Public notices and political campaigning in Watauga area
The Watouga Democrat reports local notices including election registration reminders, church services, a Blowing Rock summer scene, and a heated public discourse on the constitutional amendment with candidates like Calvin J. Cottrell and Thomas Smith. It notes Mecklen burg Road Law, negro magistrates, and party tensions with attacks on public buildings and calls to vote Democratic.
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Mecklensburg Road
W. Hodges
Thomas Smith
Capt. Coffey
Advan
Howard's
Orvek
Yarboro
Thorough Bred Durham Bull For Sale Near Boone
Two miles east of Boone a fine thorough bred short horned Durham bull for sale. Sired by Duke 9th and carved by a thorough bred vow. Call and see him, G. W. Winkler.
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Finp
Boone
Duke 9Th
Vow
G. W. Winkler
Trinity College Adopts Expanded Facilities and Scholarships
Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina offers undergraduate and graduate courses with many electives. The campus features eight scientific laboratories, modern equipment, new library additions, a complete gymnasium, and ample scholarships. Fifty thousand dollars was spent on improvements last year under President Kilgo.
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Trinity College
Kilgo
Durham
N.C
Dr. W. M. Robey Sets Summer Work at Blowing Rock
Morganton doctor W. M. Robey locates for the summer at Blowing Rock. He offers dental work at any time with only best materials used and guaranteed, operating from the Blowing Rock Hotel.
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Morganton
Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock Hotel
Illiteracy and race in the South discussed in constitutional debate
The Toledo Blade critiques sections four and five of a North Carolina constitutional amendment, arguing the laws create illiteracy based voting tests, cite the grandfather clause, and note racial disparities. It covers candidates Coffer Swift and Michael in Laurel Creek, and mentions proposed education as remedy, plus a local obituary and medicinal notice.
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Toledo Blade
Ohio
North Carolina
Hay
Louis
Attorney Coffer
Wiley J. Swift
Senate
JL. H. Michael
Laurel Creek
Wiley
Micheal
Michael
Mecklenburg Road
Curliyan
Mississippi
Swift
South
Supreme Court of the United States
Union meeting of Three Forkes Association program
The Union meeting at Bethel Baptist church begins Friday before the 5th Sunday in July 1900 with an 11 a.m. introductory sermon by Elder David Greene and a 1 p.m. organization. Topics include the Lord's Supper, question-box sessions, and talks by Elders Sherwood Palmer Harman Younce Dougherty Roten Gambill. Saturday features devotional exercises and further talks on Baptist principles and foreign missions. Sunday includes a talk on the orphanage and a Milly Memorial Building collection.
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Three Forkes Association
Bethel Baptist Church
J. J. L. Sherwood
R. L. Palmer
A. m
D.C. Harman
Solomon Younce
Foreign Missions
E. ~. Jones
B. B. Dougherty
A. Roten
Smith Hagaman
Milly’ Memorial
A. H. Farraina
W.S. Farthing
A. J. Gambill
Public Speaking in Watauga County Candidates Schedule
Political candidates for the General Assembly and county offices from both parties will address residents across Watauga County. Meetings occur in Shawneehaw Banner’s Ika Beech Mountain Loggy Gap Laurel Creek Beaver Dams Bethel Cove Creek Mabie North Fork Thomas Boone Roos Meat Camp Elk Knob Academy Bald Mountain Stony Fork Stony Point Profits Store Blue Ridge Blowing Rock Watauga Hulls Mills Boone and Blowing Rock dates in July 1900 with county committee leaders L. H. Michael and J. C. Horton noted as chairs.
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General Assembly
Watauga County
Shawneehaw
Banner's Lk
Beech Mt
Loggy Gap
Laurel Creek
School House
Beaver Dams
Bethel
Bald Mt
Stony Fork
Stony Point
Profits
Blue Ridge
Appetite of a Goat Prompts Health Claim in Ad
An obituary style ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a fix for indigestion and lax digestion claiming improved appetite and energy. It notes the pills cost 25 cents and are available at Blackburn s.
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Dr. King
Blackburn’s
Yellow Jaundice Cure by Electric Bitters
M A Hogarty of Lexington Kentucky turned yellow with jaundice and suffered greatly before using Electric Bitters. After two bottles he claimed a complete cure and praised the remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Sold by Blackburn for 50c.
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M. A. Hogarty
Lexington
Blackburn
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Register of Deeds
Thorne Bingham
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Zionville
Thornton, Wash
Watauga
Apa
J. ‘Larkin Hayes
Moody School
Smith
Larkin
Thomas Bingham
W. M. Robey
Mark Hanna
Elijah Isaacs
Baird’s Creek
Coffey Bros
Phillips & Son
Ian
P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
Globe Telegraph CO
Lexington, Ky
David Greene
Watauga Academy
D. D. Dougherty
Principara
SPALL
Boone N, C
Providence
M. B. Blackburn
Perias
University of North, Carolina
P. Venable
Chapel Hill
Wilton
W. Anderson
Asbury
W. Va
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Valle Crucis Stock Coy
Valle Crucis
Merete & Farthing
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