Watanga Democrat news and notes from Winston Salem and beyond
A chaotic 1901 era column highlights a new $2,225,000 capital cotton mill planned in Winston Salem near New River Grayson County Virginia with 40,000 spindles and 1100 looms, plus land and power. It also references a Kansas wheat survey, labor and politics chatter from Indiana to New York, a Wake County school census flagging illiteracy, a poignant obit for Cuvier Covier, and sharp editorials on democracy and South Carolina politics.
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Winston Salem
Cariie
New River
Grayson County
New Riv
Campaign Vindication Advice and Buffalo Hotel Scandal
The text suggests Mesrs Tillman and McLaurin write to Lemuel Platt of New York for guidance on vindication campaigns. It notes Platt’s past experience and flags Buffalo hotel rates as an open scandal threatening the Exposition, with seven dollars a day without board. It questions McLaurin’s political stance and calls for frankness about party doctrines.
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Messrs Tillman and McLaurin
Lemuor Platt
New York
Platt
Buffalo
City charity aids flood victims amid Tenn relief effort
The City of Liriatol Tennessee gave over two thousand dollars to flood sufferers in Elizabethon, signaling a generous civic response. The Courier and News contributed twenty five dollars and two dollars and fifty cents respectively, illustrating local sympathy. Vanderbilt’s wealth and early life anecdotes are noted as background.
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Liriatol
Tenn
Elizabethton
Bristol
Courier
News
Treasury proposal on duties after Supreme Court ruling
Treasury Department announces plans to collect duties from the Philippines while Supreme Court rulings on Porto Rico trade implications delay duties. The note reflects anticipation of McKinley administration policy shifts and Congress’s future role in enforcing tariffs on colonial territories.
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Treasury Department
Philpines
Supreme Court
Porto Rico
Congresa
McKinley
Nugget From Ingram Mine Worth $200 Found At Albermarle
Ingram gold mine at Albermarle yields a 174 pennyweight gold nugget valued at $200. The current owners appraise the mine at $500,000 though they originally purchased it for $6,000.
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Ingram
Albermarle
Governor McSweeney rejects Tillman and McLaurin resignations
Governor McSweeney refuses to accept the resignations of United States Senator Tillman and McLaurin. He argues a canvass between them could harm the state's material interests and does not align with the will of residents opposing a primary.
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McSweeney
Ofc
United States
Tillman and McLaurin
Moranton church withdraws fellowship over prohibition vote
The Baptist church in Morganton withdrew fellowship from two erring brothers who voted against prohibition and in favor of saloons. The Durham Herald notes the brethren should purge themselves by withdrawing fellowship from those who patronize the saloons. Mrs McKinley remains dangerously ill with doubtful recovery.
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The
Baptist Church
Mor’ganton
Thie
Durham Herald
Sampson
Carnegie funds free education in Scotland via tarfflaws
The Bristol Courier reports Andrew Carnegie has redirected ten million dollars of American labor and intellect to Scotland to support free education in southern universities, funded through a system claimed to be tarfflaws unjust to American workers.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
Bristol Courier
If the average woman wore hair low to neck hearse
The remark suggests a humorous view on feminine hair fashion and the idea of cash as a metaphor for appearance. It comments on social expectations and hair style as a sign of status. The line uses satire to provoke thought about women's grooming norms and money.
Suit for separation mocked as impossible by editor
Anian in New York files for separation from his wife alleging she kicked teeth from his mouth and brow, aided by her father and four other men. The writer mocks the claim, doubting any woman could deliver such blows or enlist help, calling him a liar.
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Anian
New
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised To Boost Strength
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for strength and endurance claiming healthy people won’t tire, citing continual testimonials from thousands. It criticizes the Congress of Mothers event in Columbus as a failure due to delegates described as old maids, urging readers to try the product for lasting energy.
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Columbus
Lamen s 8. C. Home Houses Four Confederate Veterans
The Lamen s 8. C. poor house shelters four Confederate veterans driven to endure destitution and age related infirmities within its walls. The excerpt laments the shame of their condition.
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8. C
Walla
New Year Message Promises Savings on All Articles
A 1901 year opening note speaks of trade and competition but focuses on potential to save money on every article. The writer frames the new year as an opportunity to reduce costs and improve purchasing. The tone is optimistic about future pricing and value for readers.
Bargain Bonanza at Jost and Buchanan Store
MERCHANDISE You purchase if you will bring up your trade. We are handling stacks of goods of all kinds, and they are all, without acception, going at a bargain. Our line of dress goods is very pretty, indeed. Come in Indies, and examine them, and while here we will show you many other circ les of ladies' wear that will in terest you. GROCERIES Of all kinds, sugar, coffee, flour, nee, canned goode, jel lies, etc. always in stock. HARDWARE From a cambric needle to the best sewing machine on the market. SHOES? Why, certainly, we've got 'em, and any kind you want, from a cheap brogan to a very handsome hand-sewed shoe for ladies, misses and children. The prettiest line of table ware in the county, a We are on the market for bronze Galax leaves, also want all staple roots and sherbe, "Gineeng, and birth oil brings the highest price of our store, "ring on your produce, we want it. , JOST & BUCHANAN
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Cuvier
Liberty Church
Indies
Orilla
Brighton
Livingston Co
Mich
Hebron
Washington Co
New York
Michigan
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Lfe
Johnston
Mra
Hurd
Detroit
Michigan Drug Company
Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Watauga County
A notice proclaims an execution sale in Watauga County to satisfy a $38.96 debt with interest costs. On the first Monday of July 1901 the sheriff will sell at Boone court house door between noon and 8 pm a tract along Watauga River near Danner and McCoy, described by boundary calls and referenced in Book V, page 180.
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Superior Court
Watauga County
J. W. Watta
A.T
Martha Banner
Court House
Boone
Watauga
Watauga River
Fred Danner
R. M. McCoy
Ed. Shipley
Danner’s Corner
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Watauga Ua
W. B. Barnp
Sherif
Bargains at Lam Todd with Broad Goods Selection
ALC MILLER offers a batch of bargains in Todd with a large stock of goods. Prices list fabrics, suits, coats, hats, shoes, lamps, glassware, kitchenware, books, and periodicals with emphasis on low cash down payments. Claims to pay the highest market for produce and herbs.
Bargains on Summer Goods at Cost in Vilas NC
Overstocked seller offers spring and summer fabrics at actual cost. Includes lawns lightealieves calicos percal s and yard wide fabrics plus men s shoes sizes 9 10 11 and silk bosom shirts undergarments and dress goods. Also seeks roots herbs eggs chickens feathers and produce with sugar offer and payment terms. Listed by Will W Holsclaw Vilas North Carolina dated May 16.
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Jeane
Will W. Holsclaw
Vilas, N. C
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