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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
3
The Watauga Democrat notes that advertising rates are provided upon request.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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