Advertising rates furnished on application
The notice from The Watauga Democrat states advertising rates are available on request, indicating pricing details can be obtained by contacting the newspaper office.
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
3
The notice from The Watauga Democrat states advertising rates are available on request, indicating pricing details can be obtained by contacting the newspaper office.
Local news highlights heavy rains and church services at Mt Zion and Mt Pleasant, with notices of court postponement till Wednesday, an upcoming May election for Boone mayor and three commissioners, and varied shop talk on groceries, textiles, and professional visits by Drs. Jennings and Houck. The piece mentions Mr. Coffey, Mrs. Greene, Ancele Councill, and A. E. Coffey among residents, plus stock-law debates and community notices.
Todd merchants moved their stock to the Hulher building and received a fine lot of spring and summer goods. Mrs Broox Miller of Surherland closed a fine school nearby. Frank Greer back from the Philippines visits relatives. J. S. Greer from Watauga Academy home on leave. Marriages: D C Howell to Eliza Norrix, George Blackburn to Elia Graybeal, J Q McGuire to Chessie Grayheal. Rev A L Stanford preached at the Chapel. Robbers broke into Todd post office Saturday night and set fire, but firefighters saved most of the building.
March arrives with a proverb about Hood’s Sarsaparilla cleansing and energizing blood. The ad promises relief from tiredness and spring boils or eruptions, urging readers to start today for improved health through the coming season. Mexico reports a rare light snowfall, startling locals who had never seen snow.
An advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a nerve tonic, claiming it strengthens digestion and assimilation to aid nervous individuals. It mocks a conversational aside about a queen and misplaces names, then shifts to a Confederate veterans notice in Boone urging assembly on April 20 1901 to elect delegates for a Memphis reunion, with a call to enroll members and honor fallen comrades led by E F Levitt as Commander.
An advertisement asserts a tired, listless condition stems from toil and rest cures. It claims Sarsaparilla purifies blood and restores vitality, aiding the stomach, kidneys, and liver, reversing symptoms like headaches, poor appetite, and irritability, promising renewed energy.
J W Holtzclaw announces he has purchased the entire stock from I N Corpening and begins the year at the old Island with a large stock offered at the lowest possible price.
A shop advertises a large stock of ready made clothing in latest styles with competitive prices. It offers a broad range of goods, promises daily new arrivals, and notes accepting country produce at market price in exchange. It closes with thanks and solicits continued patronage.
In Banner Elk on January 15 J W Hollaw law promotes Living Prices store offering to buy all good produce at top market rates. He lists example prices for Suda sauce two tablespoons for five cents soap two cakes for five cents banjo strings silver steel five cents per set or one cent each two handkerchiefs for five cents and claims broad stock coverage including dry goods nations groceries hardware and more.
Pursuant to an order of the Fall term of the Superior Court Watauga county for 1900 I will sell for cash at public outcry at the court house door in Boone on April 1, 1901 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. two tracts of land on the North Fork of New River totaling about 25 acres. The first tract adjoins Enoch Potter Sr John Main and Abram Potter et al. the second adjoins John J L Church Enoch Potter Sr T H Sutherland and Thomas Davenport. Sale to satisfy incumbrance recorded in Minute Docket Book 108 and 104. February 12 1901.
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