Cherokees fund inquiry and railroad talk in Watauga
R C Rivers notes Mr Baker from Guion Miller office investigated claims of Eastern Band Cherokee descendants in Watauga with six million dollars in funds possible. Lenoir News reports Caldwell and Northern Railway extension hopes with Blowing Rock pledge of 225000 to Edgemont. Also Grangeville Idaho trip diary and local notices amid disappearances in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Guion Miller
Cherokee Indians Claim Department
Washington, D.C
Miss Scoeld
United States
Nantahala Mountains
Ala
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Nantghala
Hfe
Jupalaska
Jackson
Heineshits Bend
Tern
Fonda
Blowing Rock
Lenoir News
Caldwell and Northern Railway
Edgemont
Coffey’s Gap
Kelsey
Watauga
Blowing
Rock
Charlotte Observer
Boone
Caldwell & Northern Railroad
Cook and Coffey
Blue Ridge
Yadkin River
Wilson Creek
L. T. Nichols
the & N.W
Chester
D. C
Jerome Dowd
Robert Lee Durham
Baldwin
Charlotte
Hiddenite
Elkin
Wilkesboro
Dowd
Dowd and Mr. Durham
Bronze tablets to honor flag and cemetery memory
Contracts soon to be awarded for bronze tablets at Fort McHenry Maryland and Marietta Georgia. One marks the flag staff site that inspired the Star Spangled Banner. the other honors Henry G. Cole for gifting cemetery ground. The Ocean View Hotel at Wilmington burned recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Fort McHenry
Maryland
National Cemetery
Marietta
Henry G. Cole
A National Cemetery
See Around the World Synscope Invented by John Wellesly Lynn
Inventor John Wellesly Lynn claims to have created the synscope an instrument to send messages and images through the air without electricity. It purportedly lets Londoners converse with New York friends and view their activities enabling distant family gatherings. The British patent is held by the Bishop of Bloemfontin who financed development and travels to England for the Pan Anglican Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wellesly Lynn
London
New York
Great Britain
Bloemfontin
England
Lynne
South Africa
Harris Succeeds Father as Editor of Uncle Remus Magazine
Julian Harris, son of the late Joel Chandler Harris, becomes editor of Uncle Remus Magazine succeeding his father. He previously served as managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution and had worked with his father in magazine management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Harris
Joel Chandler Harris
The
Atlanta Constitution
Governor posts $200 reward for Union county murder suspects
Governor Glenn offers a $200 reward for each of two men suspected of robbing and murdering John M. Morris in his Union county home last week. Authorities pursue leads as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
John M. Morris
Union County
Chicago Health Fund Boosted for Infant Diseases
The city of Chicago has appropriated 10000 dollars to combat infant diseases and employed 100 physicians to carry out the work, directing the funds to these doctors for disease prevention and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wake man given 30 years for patricide
John Evans of Wake was sentenced to thirty years in prison after killing his father. The crime stemmed from alleged ongoing abuse of his mother. In a separate note, Georgia accused Hoke Smith of being forced from Cleveland's cabinet, which Smith denied, stating he simply removed the cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Wake
Washington
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Smith
Thimself
Cordele Storm Toll Reports Deaths and Fire Wounds
A storm in Cordele Georgia Tuesday of last week killed a Black man and four mules in a dire rural incident. DeWitt’s carbolized witch hazel is advertised as a remedy for plies burns and sores in brief retail copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doring
Cordele Ga
Dewitt
Sai
Judge Parker Declares for Bryan in Campaign Walk
Judge Alban B Parker has stated his clear support for Bryan and plans to canvass in his behalf, signaling active backing. The move marks a notable endorsement from a judge as the race moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alban B. Parker Han
Bryan
Latham Mortgage Sale Notices in Watauga County
Public auction in Boone on August 10 1908 to satisfy a mortgage debt of 676.80 by J H Latham to the Bank of Ashe via P M Thomas and J D Thomas. Property covers 186 acres on Cove Creek in Cove Creek township, with detailed boundary descriptions and exclusion of a one sixteenth share. Lovill and P M Thomas J D Thomas mortgagees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Latham
P.M. Thomas
J. D. Thomas
Office of the Register of Deeds For
Watauga County
B. M
J.D. Thomas
J. H. Lathaw
Bank of Ashe
Forson
N.C
F. M
Jefferson
Court House
Boone
Cove Creek
Cove Creek Township
Landerine Eggers
Ransom Eggore
Davis' Corner
Ellison's Creek
Fanene
Notice of Public Sale Under Trust Deed in Watauga County
Notice states G W Smith, Mary Smith, and G F Bingham executed a trust deed to N L Mast for 500 dollars owed to G H Austin. Trustee to sell real estate at Boone court house on Aug 3, 1908, 10 am to 4 pm, description covers 136 acres in Watauga County with detailed metes and bounds. Proceeds to satisfy debt, costs, and interest. remainder to first parties. Mast signs as trustee on July 2, 2008.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grangeville
Idaho
Butte
City
Mont
Idaho County
Comas Prarie
Timothy
Hampton Taylor
North Carolina
Tennessee
Garfield
Wash
Wiley Jennings
Jennie Smith
Mr. Jenkins
Hiram Gragg
Hiram
Elberton
St. John Wash
West
Writ W. Honsenow
Garfield, Wash
G W. Smith
Mary Smith
G. F Bingham
N. L. Mast
G. H. Austin
G. W. Smith
Court House
Boone
N. C
Watauga County
J. B
Horton
W. M. Sherwood
Gj. W. Smith
G. F. Bingham
M. A. Bingham
Nol. Mast
DeWitts Medicine Patter and Odd Local Notes
A miscellany notes a New Jersey pastor handing cigars to male parishioners during a sermon, questions practicals of medical tonics and whey cures, plus a Raleigh Evening Times postponement amid stockholders and creditors. The quip concludes with a line about conscience as life’s answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Farms For Sale 400 Acres Near Knoxville And Morristown
Auction note items describe several Knoxville and Morristown area farms for sale with 400 acre tract 11 miles from railroad, 220 acres timber, 150 acres merchantable timber, 80 acres white oak timber worth 5000, 255 acre run, 825 acre combined, and a 75 acre tract with 4 room house. Prices 9500, 9000, 12000 for combined, 2000 for 75 acre, terms cash down 1500 balance in one to two years. Possession at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Main Pike Road
Runnahin
Morristown
First Elaas
Young Orchard
Anseelsville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Watauga Democrat
R. C. Rivers
Tuersday
J. M. Hodges
Miss Harris
John Boyd
Ben
Spartanburg
Mr. Boyd
Atlanta
Ocean View
Wilmington
W. 8. Harman
Lovill and
Mortgagee
Lovill Attorneys
DeWit
DeWitts
Raleigh
Scott
Tennessee Farms
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Valley of
East Tennessee
East Tenn
Real Estate Company
Wood & Johnson Proprietors
Tenness
Coorey
G. P. HacaMan
Cash
N. L. Mast, Pres
Watauga County Bank
Boone, N. C
M. D
Blackburn Hotel
Robert Wood
Mortristows ‘Tran
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