouse door Watauga County NC for cash. Property lies in Cove Creek township bounded by Perry Price Will Greer and S J Price containing 1742 acres more or less. This November 28 1928. Jas H Bingham Trustee.
By virtue of an execution from the Superior Court of Watauga County the sheriff will sell at Boone on Monday January 7 1929 for cash all right title and interest of Mattie J. Greene in Lots Nos 2 through 16 described as a tract adjoining Mrs Little and others and bounded by Queen Street and Highway No 60. Map by I A Bumgarner dated October 6 1927. Sale to satisfy execution and costs. L M Farthing Sheriff Watauga County.
Under a deed of trust dated January 15 1928 and recorded in Rovok 12 page 260 Watauga county register the First National Bank of Durham trustee will sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder the lots 4 5 6 and 7 of the Buena Vista addition Boone NC at the courthouse door in Watauga county on January 14 1928 at 12 oclock M the sale to satisfy indebtedness secured by the deed of trust. This the 21st day of November 1928. First National Bank of Durham N C trustee W S Lockhart attorney Durham NC ea
Kinston reports a surge in deer in the region after a year and a half under a protective law. Duplin and Jones counties note deer near village outskirts, with a herd of seven or eight on a main road near Richlands. A Pender hunter wounded one deer with a single shot that similarly hit another. the wounded deer escaped limping.
In the Superior Court of North Carolina Watauga County Dave Moody sues G C Adkins Maude Atkins and F C Ward. By execution from the court the sheriff will sell at 1 00 PM on Monday January 7 1929 to the highest bidder for cash all right title and interest of F C Ward in two described tracts on Water Street Linney line and adjoining properties. Sale to begin December 4 1928 L M Farthing Sheriff H A Hagaman Deputy Sheriff.
The piece extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild safe laxative from senna herbs with pepsin. It notes its long history since 1875, suitability for constipation biliousness indigestion and headaches, and promotes a free trial offer via Monticello Illinois. It emphasizes non narcotic gentle action and suitability for elderly people.
Notice of Trustee sale to satisfy a deed of trust executed March 1 1927 by John B Baird and wife Lala Baird recorded in Book 9 page 248 in Watauga County NC. Sale at courthouse door December 22 1928 between 10 am and 2 pm to highest bidder for cash subject to a $1800 Federal Land Bank mortgage. Parcel described by natural landmarks and lines totaling about 95 acres. Trustee John E Brown dated November 13 1928. 1-29-4t
Dr A G Jones of Johnson City Tenn an ear nose and throat specialist will be in Dr Hagamans Boone office on the first Monday in December for practice of his profession. A real estate and landscape plan note mentions Norman C Cordon and wife Bettie Cordon defaulting on security deeds to Geo A Grimsley trustee for Security Life and Trust Company with public sale scheduled December 24 1928 at the courthouse door describing a corner lot property and adjacent parcels in Watauga County with attorney Brown and Bingham.
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