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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
1
An advertisement promotes Boone Furniture Company offering a full line of home furnishings in the Bank Building. It blends with a long editorial urging a city wide fly control campaign to protect health, urging cleanliness and screened homes to prevent disease spread.
A terse aphorism states that repeated cheating by a man reflects the victim’s responsibility for tolerating the behavior, implying a moral lesson about self accountability and limits in relationships. The quote echoes social norms about trust and personal boundaries.
Startled the world by Bucklea Arnica Salve claims now forty years of cures proven widely. Falke sores and cuts benefited, touted as the best salve on earth across the region.
Warning to railroad men about severe kidney and bladder troubles from years on the rails. Geo E Bell of Fort Wayne Indiana, former Nickel Plate conductor, describes chronic back and hip pain, frequent painful bladder action, and how Fosify Kidney Pills improved after four bottles, ending in complete cure.
Mr J M Gray assistant director of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture urges Watauga boys in the corn contest to file membership applications for the State Corn Club. Applications and rules are available from Mr T B Parker Raleigh or the county superintendent. Filling out the blanks allows competition for five more prizes with the same acre of corn and boosts winning chances. A second blurb notes a patent medicine claim for kidney relief.
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