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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1910
Page
2
The meat boycott began in Cincinnati with thirty thousand adherents and has spread to major cities. Laboring men form anti meat organizations to reduce prices through total abstinence until March 1. While its impact on meat combines remains uncertain, rising prices may force people to cut meat from their diets due to high labor costs.
Washington Dispatch reports the Department of Justice plans to prosecute the so called Beef Trust. An investigation by special agents has led to possible civil and criminal actions to curb high meat prices. Initial grand jury proceedings at Chicago are anticipated next week involving Swift & Co Morris & Co and Armor & Co as well as other major packing houses tied to the National Packing Company.
In New York City a woman known as Mrs. A Boyer has not left her rear house in two decades, surviving on a floor bound routine. She cooks, washes, sews, and sweeps from her position, aided only by a physician visit and a helper boy, living on $1.20 weekly with charity support from a German Society. Meanwhile a new dam near Cody Wyoming rises 328 feet to form a ten mile artificial lake, irrigating 159000 acres. Senator Overman selects a site in Statuary Hall for North Carolina’s Zebulon Vance statue, near Washington and Lee, marking its first inclusion. Also Rev Arthur J Ranson of Mecklenburg seeks missionary work with the Associate Reform Presbyterian church, awaiting baptism on February 15.
Dr J W Stage of Alabama Presbyterian College in Aniston warns the coming century will see a bread driven revolution. He cites bread as motive during the French upheaval and links Rockefeller and Morgan to today’s unemployment pressures. He fears a rural exodus to avert social upheaval and predicts Standard Oil’s decline after Rogers’ death.
A Marrill Kansas tale recalls a harsh classroom scene where a stern teacher punishes a defiant boy. Seeing his worn coat and deprived home life, she is moved to tears. The pair share a moment of mutual compassion and exchange quiet sobs.
Readers report a new comet visible at dusk in the south, brighter than Venus in places like Johannesburg Asheville and Boone. Observers describe a bright head and long tail, with early descriptions from Richmond and Charlotte observers noting its appearance before sunset and comparisons to Venus.
An ad touts Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey claiming best cough and cold relief with a 25 cent money back guarantee. It notes a five minute snow in Tallahassee Florida and mentions two New York stock brokers Southrop Haskins Co and J M Fisk Co failing financially.
An ad claims Eenema Ringworm Teter and others suffer chapped hands lips boils sores and all skin diseases are quickly cured by Dr Bell Antiseptic Salve. A box is sold at all dealers described as creamy snow white ointment.
Mr J P Click longtime editor of the Times Mercury in Hickory has been elected editor of the Lincolnton Times and will begin the new post at month end.
A fragmented notice notes a claim about Chack, Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve priced 25c offered by all dealers. It mentions a case against the Coopers for the murder of Senator Carmack to be heard in the Tennessee Supreme Court on February 4.
Senor Joaquin Nabuce, Brazilian ambassador to Washington, died suddenly on the 18th in the embassy in Washington. The notice notes his position and abrupt death at the embassy.
W H Row and Dr A Steel of Brownwood Texas died after slashing his throat with a razor during a revival in Statesville. He was sixty two. In Chester South Carolina two convicts were killed instantly by a dynamite explosion.
Advert says millions of bottles are used annually proving Dr Bell’s Pine Nar Honey is a good cure for la grippe cough colds and throat and bronchial troubles. Look for the Bell on the bottle and buy everywhere.
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