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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
4
A cheerful wartime verse urges readers to stay optimistic despite looming conflict and shortages. It lampoons doom sayers, notes uncles in arms and cousins at war, and encourages resilience with playful, rhythmic refrains.
Foley Cathartic Tablets cleanse the bowels remove undigested waste and tone the liver. They promise a light free feeling without griping or naudeating and are praised by stout persons. Sold everywhere.
A quoted excerpt from Edward Everett Hale exhorts loyalty to the flag and country. It emphasizes serving under government officers and the people while recognizing the nation as a mother figure behind all leaders and actions.
Vintage ad-style claim touts Dr. King's New Discovery as a soothing throat healer that loosens phlegm and kills germs. It targets grippe croup and bronchial infections, offering easy child and adult use with a 50 cent price at druggists.
Southport News notes full use of available land for planting while surrounding farmers say they could grow more if they could secure enough labor.
A Salem reader recalls years of bladder trouble and costly medicines before relief came with Foley Kidney Pills. The note credits the product with easing pain and restoring comfort after extended suffering.
Selling a promotional package from Foley & Co offering Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Readable text urges enclosing a 5 cent stamp to Foley Co Chicago Illinois for a trial package.
Washington reports quick moves in revising the war tax bill. Senate Finance Committee plans stamp taxes to replace the House manufacturers' gross sales levy and ponders new taxes on second class mail advertising space. They seek exemptions for jewelry motion picture film chewing gum pianos and self played instruments while exploring tonnage based yacht taxes and a confectionery levy.
Asheville Times quotes a cheerful note on happiness and wellbeing. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for relief from constipation, improved appetite, and digestion. The item also cites industrial tension as cooks demand higher wages and proposes replacing cooks to ease costs.
A note warns of increased cases of measles and whooping cough among children this spring. It urges vigilance for every cold as it weakens the system and raises risk of serious illness. Foley's Honey and Tar relieves cough, croup and colds. Sold everywhere.
A compact collection of aphorisms on kindness, nerves, generosity, and tyranny. Notable lines cite Akers on poverty and pain, Seneca on silent thanks, and J J Wolters on oppression justified by necessity. The fragment notes a small word condensing thought.
Notice of land sale under a deed to secure $1000 and interest. On July 2, 1917, at the Boone courthouse door, blue ridge township Watauga County, description outlines multiple parcels tied to Joshua Story grants, Adams and Day heirs, led by M. W. Day as administrator of Jerry Day deceased.
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a mild laxative that clears the bowels, reduces congestion, and improves health and energy. It claims benefits like bright eyes and clear complexions and urges taking a pill before retiring to relieve heaviness and spring fever. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
Mortgagee H A Davis will sell at Boone court house by public outcry on July 2 1917 a 40 acre tract in Meat Camp township bounded by Marfan land L D Cole W S Davie Jacob Main and Clay Miller to secure a debt of 825 due December 1 1916 as described in record Book 8340.
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated January 20 1915 from B Bubureh and wife M LCbureh to O M McGlamery to secure $700 the deed recorded in Book 8 page 282 of Watauga county Register of Deeds NC. The sale to highest bidder for cash at Boone court house door on June 10 1917 at 11 pm to satisfy a balance due of $570 plus interest. Describes 53 acres on waters of South Fork of New River with bounds including Castle Seats Lipsett and Phillips lines. Sale conducted May 8 1917 by C A McGlamery and attorney L BALLEW.
A reader from Mitchell, Bagdad, Kentucky reports his daughter suffered kidney trouble but recovered after taking Foley's Kidney Ville. The ad asserts Goley Kidney Pills strengthen weak kidneys, correct bladder problems, relieve rheumatic pain, and ease backache, with availability advertised everywhere.
G F Ware of Hildebrand North Carolina reports severe back pain and disability until using Dean's Kidney Pills. After two boxes his symptoms improved, four boxes removed the trouble, and he has used them again for return attacks with consistent help. Price 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co. Bully New York.
An old styled advertisement promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey cough syrup for children. It claims the pine balsams soothe the hacking cough loosen phlegm and heal irritated throats with a recommendation to buy at local druggists. The note mentions a price around 25 cents.
The ad touts Sloan's liniment as fast relief for muscle soreness, strains, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, grippe, bruises, and backache. It stresses easy application, non staining penetration, and broad usefulness with a 25 cent bottle at the druggist.
Readers are told that Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting on constitutional conditions. The ad claims the remedy builds up the constitution and assists nature, with a $100 reward if it fails. Testimonies and address for F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio are provided, and the product is sold by druggists.
Augueta Georgia letters praise Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and grippe. The writer claims a 25 cent bottle helped them, noting readers who use the medicine are encouraged.
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