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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
2
A detailed account praises a revival led by Rev A H Gentry and Rev James H Green aided by a week of prayer. The meeting drew 104 converts and 67 new church members, with Appalachian Training School participating and several students claiming Christian faith.
Miss Bessie Wilson leaving hospital in Knoxville for home soon amid health uncertainties. Bergie has been invalid for years with sympathy from residents. A Friday night gathering described as lively but without notable damage. Roscoe Perry and Wiles Creek work plans noted. Foley Kidney Pills mentioned in a medical anecdote about relief from kidney pains.
Dr J Parker of Blowing Rock visits relatives as national figures, from Secretary of the Treasury nominees to changes in commerce and agriculture, with notes on Cape Lookout harbor sea wall plans and rail developments. References to Miss Isabelle Simmons engagement and Norman Mack’s ambassadorship also appear alongside local notices and community updates.
Notice declares Swift Broa dissolved by mutual consent with Ahas in will continue business and collect debts as of Feb 11, 1018. Also advertises for sale of 200 acres of uncleared land in Emmett Tennessee at 600 dollars per 50 acres with payment terms and Box 10 address.
An obscure quoted exchange surfaces with lines referencing Democrats and Republicans, mentioning Rabbit and Yellow jacket characters, attributed to David Greene. The fragment suggests a political jibe about party control, though full context and source details are missing.
The court will sell at Boone court house door on March 1918 an undivided half interest in a 160 acre land tract on Meat Camp Creek bounded by Woodring, Tatum, Cowles and Miller. The sale, to satisfy a 195 debt plus costs, is authorized by judge in a February 12 1913 commission order.
An East Tennessee land listing describes farms with red clay subsoil water timber and good roads churches markets and services. A North Carolina Watauga County partition suit in Boone seeks to exclude Victor Fauchet and others from Lots 4 and 8 with a March 1918 appearance for a court partition action.
The notice describes moving stock from Foor Furniture to L. L. Critcher in East Boone including sideboards mattresses chairs and undertaker goods plus school supplies. It also records land entries by H. O. Aldridge and H. J. Hardin in Watauga County with detailed parcel boundaries and dates in March 1918.
Notice from W. 1 D. Yarthing S.C. states that an action against North Carolina based firms including Bingham Co and Monarch Milling is filed. It mentions a levy and seizure of goods as part of the case and lists defendants and attorneys in fact.
Notice of sale by mortgagees on G F Bingham and M A Bingham for 40 to 55 acres on Braghy Fork in Boone Township. Real estate on the old William Horton farm to be sold at public auction March 1918 at 1 pm at Boone County courthouse to satisfy mortgage interests and costs.
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