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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
3
Community news covers moves and visits of Lenoir, Boone, and Valle Crucis residents. Attends church, Masons, and bank meetings. marriages, real estate, school reports, and a reformatory move are noted among condolences and local happenings.
Aunt Kate Canter dies at 76 after a long church life at Friendship. Agnes Dean Cameron, first white woman in the Arctic, returns to Chicago to write a history from a woman's view. Miscellany items note a Salisbury dry spell economic effect, Paris frost deaths, Miss Mary Goodwin Pinkney’s NYC real estate fortune, and quotes on pride and charity.
The writer says they will be in Boone on the first Monday of next month for one week and can perform crown and bridge work while you wait. They offer painless extractions with a new local anesthetic, promise removal of old broken teeth, and invite calls to arrange services.
The defendant in the above untitled action must answer a summons issued Sept 11 1908 by Thos Bingham Clerk of the Labor Court of Watauga County North Carolina for $1241 46 by plaintiff on account. Returnable to the Spring Term 1909 Boone NC, the August 22 date listed. A warrant of attachment issued Sept 1 against defendant property.
Legal notices announce foreclosure sales on February 1, 1909 for properties secured by deeds of trust from A L Shoun and A J Combs to T A Bowie and EB F Bingham. Listings describe two tracts totaling about 40 acres and 66 1 4 acres in Watauga County, with detailed boundary calls and references to recorded deeds and mortgage terms. The notices include sale times at Boone courthouse and note mortgage defaults and amounts due.
Amantha December 30 W F Sherwood issues a business message seeking all kinds of country produce at the highest market prices and extending New Year wishes to customers from the seller. Local notice card reflects a straightforward trade offer and greetings.
Mountain City Tennessee wholesaler promotes a broad hardware catalog including stoves coal hods fire shovels and stove pipes. The ad mentions building materials glass paints oils and community silver with a promise of lifetimes and market readiness.
D Jones Cottrell promotes a Boone storefront offering small styles of used and new clothing for men women and children at substantial discounts. He advertises Geo DeWitt shoes and a fast filling department store with no bait leaders and a commitment to fair business, inviting calls to view goods.
Cordial invitation to visit a local store to compare prices on groceries and dry goods. It highlights a wide line of groceries including sugar coffee rice lard flour and a large stock of school supplies pens pencils tablets plus notions and candies to attract customers.
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