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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
1
A reflective piece extols farming independence and balanced management as keys to happiness and health. It contrasts rural life’s peaceful air and social warmth with the city’s grind, laments lost neighborly courtesies, and notes moral observations on honesty and taxation amid economic strain. A brief ad promotes Kodol for digestive relief.
The Sharonte Observer discusses Hiram Percy Maxim’s noiseless rifle and predicts far reaching military and ethical impacts. It notes tests before the United States Army ordinance department and the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, plus reflections on demagogy in Georgia and South Carolina politics urging North Carolina to back the noiseless candidate Hickory Democrat.
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Dr Kings New Discovery saved his life after years of using it for coughs and throat and lung ailments. The remedy is praised as a top throat and lung treatment, sold in 50c and 1.00 bottles with a trial bottle offered. The note also mentions a June National Food Magazine Toasts contest won by Mor ganton fair daughters Mixes Hossfeld with prizes for best toast lines.
A wry observation notes that when a double minded man marries two faced women they keep each other guessing, highlighting irony in relationships and deception.
Mr Frank Conlan of 436 Houston Street New York commends Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia liver trouble and weak kidneys. The remedy purifies blood regulates digestion and renews vigor for the sick and aged. Sold by all druggists 50 cents under guarantee.
The question asks how Taft could be guided if elected with Roosevelt thousands of miles away in Africa and unable to lead via wireless telegraph, implying concerns about distant influence on U.S. policy and decision making.
An Ingleside North Carolina man B F Ayscue touts Dr Kings New Lift Pills after fifteen years of chronic indigestion spending hundreds, claiming they are the best pills sold. The ad notes guaranteed satisfaction and a five cent price at all druggists.
Henry E. Disher of Walkertown died Tuesday after a fall from a horse left his neck broken and his body paralyzed while he remained conscious and able to speak until the final morning. The Winston Republican notes the case as a puzzling tragedy at age 28.
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