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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
2
Thirty years ago The Democrat began under adversity and has endured through panics wars and economic strain. The piece praises steady leadership and community service and urges readers to celebrate the Glorious Fourth with the paper and to settle any back subscriptions by October 1.
Boone prepares for the Fourth of July with extensive food baskets and fundraising efforts by township committees. Organizers urge discipline among soldiers and residents to ensure a safe holiday, promising swift action against public drunkenness to maintain order for the community’s honored guests.
A public safety notice states that any visitor may be seized by an officer for liquor violations. Enforcement will be strict and regardless of offender identity.
The article notes Thomas A Edison named the phonograph his favorite invention. It describes its perfection beyond earlier talking machines, the ability to reproduce voices and music indistinguishably, and highlights the use of a diamond stylus to avoid needle wear while advancing the device’s quality.
Critics praise the New Edison phonograph as a nearly unwearable, nearly unbreakable device. They call its music a new art named Music's Re-Creation and invite the public to hear records at Mr. R. M. Greene's store with demonstrations and questions welcomed.
90 acre farm for sale with level to gently rolling terrain fronts 4 miles on railroad and county road, one mile from station. Half cleared, 50 acres tobacco land, timber including white oak and poplar. Improvements include small house and barn, spring, orchard. will sell all or half at 0 per acre with 6 percent interest. Roby L. Johnson Science Hill Ky.
A Workers Institute will be held at Willowdale Baptist Church on the first Saturday and Sunday in July with participants including Professors A J Greene Roy Dotson J G Greer Superintendent Hagman W Y Perry and Mrs D E Horton among others. Sessions start Saturday at 10 30 am and run through Sunday night with dinners both days and topics on Sunday School work Stewardship Missions and related subjects. An additional Institute will meet with South Fork church on the second Saturday and Sunday in July beginning Saturday at 2 pm with Sunday dinner. All invitees are welcome. Also an advertisement promotes Buick cars via A B Hamby, agent for Watauga County, Boone NC.
An 1880 advertisement by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine and Hall’s Family Pills. It claims a $100 reward for a case of catarrh that cannot be cured and includes a notary public sworn oath by Frank J Cheney. The piece markets universal rates and urges instant action to insure health and life.
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