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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
4
In No 8 township Cleveland County two elderly women, living within two miles of each other for over 56 years, have never met. One seldom leaves home and hasn’t attended church in fifty years after cows once spooked her, while the other is a devoted churchgoer. No ill will exists between families.
The Roanoke Times jokes that agencies pivot to Aguinaldo or the Ladysmith bombardment for fresh war news, arguing without these events the conflicts would lack timely stories.
A Washington Post quip notes Judge J Sterling Morton calls oat meal fine brain food and jokes that Josiah Patterson from Tennessee might have been better off announcing illness rather than a send-off for the honored guest.
A wedding at the Methodist church in Louisburg reported decorations catching fire, singeing a bridesmaid’s dress while the bride remained unburnt. The incident, tied to a Raleigh resident, prompted local speculation and outcry in the wedding aftermath.
A brief editorial note from the Blue Ida Telegraph emphasizes the local newspaper as essential in every home, urging readers to rely on community reporting for news and information.
A jumble of quips and testimonials appears, including humorous bits about education for girls, cautions about medical cures, political quips on Root and McKinley, and several advertised remedies. Notable names include J B Clarke of Peoria, the Chattanooga Times, One Minute Cough Cure, and Phillips & Son.
A minister entertains Sunday school pupil Maisie with a joking biblical quiz in the sitting room. The exchange about the Ten Commandments ends with a quip about one being broken. The ad continues with a testimonial for Champlain’s Pan Balm, praised as a top rheumatism remedy available from dealers.
A reader from Gentleville praises One Minute Cough Cure as the best remedy for coughs and colds including whooping cough. It supposedly relieves hoarseness and throat troubles, claims to prevent consumption with early use, and is offered by Covey Bros, Phillips & Son.
In Watauga County North Carolina on February 5 1900 between 10 AM and 3 PM at the courthouse door Boone sale will settle 400 debt under a 1891 trust deed to Albert Ro Shatauchk Trustee. Property is 167 acres in Watanyga Township bounded by Isaacs Hately Trivett Danner Mast McGinnis deeded 1884 by G W McGinnis. Title as vested in trustee ALBER? R SHATRUCK Trustee.
A rambling tale blends a coin age jest on a coach with an 1509 date pun and ends with a medical ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Miss Annie E. Gunning reports relief from dyspepsia and weight loss using the product advertised by Coffey Bres Phillips & Son. Shakespearean women critique appears as a framing device for a digestion remedy claim.
An articolated ad promotes McELREE'S Wine of Carduil as a health tonic for women, promising restored vigor, calmer nerves, and better overall health. It urges readers to buy at $1.00 from druggists and to contact The Chattanooga Medicine Co for advice, citing Rev J W Smith Camden.
Trinity College announces its fifth year opening on September 6 with the largest endowment in North Carolina. The college offers $650 to $10.00 monthly loans, scholarships, and welcomes young men and women to all classes. Send for catalogue to President Kilgo in Durham, NC.
An ad touts a 300 minute lampirdator operation to destroy catarrh parasites in the nose and cure cancer without a knife. Examinations are free and refunds offered if not cured. Dr CW Pipes of Shull's Mills NC promotes this as a universal remedy and warns against inhalers and patent medicines. Also mentions a New England cottons manufacturer and imperialist cotton politics in the Philippines.
J D Bridges editor of Demo crat Lancaster promotes a patent remedy called One Minute Rough Cure claiming it cures croup asthma laryngeal issues pneumonia bronchitis grippe and throat and lung troubles. The ad asserts relief and prevention of constipation cough and related ailments.
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