Wedding Bells Amid Mud and Mayhem in March 1908
The Watauga Democrat notes a muddy week with local crops, illness, and school progress as wedding bells ring for Dr Dick Bingham and Rose Weaver in Trade Tennessee. It mentions Flora Weaver’s recovery, Mastis school under J B Horton, and machiner y for Mastie oil well. Also covers panics, drummers, and humorous home life essays with moral reflections.
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Weaver
Flora Weaver
Helton N.C
Mastis
J. B. Horton
Jack
Brown
Ella McLendon
Mastie
Will Baas
N. S. Masts
Nate
Marvin Blackburn
Tom Thomas
Ben Isaacs
Mast Seminary
Three kinds of fools and a court remark in New Jersey
A letter cites three fool types with dangerous pranks and a judge delaying sentencing for lack of sense. J. W. Topp from Jefferson reports John Puckett’s kidnapping arrest near King’s Mountain as a missing 13 year old case unfolds. A Davie county cotton mill fire causes $100000 in damage insured, origin unknown. A Barrie quote closes the item.
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John Puckett
King’s Mt
C. M. Crowder
Gastonia
Puckett
Massachusetts unions back woman suffrage in resolutions
It is reported that more than fifty labor unions in Massachusetts have passed resolutions endorsing woman suffrage, signaling broad organized support for extending voting rights to women.
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Massachusetts
Blue Ridge Prohibition Vote Prompts Letter to Editor
A resident from Blue Ridge township defends local liberties amid prohibition talk. He recalls the May 26 vote, claims low whiskey consumption, and cites clean county records and tax collection. He notes a Baltimore detective turned evangelist, Todd Hall, has died.
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Eorror
Blue Ridge
the Ridge
Watauga
Lees
North Carolina
County Rcords
Blue Ridge Township
W. H. Calaway
Old Blue Ridge
Todd Hall
Toria Rescue Recalled In Life Saving Marriage
A man who saved a woman from drowning 25 years ago has just married her in a ceremony noted as a full circle of fate. The act that began their bond occurred years earlier when he risked his life to pull her from a perilous current.
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J. M. Barrie
Weather Bureau
Atchison Globe
Inauguration Day Echoes Regret Across Congress
Fragmentary notes show Ohio authorities pursuing pictures to cure the insane while souvenir postal cards and hopeful forecasts mark a post inauguration mood. Business revival appears uneven with Congress lagging in momentum.
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Ohio
Congress
Fragmented remarks on poets and weather from era newspapers
A garbled clipping discusses poets, a boy, and inquiries by the Atchison Globe. It mentions a Dailix man with several nights of success and hints at a discussion about marriage, patriotism, and responsibilities. The text is unclear and mixes unrelated ideas without a clear narrative.
Ladies Dress Goods And Hats At Sherwood Amantha Sale
W F Sherwood in Amantha offers a range of ladies white goods Persian lawn India linens and Spring Suitings with yard wide percals at 12 1 2 cents and India linen at 95 cents Also hats for ladies and fur wool and straw hats for men and boys Plus canned goods and best package coffee at a bargain Come visit and prices will be set right March 19
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California
W. F. Sherwood
Cottrell Ad Promises Bargains At Trade Stand
A trade notice from D Jones Cottrell at the R M Green ok stand offers to exchange goods at cash prices. He pledges to pay top prices for butter eggs and grain of all kinds and promises a souvenir plate with each $2 purchase.
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N. B
D. Jones Cottrell
R. M. Green
Special bargain river farm for sale in Tennessee
The ad touts 603 acres on the river near Knoxville with 100 acres in timber, five houses, multiple barns and outbuildings, silos, rail and river access, and a 16 room brick dwelling. It lists 245 acre and 50 to 60 acre creek bottom options near White Pine Morristown and East Tennessee Real Estate Co. asking 10000 dollars, with leaflet and prices.
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Tennesse
Knoxville
Tenn
White Pine
Ceap
East Tennessee Real Estate Company
Wood & Johnson Proprietors
Morristown
Tennesnee
Insurance Rates Across Western North Carolina Offer
An advertisement for the largest Western North Carolina insurance agency lists its office near Mitchel County Bank Building under Harry Eye Park. It promises best companies with prompt claim payments and urges readers to write for rates on their property.
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North Carolina
Harry
EYE Park
N. C
Mitchel County Bank
Ing
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Harry K. Thaw
Hitty Grecn
Hetty
Charlotte
John Johnson
Minn
William, Jr
Chicago
J. W. Topp
Jefferson, N. J. C
Coolemee
Davie County
U. L. Stone
Ence
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McNeill
Silas M. Greene
Ross
Hicka
Minneapolis
Mitchell Co
Homaton Post
Boston
Tennessee
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Tonn
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East Tenn
Realee Company
Wood & Johnson’ Proprietors
He . Mast, Pres
W. ©. Correy, V. P
G. P. Hagman, Cash
Gjemmron
Amantha
Cottell’s
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Watauga County Bank
Boone, N. C
Asa County Institution
J. M. Hodges
M. D
Blackburn Hotel
W. Bryan
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