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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
3
The notice announces a church service on the third Sunday at 11 a.m. led by Rev. W. R. Savage with a collection of 100 dollars and 126 cents mentioned in the entry. The brief item reflects a local church timetable and honorific attribution.
Local notes report Mrs. J D Cornvill remains ill in Boone while London Stoffell Hardware Co promotes a new ad. Judge Coun cill shows improvement and is back in circuit. Hopkins buys bacon and hides, Measels spreads in village, and a suicide rumor about ex Congressmen Blackburn causes shock then confusion. Community events include purchases, travel, and charitable aid for a family with pneumonia.
Entry Notice No. 2474 documents W C Coffey locating and entering twenty five acres of land in Boone township along Flannerys Fork near B S Coffey and Winklers corner. Boundaries begin at a spruce pine and white oak with lines to a white oak and other Coffey and Winkler corners. Entered Jan 1 1908 by A J Hardin.
A vintage testimonial style advertisement praises Hood's Sarsaparilla for impure blood and fatigue, urging readers to buy. It promotes liquid and Sarsatabs forms, claims reliable health improvements, and lists the Hood company as the producer with price and dose information. The piece includes reader endorsements and location mentions.
A editorial plea urges residents to beautify the city cemetery as neglect endangers memory and sacred ground. It recalls a free supervision offer, urges funding, and calls the community to action. The column also notes the death of James R. Randall, a famed war poet born in Baltimore, and reports the suicide of James Oliver McNell of Champion, Wilkes County.
Entry Notice No 2475 lists J C Mast locating and entering twenty acres in Laurel Creek township along the Watauga river and Cove creek. Beginning at Simon Ward’s corner and following Ward’s line to the river, then up the river and Cove creek to the starting point. Dated January 3, 1908. H J tardia, Luwy Faker.
A short, reflective note condemns merely admiring the Master’s teaching without applying it. It contrasts idle praise with the need for practical acceptance and lived principles.
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