Local News Highlights From Mountain City Area
Local notes report new sherwoods overcoats at cost and London Stoffel Hardware stocking deep in Mountain City Tenn. Mentions visits by Mr and Mrs John F Hardin to Sutherland and Rev J F David at Ll a m and night services. Updates on weather, taxes, school growth, Masonic lodge, property moves, road surveys, charity appeals, and state politics affecting Boone and Watauga County.
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London-Stoffel Hardware Co
Mountain City
Tenn
Hackett Cleared to Take Seat in 60th Congress
Notice of contest expired in Reece North Carolina on January 28 1907 leaving no impediment for Hon RB N Hackett to assume his seat in the 60th United States Congress as of now.
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Hagaman and Co
Reece
N. C
Blackburn
RB. N. Hackett
The
U.S
Boone to Seek Re charter and expanded limits
Notice for Boone North Carolina to apply to the legislature to be re chartered and have its corporate limits enlarged. Dated January 8 1907 by Mayor J W Bryan.
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North Carto
Boone
J. W. Bryan
Card of Thanks to Shaun's Mill Community
I express heartfelt thanks for the kindness shown during my sorrow after the passing of my wife on May 80th. May God grant you blessings and may you have friends to comfort you in dark days and lift you up in your bereavement.
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Shaun's Mill
Timber Contracted For Two Million Feet By Sweet Water Jems
Mr John Greene has contracted to saw more than two million feet of timber for McKane Lumber Co Beaver Dams teachers G P Hagaman Manly Williams Roy Dotson Maggie Sherrill Ollie Jones Lillie Reece and others attend the spring term of the A T & 8 Mr Conley Hagaman Beaver Dam merchant recovering from typhoid Hagaman and Co have received a large line of hats eel clothing There is a rising educational tide in Beaver Dam and a local tax may soon be in every district of the township
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North Carolina
Boonevoux
Lenoir
Edmund Jones
Miss Puttle
W. W. Scott
Serbe
Denls
Shuil’s Mills
J Aqco
Hodges
Morganton
Minnie Wike
Western Hospital
James Taylor
Eng
R. Z. Linney
Taylorsville
House
Joe Cannon
Watanga
Linney
John Greene
McKane Lumber& Co
Beaver Dams
G. P. Hagaman
Manly Williams
Roy Dotson
Maggie Sherrill
Ollie Jones
Lillie Reece
Conley Hagaman
Beaver Dam
Hagaman and Co
Brom Cove Creek Academy News In 1906 1908
The record notes high attendance at Brom Cove Creek Academy and staff changes including Principal Prof. P. E. Herman and assistants M. F. Combs and Pearl Wil Miss Lille McBide who left December 29 for Carson and Newman College in Jefferson City Tennessee. The entry also records a December 26 1906 marriage of Mr. Charlie Lewis and Miss Alice Johnson by Mr. William Sherwood, the first couple he married.
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P. E. Herman
M. F. Combs
Pearl
Lille McBide
Carson and Newman College
Jefferson City
Tenn
Charlie Lewis
Alice Johnson
William Sherwood
Pells Chapel
Stn
Poyer
Mary Brown
L. ME Osborne
Sethe as a Change Promotion Starts January 15 1906
An advertisement fragment proclaims a January 15 1906 start for Sethe as a change and Rocky Mountain Tea as the value proposition. It notes prices around 35 cents and references M B Blackhuan and Blowing Rock Drug Co while promising goods on offer.
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Rocky Mountain
M. B. Blackhuan’s
Blowing Rock Drug Co
Cottrells Pay Down System Shifts To Cheaper Goods
After 12 years with the Credit System the seller switches to discounted prices across a broad stock. Elegant slides for men women and children, quality materials, and bargains pervade dress goods hosiery groceries and sundries. Produce buyers sought at high market prices with a full assortment of staples and new department bargains.
Parker Locates Fifty Acres in Boone Township North Carolina
Entry Notice No. 2461 records WW Parker locating and entering fifty acres in Boone township Watauga County on Bairds Creek. Beginning at a chestnut tree the Parker Blair line runs south to Hagaman land then to a hickory tree and back to the starting point. Entered Jan 2.
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State of
North Carolina
Watauga County
Said
F. Parker
Boone Township
Bairds Creek
Parker and Uisirs
Parker and Blair
Hl. J
Hardin
Entry Notice for 50 Acres in Beaver Dams Township
County office records show Samuel Heaton locating and entering 50 acres of land in Beaver Dams township near Stone Mountain branch. The entry begins at a rock on the Tennessee line and runs along J C Keller and Palmers land to J H Lunsford land then to the state line, dated January 3, 1907.
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State of North Carolina
Watauga County
Said County
Samuel Heaton
Beaver Dams Township
Stone Mt. Branch
Tennessee Line
J C_ Keller
Palmers Land
Palmers Lands
J. H. Lunsford
State Line
H. J, Hardin
Poplar Grove Connects to Boone by New Phone Line
A new telephone line links Poplar Grove directly with Boone, expanding regional communication options. The upgrade enables faster calls and broader access for residents and businesses.
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Poplar Grove
Boone
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Watauga
Boone, N. C
Mont Lhree
Sherwood’s
John F’. Hardin
Sutherland
Mountain City Clothing Company
Wale
Smith W. Coffey
J. F David
the Baptist Church
Rev. L. €. Wilson
Missouri
L. Bollinger
Blowing Rock
Newton
Virginia
Vandyke
A. T
Masonic Graii Lodge
Rulelph
Browing Rock
Boone, Montezumea
Snow Lodges
London Stoffel Hardware Co
Rock Bottom
Pri Ces
Masonic Hall
Aewan
W T. Vandyke
Caldwell
Ridge
Jan, Perry
Ellecretta
Will Perry
W. F. Sherwood
J.G. Patham
C. M Culver
Bunar Elk
Ingo
Brom Cove Creek Academy
Scott
Pocket Books
General Merchandise
H. C. Miller
N.C
Sethe As
Cottrell’s
Stork
Lou
Ly. Jones Cottrell
R. M. Greenold
W.F. Sherwood
Amantha
Shipley
W. W. Mast
Valleyneis
Board of Education
Hood
Cook Brothers
Sugar Loni
Boone and Norra
United States
Webster
Peediem
Tou
G.& C. Merrbando
PUL Iencad
Wnofpield
Mass
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