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Newspaper

Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1904

Page

3

Advertising rates furnished on application

The Watauga Democrat notes that advertising rates are provided upon request.

Local Boone notes include deaths and civic notices

The item lists local events and updates from Boone, including the death of Mr. Burton Gragg in Globe, church and meeting announcements, a new ice harvest, Masonic Lodge activity, a school opening and faculty details, local travel notices, and a potential gold mine find near Blowing Rock. It notes library meeting, weather, and subscriptions, alongside community sermons and social gatherings.

Brannock Tennessee Lasnie Calton Coffey Blowing Rock Klondike

Miss Mary Irwin Dies In Washington At 52

Washington editor and poet Mary Irwin passed away in Washington city after a career writing for newspapers in Washington and St. Louis and authoring numerous religious poems. She was 52.

Mary Irwin Washington St. Louis Washington City

Millinery and Stationery at Blair Hotel by J J Coffey

casToRra offers up-to-date millinery and stock including pictures and stationery. Prices are right and the goods are varied for the most fastidious buyer. Visit on the first floor at Blair Hotel to see the selection presented by J J Coffey.

Blair Hotel

DeWitt's Little Early Risers Promoted for Liver Health

None are leas eager to learn than they who know woth A VEST POCKET Doctor DeWitts Little Early Risers. Never in the way easy to carry pleasant in results counterfeit headaches biliousness torpid liver and constipation. They tone and strengthen the liver. For sale by M. B. Blackburn.

DeWitt M. B. Blackburn

Devoted Sister York Called to the Great Beyond

The obituary recalls Eisiah York dying on October 6 1903 at age 62 after a long illness. She joined the Baptist church at 22 and served 40 years as a devout worker, known for hospitality to husband and children and to travelers. She spoke of Heaven near death and requested Home at Last sung at her grave, leaving a hopeful note for her family and church companions.

Eisiah York Eterni York The Baptist Church Church Triumphant Heaven Angela Fellowship of the Church

Education as Ornament More Than Utility Says Editor

A columnist argues that for some individuals formal schooling serves vanity rather than practical skill, suggesting the value of education lies in shaping character and critical thinking more than rote lessons or showy credentials.

Spirit of Winter and Hood's Sarsaparilla Cure Claim

The piece describes winter's varying effects including sun, snow, wind, and storms and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism catarrh and scrofula. It asserts many sufferers experience permanent relief and notes easy access to the medicine.

Christmas Day Sunday Next Year Reasoned

The note asserts Christmas will fall on a Sunday next year and references One Minute Cough Cure claims. It mentions M. B. Blackburn as the seller for the product though the claim blends calendar discussion with advertisement style language.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic Trade Mark Box Ad

An old advertisement notes the Cascarets Candy Cathartic trademark a light blue enameled metal box with a C C C stamp on each tablet and a price of 10 cents sold by druggists rather than in bulk.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic C.C.C

Special Notice on Watch Springs Inexpensive Offers

A brief notice touts Waltham and Elgin watch springs claimed as best on earth with a warranty. It mentions a usual price of one dollar and an unspecified reduced price offered by the seller.

Waltham and Elgin

To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets

A vintage drug advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refunds offered if it fails to cure and E W Groves signature appears on each box as a guarantee.

E. W. Grove

Stop the Cough Cure All In One Day Claim Ad

An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a guaranteed cure for a cold in one day with a no cure no pay promise and a price of 25 cents.

Land Sale Notice in Watauga County North Carolina

Watauga County sheriff will sell at Boone court house door the land parcels of A W Penley’s mortgage to W L Bryan, dated February 1889 and recorded September 15 1879. The sale on the first Monday of February 1904 covers six tracts totaling about 400 acres on Joe's Fork Buffalo Creek with specific boundaries and measurements for each tract. The 50 acre Triplett's branch tract is excluded from sale and previously conveyed to Thomas Tri Nov. W L Bryan mortgage agent notes.

A. W. Penley W. L. Bryan Register Watauga County Court House Boone N. C Pasley’s Spring Joe’s Fork Said Creek Pagley’s Sampson Mountain Dugger’s Creek Lenoir’s Dugger's Creek Lenoir Larkin Pipes and Triplett Thomas Tri Aeviplatt

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