Georgia News Scribbles and Local Notices
A mixed clip from Watauga and surrounding pages includes short social dialogue about goodbyes at a gate and a baby with teeth, plus state financial figures showing rising expenditures from 1877 to 1901. Reports note Statenville incident of Bot King’s death in jail, horse theft citations, and a Wayne County coffee anecdote. Also mentions Marshville publisher switching to an independent stance and a Populist lean Our Home.
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Statenville
Bot King
Kingz
Ceph McGinnis
McGinnis
Geome
King
Tha
Catawba County
Alexander County
Viowlette Chauver
Marshville
Union’ County
Tite
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Colds and Lung Ailments
A Saginaw reader praises Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and throat and lung troubles after ineffective treatment. Trial bottles are free and Blackburn s sells them for 50c and 1. The note also mentions the Legislature approving a Governor salary increase to 4000 though Treasury funds are tight and critics question the timing.
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Jane
Chris. Reiter
Saginaw, Mich
Post and Zeitung
Dr. King
Blackburn
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Lung Relief
Advertisement notes immediate results for coughs and lung troubles, claiming One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs colds and all lung diseases and will prevent consumption. Mentions Moretz and Farthing Johnson and Buchanan.
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Moretz and Farthing
Johnson and Buchanan
Millionaires Pritchard Forest Bill Spawns Appalachian Plan
Senator Pritchard introduces a bill to create a Southern Appalachian forest reserve spanning 2,000,000 acres across North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Tennessee with a 3,000,000 appropriation for land purchase. The note recalls Washington Duke of Durham and Buck Blackwell of Durham as examples of self made fortunes in tobacco and postwar bankruptcy.
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Washington Duke
Durham
N.C
Buck Blackwell
Wilmington Star
Pritchard
Appalachian Mountains
North Carolin
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Free sample offer at Clackburn's for Chamberlain's tablets
The message invites readers to visit Clackburn's to obtain a free sample of Chamberlain's Liver and Stomach Tablets described as the best physic. It claims the tablets cure stomach disorders biliousness and headache with a promotional tone.
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Clackburn’s
Chamberlain
Republican critics linked to McKinleys ally Sultan of Sulu
The Times Democrat notes that those criticizing the Thirteenth Amendment should pause and consider Mr McKinleys ally the Sultan of Sulu and his weapons as part of the broader political rhetoric.
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McKinley
Sultan of Sulu
the Times Democrat
Legislature warned on transporting dried berries to Raleigh
A terse note warns members from Sampson County to avoid carrying any dried huck berries to Raleigh, citing unspecified regulatory concerns and potential penalties. No further details are provided about the origin or scope of the warning or the exact authorities involved.
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Sampson Pot
Raleigh
Time and Death as Thieves in a Poem
The speaker laments Time and Death as chronic robbers of life and joy. Each day and season brings loss, while the world bears witness to a crime committed hourly. The poem questions what wrong the speaker and all endure to deserve death and dying.
Electric Bitters touted as cure for many ailments
A reader testimonial claims Electric Bitters cured years of kidney trouble and back pain for Mrs. Phoebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa. The ad asserts the tonic overcomes constipation improves appetite and health, priced 50 cents at Blackburn's.
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Phoebe Cherley
Peterson
Mesa
Blackburn's
Tax on dogs to fund education across North Carolina
A North Carolina Baptist correspondent suggests a one dollar tax on the states 2,000,000 dogs to create a substantial educational fund for the state. The proposal highlights a bold approach to financing public education via pet ownership, though implementation details and public reception are not provided.
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The
North Carolina Baptist
The Mother's Favorite Chamberlain Cough Remedy Ad
The Mother's Favorite Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advertised as pleasant and safe for children and adults. It targets coughs croup colds and whooping cough and is claimed to contain no opium or injurious drugs making it suitable for babes as well as adults. Sold by Blackburn.
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Blackburn
Fine Nursery Fruit Offers Trees and Grapes for Sale
W. L. Correy of Moretz North Carolina advertises a fine assortment of fruit trees including apples peaches pears and prunes plus grape vines suited to the climate. Trees range from three to six feet tall and may be delivered from his nurseries at about half the price of other sellers. For details contact W. L. Correy.
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W. L. Correy
Moretz
N.C
Weartonook Whistler Joins New York Firm In Hobnobbed Pact
J Reener Weartinook of Wilmont, famed whistler, traveled to New York to meet managers and sign a contract with the Pelephone Company to whistle mornings at 75 dollars weekly and afternoons for a similar sum under Keith the manager. Edison praise accompanied the deal as negotiations advanced. Mrs. Farris, editor J J Parris wife, High Point Enterprise, died on the 9th after prolonged lung illness.
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J. Reener
Wilmston
New York
Bui
Pelephone Company
Keith
Edison
Satibbssana
Mra. Farris
J.J. Parris
High Point Enterprise
Boone sale of 443 acres in three tracts under trust deed
Notice of public auction by trustee Albert R Shattuck to satisfy a 1300 debt secured by a North Carolina trust deed on 443 acres in Watauga County. The sale at Boone courthouse on February 4 1901 includes three described tracts in Meat Camp and Bald Mountain townships with metes and bounds recorded in public records.
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Jane
Edi Ung
B. Miller
Albert R. Shattuck
Watauga County
Court House
Boone
N. 6
Meat Camp Township
Moretz
TLS Walless
J. H. Waylor
J. . Finley
John J. Greene
Dane Miller
Mule
Ald Moreta
Herrtby Insde
Bald Mountain Township
J. W. Finley
Wiliam Norris
E. B Miller
J. W. Henry Steele
Jane Maller
IB. B. Miller
Joseph Holman
E. B. Miller
William Norris
Lane Miller
Dee’d
Albert R, Shattuck
Raleigh Aldermen Ban Spitting On Sidewalks
The Raleigh board of aldermen voted nearly unanimously to outlaw spitting on sidewalks with a penalty of one dollar for each offense.
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Raleigh Board of Aldermen
Mexican War Veteran Praises Chamberlains Remedy
A veteran and editor recounts contracting Mexican diarrhoea in 1847 48 and credits Chamberlains Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy with keeping his pension from increasing after each renewal. He calls it unequalled quick cure and pleasant to take for diphtheria. Blackburn advertises the remedy.
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Chamberlain
Sam
Mexico
Blackburn
Durham Herald Opinion Dismisses North Carolinians List
A Durham Herald column jokes about ranking the twelve greatest North Carolinians, noting they all seem to be deceased long ago and quipping a preference for being five tan to a bit dead instead.
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Durham
North
Buckley Arnica Salve Praised Worldwide
The product called the best in the world for healing cuts corns burns bruises sores and skin eruptions is advertised as the only infallible cure sold for 25 cents a box at Blackburn's.
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Buckley
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