Public Education Rally and Conference Highlights
Reports from Watanga describe a two day educational gathering with S M Dogger and Dr Dixon addressing large crowds at the courthouse. Attendees praised the event’s impact on local schooling and future prospects, while plans for an August Hickory conference were announced by Supt Joyner.
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State Board of Education
Hickory
Supt
Joyner
Melver
Winston
Guy Jarvis
Cline
Will You Hear Us? Savings Prices From A Local Merchant
A brief sales note from R. M. & E. M. Green of Boone dated July 30 offers bargain prices on shoes shirts linen skirts and various dry goods. Items include ladies shoes 75 cents to 1.75 per pair men shoes 1.25 to 2.50, infant shoes 50 cents, clothing and household goods, coffee and soda, kerosene, flour and dress goods with a friendly pitch to attract both roots and horns buyers.
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R. M
E. M. Green
Boone
Notice of real estate sale in Watauga County Steele lands
Under a decree of the Superior Court of Watauga County North Carolina commissioner will sell at public outcry on Monday August 4 between 12 M and 8 PM lands described in EK B. and Jane Miller v A. J. Moretz and Robert Grubb lying on Meat Camp creek and Elk creek near Riddles Knob Pine Orchard mountain bounded by Riddle Fork Long Hope Creek and Laurel Fork Containing 525 acres more or less known as the Steele lands The land was previously sold June 2 but sale set aside and new sale ordered This June 17 1902 J A H Bryant Commissioner
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Watauga County
N.C
de Cree
EK. B
Jane Miller
A. J. Moretz
Robert Grubb
Said
Meat Camp Creek
Elk Creek
B. R. Brown
Lk.miller
A. Pf.davis
Dee
Etwee
Riddles Knob
Pine Orchard Mountain
Riddle's Fork
Roaring Bork
Horton’s Gap
Long Hope Creek
Long Hope Week
Tomp Jkin
Finley
Moun
Philadelphia Record
Inio
Jlnnda
Steele
Trust issue will retire with amendment, says Post
The Washington Post comments that backing the constitutional amendment in the Fifty Sixth Congress would deliberately retire the trust issue. The piece mocks anti trust rhetoric, likening Republicans to a hog making a loud cry while the hog quietly approves, implying little real harm from the measure.
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The
Washington Post
Steel Trust Clears 140 Million Annual, Labor Struggles Continue
A historical record notes the Steel Trust earning 140 million dollars per year while workers battle to survive, highlighting economic disparity and labor strife during the period.
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Steel Trust
Corporations See Usefulness in Campaign Fundraising
An administration figure notes corporations have uses, adding that they contribute to swelling a Republican campaign fund.
Stop the Cough Cure All in One Day Claim
An old advertisement touts Lexative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cold cure with a 25 cent price and a no cure no pay pledge. It also comments on political actions harming philanthropic institutions in a clipped promotional tone.
Peculiar To Itself and Its Blood Purifying Claims
The fragment describes a product advertised as a blood purifying alterative claiming to cure all humors eruptions and related ill effects. It touts radical, permanent cures and restoration of energy, presenting the preparation as a universal remedy.
Sugar Grove store trade offer abandons credit system
A store advertises low prices at Sugar Grove and Leon, inviting trade and promising no credit under New Year policy. The owner asserts old credit is abandoned and will not grant indulgence to patrons, urging customers to seek good goods at fair prices in the county.
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Sugar Grove and
Leon
Sam
Bargains for You Wide Selection at Local Store
A lengthy retail notice advertises spring and summer dress goods including broad stripes, calicos, insertions, trimming, hosiery, shoes for ladies and men, children’s shoes, and remnants. Hardware items such as plows, nails, axes, and tools are listed, along with hats, notions, men’s suits, and a call for country produce and herbs at high prices. W. Tolsclaw invites customers to visit for bargains.
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Watauga
Troy
Phillips Bros
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Watauza Democrat
Robert C. Rivers
Eartor and Proprietor
Tavuspay
S. ‘M. Dogger
Court House
Maxwell
Cay
J.¥. Bivins
Trinity High School
North Carolina
Charlotte
Dr. Dixon
Newman College
Tulane University
Dixon
Witanga
Watanga
Gil Bogarde
Ular Ster
Bickory
Republican Party
United States
Congress
New York Press
Knox
Jounx
Biyeuani, Com
Traats
Hood
Susim A. Hains
Withers
Bure
Bargins
Will W. Tolsclaw
Claremont College
Fein Wane
Mickory
Wade Toulth
Peiokory
Normas Pal
Ger
Min
Mattor
A. A. Wiss
State Normal and Industrial College
Charles D. McIver
Greensnone
N. C
G. W. Raby
Blowing Rock, N. C
Blowing Rock
Davenport College
R. C. Craven
Prestpent
Lenor
Merchant and Trader’s Bank
Mountain City
Tennessee
J. Walter Wricat
W. P. Duncan
Rambo
R. F. McCape
Ags
J. Cashier
E. E. Hunter
J.G. Burner
J. N. Wiz
R. E
Todd
H. C. Miller
Gel
W. L. Shull
Silverstone
Appress F. P. Venable
Chapel Hill
Trinity College
Durham
Ad Bergs
D. W. Newson
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