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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
4
The text notes widespread illness in households with many sick members from infants to elders. It mentions maladies such as flu like symptoms, fever, and pneumonia and urges households to take action, even jokingly suggesting beating with forks to stay healthy. The passage reflects wartime or rural public health alarm.
Judgecard Well, Butler's populist dem ic candidate for vice president, is neither Populist nor Democrat but a free silver anti expansion Republican. Caldwell comes nearer representing our views than any other man that could be placed on the McKinley ticket. If the ticket is Bryan and Caldwell we shall use our own pleasure about voting it.
Mrs Calvin Zimmerman of Milenburg Pa extols One Minute Cough Cure as a speedy harmless remedy for coughs colds and throat ailments. She claims immediate relief and praises its safety for children and its alleged prevention of consumption. Coffey Bros Phillips and Son are cited in the ad.
Mr. Wm. Boyd, a leading farmer of Mecklenburg County, sold 20 bales of cotton to J. W. Miller & Co. of Charlotte yesterday. Eleven bales had been stored in an old barn for twenty five years and nine bales had been on band for ten years. The price was 9 cents per pound, per the Observer.
The Greenville Reflever notes Madam Etrade the Patt read lines in a gentleman’s hunts on Saturday predicting a fire at a church he would attend on Sunday. The gentleman attended Episcopal services next Sunday as the church burned during the service. Bill Nye recalls Yale expulsion for refusing to divide a watermelon with the faculty and leaving at night with items he later valued.
Mrs Harriett Evans Hinsdale II writes of using One Minute cough cure to relieve her children’s croup and coughs. She also rails against empty promises in cotton futures dealing, expressing frustration with vague remedies and worthless windups.
The Greensboro Record notes that Sep ater Pritchard does not seek the District Judgeship following Ewart’s failure. Simonton will soon turn 70 and retire, paving the path for Pritchard to succeed him as circuit judge.
Rev, WE Bitzer of Canton New York states he suffered dyspepsia for over twenty years and tried doctors and medicines without benefit. He reports using Kodol Dyas pepsia Core and experiencing help from the start, believing it a panacea for all forms of indigestion. Coffsy Brow Phillips & son.
The mineral interest in the Gragg mine on Grandfather mountain was sold at auction Monday by order of the court. It brought $2,520 and was bought by Col. A. L. Maxwell of Knoxville Tennessee.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered 18 months from a rectal fistula and faced death without a costly operation. He reportedly cured himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, advertised as the best pile cure on earth, priced 25 cents a box at Blackburn's.
A note on social life suggests that a little social activity benefits one as friends depart and promotions occur. It recommends maintaining interest in current events by cultivating friendly relations with people nearby.
Fragmented reader letters and a late 19th century fiscal hint. A testimonial praises LT used KodoE Dysapepsia care for immediate relief, while Coffey proposes an $8 monthly relief for a postmaster’s family in Lake City amid an armed attack on February 12, 08.
Senator Pritchard has introduced in the Senate a bill to pay the estate of James A. Suydain of Craven County twelve hundred dollars for rent of property used by Union forces during the war.
To secure the original witch hazel Salve ask for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve well known as a certain cure for piles and skin diseases Beware of worthless imitations Cofley Bros Phillips & Son.
A figure named John Wanama ker reportedly paid one million dollars to acquire a single page in a Philadelphia newspaper for a year, signaling a bold, high value advertising move in the media market.
Notice to creditors that the sale of property is under contract and demands immediate settlements for professional services. A collector will be in the field soon. Public notice requires readiness for collection. collectors will operate on Saturdays at the office. March 7, 1900.
Notice in North Carolina Watauga County Superior Court Spring term 1900 fixes sale of A M Dougherty and Isaac Dougherty interests in multiple contiguous tracts totaling about 680 acres. Auction at Boone court house on March 26 1900 to satisfy Joseph L Moretz judgment of 136.30 plus interest and costs. Plaintiffs Moretz vs Dougherty and Dougherty.
A garbled passage presents aphoristic lines on love, patriotism, learning, character, and aging. It contrasts sincere conduct with duplicity, notes the difficulty of practicing true ideals, and laments the gap between dreams and reality with scattered quotations and misspellings. The source reads like a clipped quotation page or poetry fragment from a historical column.
Win Orr of Newark credits One Minute cough care with saving his son's life during pneumonia. He says it cures coughs and colds, relieves swiftly, is pleasant to take and harmless. Coffey Bros. Phillips & son endorse the product.
In Watauga County Superior Court W W Shelton and wife Mary Ann Shelton defaulted on a mortgage deed recorded in Book D page 3806 to secure a $160.00 fine. By virtue of the deed’s power the property described as 60 acres on Stringer's Park of North Fork of New River will be sold at Boone Court House March 26, 1900 between 1 and 2 PM to pay the remainder of the fine with title conveying to the buyer.
A local advertisement claims a rapid 80 minute extirpation cure for catarrh and parasite removal at Shull's Mills NC. It denounces inhalers and so-called cures as dangerous, promises cancer and tumor removal with a guaranteed result, and offers free examinations with open letters answered by Dr C W Phrps specializing in catarrh cancer and tumor.
Mary J. Ragan sues L F Ragan Sr in Watauga Superior Court seeking a divorce. Defendant must appear at the March term, 1900, at Boone courthouse NC to answer or demur. plaintiff seeks relief specified in the complaint. The notice is dated December 12, 1900.
Special correspondents across North Carolina provide a complete synopsis of state news with rapid dispatches from Leigh and Ratan. The Morning Post covers diverse events, politics, and regional updates, compiling reports into a concise statewide briefing.
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