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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
4
A collection of short, satirical maxims and observations from the Watauga Democrat with wry takes on fame, philosophy, literacy, gender, and politics. The quips critique human folly and social norms, ending with a jab at the politician’s balance of salary versus work.
A Baldwin Locomotive Works exhibit features a Vanderbilt patent fire box locomotive in the rail way exhibit building. The American type ten wheel freight engine weighs about one hundred and forty nine thousand pounds and will serve on the Illinois Central ARB. The boiler is the fifteenth and the tender the first patent used for this purpose, with no stay bolts. The fire box interior is visible via six electric lights.
A meeting overheard phrase about sinners dying daily turns into a light moment as an old deacon sings of a place reserved. In another note, Nichols Politz in North Carolina has sentence commuted from six years to end June 18, reducing time served to two years.
A fragmented line hints at a domestic dynamic where a woman's extreme affection aims to compel a man to yield to her wishes. The text is unclear but suggests controlling behavior within a relationship.
A brief item notes efforts at a local venue to recover health and restore services. No clear names, dates, or locations are legible. The fragment suggests a focus on medical aid and recovery activities in a community setting.
A Mor lett and Farthing style alert urges readers to settle unpaid subscriptions while poking fun at deadheads and fee dodgers. It cites DeWitt remedies and Chamberlain tablets, and notes a Philadelphia exchange profile of Sit ting Ball and Mrs. Harry Parker. The piece lampoons nonpayers and stresses timely payments for paper access.
Morganton resident W. L. Bruce reports a new free gold quartz vein on his Burke County land. Assaying over $20 per ton, the extensive find has sparked considerable excitement in the region and is noted in a Morganton dispatch to the Charlotte Observer.
Burke County news notes popular townsman Mr. R. T. Claywell has been named to the State Board of Election. It is not yet certain if he will accept. The post pays 1500 per year while the board is in session, likely about three days over two years, yielding roughly six dollars annually, a gesture the paper gratefully acknowledges.
Fragmentary text presents a garbled phrase about a familiar product or gesture and the unclear attribution. No coherent event or entities can be identified for a complete summary.
A. E. Moretz announces from the G. W. Lawrance building in Mabel that he offers cheaper goods than local merchants, with bargains on coffee sugar prints and domestic textiles and will pay top market price for country produce. He urges neighbors to visit and trade to save money.
The executor announces all claims against Ja cob P. Fry, deceased, must be filed within twelve months. May 2, 1901. William Elrop, Jd. Aveny Fry, Executors. Boot and Shoe Shop, Blowing Rock, N C. G H Duncan proprietor advertises best grade laced boots and shoes with repairs, quality material, and satisfaction guaranteed.
A North Carolina Superior Court notice from Watauga County states that on Monday July 1, 1901, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., a described tract totaling about 2680 acres on Meat Camp and Cove Creeks will be sold at public auction at the courthouse in Boone. The property includes multiple adjacent tracts conveyed to A M Dougherty and others, totaling roughly 40 acres, with various adjoining landowners named. The sale is by commissioner Doveroye? and is part of a judgment in the case against 1001 W. E. Commelit et al.
A New Hampshire reader highlights specimens of flexible sandstone from near Charlotte North Carolina. One slab nearly two feet long and four inches wide bends under its own weight sagging at the center when unsupported. The item is cited as American resource evidence amid global competition.
A Texan, Anderson Riggs of Sunny Lane, asserts ten years of indigestion relief after trying Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The advertisement cites scientific research and claims the remedy digests all kinds of food. It quotes endorsements from Moretz and Farthing Johnson and Buchanan, and mentions testimonials as thousands testify.
The fragment notes a sales pitch for De Witt's Little Early Risers saying they cleanse the bowels. It also reports a horrific family murder suicide near Napoleon Ohio where Leroy Grove, age 16, killed his sister, then strangled his brother and killed himself after a barn fire, with speculation of insanity from cheap novels.
Last winter I was bedridden with a severe lung cold and found no relief until my wife bought a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure. It effected a speedy cure and I cannot speak too highly of that excellent remedy. Mr T. K. Hontest an Manatawney Pa.
W L Corry of Moretz North Carolina advertises a fine stock of apple and peach trees plus pears and grape vines. Trees range from three to six feet tall and are delivered. Call or write for particulars.
The Morning Post of Raleigh promotes itself as the popular priced morning newspaper in North Carolina with telegraphic and general news service. It lists subscription rates of one month forty cents, two months seventy five cents, three months one dollar, and one year four dollars.
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