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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1910
Page
1
A dentist offers services from the first to the fifteenth of each month at Blowing Rock near Watauga Hotel. This notice lists Oct. 21, 1y as a reference point for the advertisement.
The piece argues liquor interests and Tory alignment decide England’s multi-state vote, noting Liberal taxes on whiskey spark Conservative challenges. It cites Lords, church, and hereditary power, with examples from Illinois to Kentucky. A North Carolina reader praises Dr. King’s Discoveries and recalls a Civil War tale of prairie dogs.
The President of the Industrial and Orphans Home in Macon Georgia reports that electric Bitters has aided hundreds of orphans for nine years. The testimonial claims the medicine improves stomach, kidney and liver troubles, purifies blood, aids digestion, and builds up weak children and run down people, with strong notes on female complaints.
A plea to cut expenses cites paper costs as the main burden during a panic era. The writer jokes about halting tobacco and luxuries but identifies paper as the primary target to save money. A doctor recommends Ex Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and lung troubles.
A garbled passage discusses cough remedies and cautions about alcohol in medicine. It mentions a person named Iyer and various unreadable phrases. The text lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable organizations to summarize further.
A poem laments lack of charity for the poor and denounces social indifference. It questions doors of charity in homes, churches, banks, courts, and hotels, ending with a note on punishment for a man jailed for bigamy. The closing line hints at a man in New York Penitentiary awaiting chained confinement.
The Atlanta horror saga reveals Vining, a keeper of inmates, torturing men women and children with bucking chairs whipping posts and wrist rings. Bloodshed and deaths occurred while city officials paid him to care for prisoners. The Associated Press confirms the abuse as evidence before investigators. Zelaya faced action by the U.S. government for mistreatment of Americans.
A humorous line notes that corn stalks can be used to make paper and farmers may feed newspapers to cows for digestion. The quip suggests getting the cream from news without reading through unwanted material.
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