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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
3
Bee Green's suspenders and road plans spark talk as locals recall oddities. J W McGhee finished flues for the Episcopal church building. Prof B B Dougherty returned from Raleigh Sunday afternoon.
Local notes report visiting friends, family moves, and health updates. Mrs Theresa Hodges rests due to rheumatism while Rev John Ingle preaches in Burlington and Elon. Watauga residents plan sales, auctions, and rail for court week with telegrams about a son ill in Tucson and an old couple wedding in Boone.
The jeweler BM Greene offers watch repair services in Boone during the first week of court. He promises careful work, reasonable prices, and special attention to mail orders. Permanently located at Silverstone, North Carolina, with pickup at BR. M. Greene's store.
Rev W R Savage will preach at St John s on the Watauga the 2nd Sunday morning and night at Beers school house on Rush Branch. Miss Bessie Mordecai returns to Blowing Rock after visits in Durham and Raleigh. Mrs J B Clark injured her arm but recovering. John Campbell and wife of Georgia visiting Valle Crucis and Banner Elk to assess needs for the Russell Sage Foundation. Mothers Meetings held Fridays at Blowing Rock Methodist. Dr Charles Reed of Banner Elk lectured on Missions in China. Rev Atkins returns from two months north trip. R F Edwards Masopie lecturer drilling Blowing Rock Lodge members. The Maine anchor, sunk in Havana Harbor 11 years ago, dedicated at Arlington monument for 165 perished sailors.
A damaged OCR fragment references an administrative deed or exit order with obscure names and dates. It mentions February and an official body possibly Caxaan Cons, Adminiatt, but the text is garbled and no clear event or persons can be confirmed.
The statement claims that consumption costs the United States 200000 human lives annually, doubles that figure for cows and other livestock, and amounts to at least one billion dollars each year in monetary losses.
Honry B. Watson is critically ill at his Winston Salem home and not expected to live unless a sudden improvement occurs. The University of Virginia holds a $4,000,000 endowment. A Tennyson quote appears about self guidance. Vice Admiral Cervera, commander of the Spanish fleet at Santiago, is dying at Puerto Real.
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