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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
3
An entry notes mail matter entered at the Post Office in North Carolina with a rate schedule and advertising rates provided on application. The brief item indicates standard mail matter handling and seeks inquiries for rate details.
K S McDade and Mrs Miller plan a Montana trip next week as a severe storm hits the area. Campers from east of the Ridge flock to Watauga, while local residents note grazing crop damage from heavy rains. Bishop Horner and family visit Valle Crucis. road overseers prepare for August reports. Prof Patton to speak at Appalachian Training School. a Watauga Literary Society debate on women’s suffrage headlines campus events.
A collection of short notices reports and ads including remedies from Chamberlains for cholera and stomach issues gin seng seeds for sale social visits to Shull's Mills and Columbus Miss., church donations Blowing Rock and Lenoir area notices mail robbery case and a death obituary for Mrs W H Calaway with a friendly town update plus eye testing dates for Alfred W Dula in Watauga.
Incomplete OCR note highlights a medical and electrical context with stray letters and spent phrases. The readable fragment mentions X ray treatment and attention to cases, but lacks coherent events, dates, or proper names for a fuller summary.
Local notices promote Buchanan’s store with bargains across shoes dry goods hardware and groceries. Advertisers Z B Buchanan W F Sherwood Will W Holsclaw and others urge early purchases as stock must move within 60 days with items priced near cost and new lots arriving. A found Masonic item is also noted for owner pickup.
Commissioner W. G. Haze will sell the estate lands of W. W. Sherrill on the first Monday in September 1905 at the Boone courthouse. Properties include a Blowing Rock lot of about one quarter acre and a Caldwell county tract of about 200 acres. Proceeds fund debts. terms: one third cash, balance in three equal installments at 6, 12, and 18 months with interest.
Round trip fare from Lenoir to Charlotte is 1.75 dollars with same day return. Passenger sees Charlotte for ten hours and should contact A. W. Dunn of Lenoir, North Carolina for details.
In Vilas on January 22, Will W. Holsclaw offers canned corn tomatoes and California peaches meats lards and a summer dress line. He advertises ladies undergarments white goods hosiery jeans bested suits boy's pants shoes hardware plows nails and hardware stock inviting customers to call for needs and repairs.
A handwritten sale notice invites shoppers to visit the Store of Bargains It promises friendly service and a chance to sell produce Bring along any good pros uce and watch the space for sought items likely to be found there.
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