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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
2
In Turnspay Jax on December 24 1918 R C Rivers proprietor of the Wiatauga Democrat announces settlement of local debts and upcoming publishing schedule for the paper.
Civili and military authorities urge soldiers and families to take out government life insurance up to ten thousand dollars before February 12. General S J Faison notes only about half of the command has insured and asks widespread letters urging coverage. The notice cites the policy as a sound investment and stresses immediate action by soldiers, families, and friends.
The Linville River Railroad extension from Shells Mills to Boone has a contract and a $5000 cash forfeit to the Watauga County Bank for school funds if the project isn’t finished within 12 months after bonds are voted. The issue hinges on local support, seen as the last chance for railroad facilities for years amid postwar uncertainty. The company will contribute. the township must act.
The fragmentary OCR item mentions a medical condition or treatment with unclear terms. Key entities are not fully legible, but it reads as a health or hospital note involving a patient or procedure. Further readable context is too fragmentary to confirm names, dates, or institutions.
The Southern division of the American Red Cross requests 6,000 comfort pillows for soldiers at Camp. The Watauga County Chapter is asked to supply quotas. Pillow size is 12 by 18 inches and can be filled with feathers or cotton, feathers preferred. Ladies are urged to respond promptly by phone or letter to confirm contributions and exact numbers.
A group of boys and girls from Stony Fork traveled last week to Winston-Salem for a Red Reynolds Tobacco Co. event. Mr Turner Greene of Oak Furniture Co. Fort Wilkesboro returns home for a few days with his parents. David Green bought a farm from Judson and Slade Wagner and moved his family there. Stony Fork Church elected Rev SC Miller as pastor January 12. Grover Green contemplates Navy enlistment. The little child of Willard Given family, visiting from Montana, has been seriously ill.
Notice states that by order of the Watauga County Board of County Commissioners an election will be held at Boone courthouse on a date to approve bonds for Linville River Railway construction from Shulls Mills to Boone. The action follows a January 7 1918 session under the Public Local and Private Laws.
February 12 1918 voters in the township will decide on a 27000 dollar railroad bond to Bhulla Mille to Boone. Ballots read FOR DONATION or AGAINST DONATION. New voter registration opens, registrar B M Greene, judges William Le Trivett and Jack Smith. Registration closes February 2 1918. results to Board of County Commissioners February 19 1918.
Uncle Dan and Billie discuss 1870-71 Germany versus France, praising French lessons and universal military training. They argue trained soldiers save lives, reduce losses, and that the US must prepare with six months of intensive training for youths, to defend the flag and nation. They warn against unprepared war and urge prompt adoption.
North Carolina Secretary of State records show the Sunde Mercantile Company dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent on January 2, 1918. Agent D A Coffey is designated for service. dissolution filed per Chapter 21 Revisal. Official seal affixed in Raleigh on January 2, 1918 by Secretary J Bryan Grimes.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages. The claim notes constitutional treatment via internal use to affect the blood and strengthen the system. Proponents offer a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available and Toledo, Ohio as the address of F. J. Cheney & Co. Sold by druggists nationwide.
A Blowing Rock bank advert encourages business people and households to use its facilities for banking money and paying bills by check. It touts easier transactions, added dignity, and improved financial standing, urging merchants to inquire about advantages offered by the Bank of Blowing Rock.
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