Taft Cartoon Shows Schoolboy President Amid Golf Longing
A composite cartoon in the Philadelphia North American and shared by Watauga Democrat and Charlotte Observer portrays President Taft as a big schoolboy at his desk. The exam questions satirize his politics, GOP issues, and conservation, while he eyes a distant golfer, hinting at priorities and scrutiny in the first year of his term.
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Charlotte Observer
Taft
P.cannon
Fourteenth
Massachusetts
Ballinger
Guggenheim
Student Answers Show How Pupils Handle Unknown Exam Questions
A Pennsylvania professor recalls three student tactics for unknown exam questions. Good students leave blanks, others bluff or joke. Rare gems sometimes save a paper by a witty reply, such as St Bruno being a great Dane, brother of St Bernard, and a remark on prophets.
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Pennsylvania
Feager
St. Bruno
St. Bernard
Auto mortgage or calves the mountain way
A Lenoir News note prefers buying calves and a cart over a costly auto due to muddy roads steep hills and rising gasoline. The piece argues a pair of muly calves will be steadier, possibly more valuable after a year, and suit the mountain country better than a new car. It ends with an ad for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by J. M. Hodges.
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Calvea
Lenoir
Bone and dog will bestow you Irish saying
The fragment cites an Irish proverb about keeping bone and dog, and a Bible verse noting many afflictions of the righteous. No clear event, person, place, or organization is identifiable beyond these maxims.
Hats at church spark debate in Winston Sentinel critique
The Winston Sentinel cites Rev. Gilbert T Rowe of Tryon Street Methodist Church criticizing women’s hats at services. The piece predicts the plan could boost attendance if adopted widely, arguing millinery blocks sermon visibility and praising Rowe as starting a needed reform.
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Gilbert T Rowe
Tryon Street
Methodist Church
Winston Sentinel
Rowe
Charlotte Observer
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised By Soldier
A Burlington Maine veteran recounts severe injuries from service and says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him when others failed. The letter extols the salve as the greatest healer of sores ulcers boils burns cuts wounds bruises and piles and notes a 25 cent price at druggists.
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Jess
L. W. Harriman
Burlington
Bucklen
He hurts the good who spares the French
An old advertising notice urges every family especially those in the country to keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment for emergencies and accidents. It proclaims the liniment excellent for rheumatism sprains and bruises and notes it is sold by J M Hadges.
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J. M Hadges
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Publets Ad
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Publets as easy to take and effective for stomach and liver troubles. It claims symptoms like foul breath and headaches stem from stomach issues and promotes J. M Hodges as the seller.
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Chamberlain
J. M Hodges
Why He Was Not Promoted And Health Ad Claims
The passage contrasts poor work habits with a failed promotion path, noting lateness, constant grumbling, lack of learning, and poor judgment as causes. It pivots to ahealth ad, linking liver trouble signs to skin issues and endorsing Dr. King's New Life Pills for 25 cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
Boone Furniture Store Offers Latest Furnishings and Coffins
Furniture and coffins are showcased in our store with a modern line including dressers, sideboards, bedsteads, and tables. A full range of coffins and caskets in mahogany, press-white, white, black plush, and plushette covers all sizes. Call or visit for best attention to phone orders.
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Cal
Boone Furniture Store
Chamberlains Stomach Liver Tablets Promote Health
A vintage ad-style note claims Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets aid women with constipation dull skin and fatigue. It asserts natural bowel and digestive support, says tablets relieve discomfort and purify blood, and promises gentle, concentrated action with reliable relief. Price listed as 25 cents.
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Chamberlain
Womanly Widom and Household Housekeeping Tips
A vintage column offers practical domestic advice in casual tone. It suggests warm diluted milk to clean varnished furniture and jokes about oven use. It promotes sewing mattresses in three pieces for easier handling during illness and praises a cheerful wife for mending socks weekly to save money.
Mortgage Sale of Watauga County Lands in North Carolina
Under a 1906 mortgage, W W Bass to R L Hodges and spouses, with town of Boone NC as the venue, the property near Datel Creek in Watauga County will be sold to the highest cash bidder. The description covers three tracts totaling about 295 acres with detailed bearings and corner references, to satisfy the remaining purchase price notes. The sale occurs on the courthouse steps as of April 8 1910, with Lowe as attorney.
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W. W. Bass
R. L. Hodwex
Sarah Hodges
Larkin Townsend
Mahala Townsend
Court House
Boone
N.C
Watauga
Glarke
Lydia Norwood Old Corner
Norwood
Norewood
Clarks' S Corner
Temple ‘Townsend's Corner
Pigeon Ea
Mle
Lewis Townsend
Lusk
R. L. Hodges
Larkin ‘Townsend
Lowe
Atty
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Zionsville
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Dr. Bell
Castoria
What Is
Rena Mare
Pierce, Fla
Patalita
South
Munn Co
Scientific American
Washington
Preud
Eleotinig
Omagh
Drozsit
Lyon Mfg. CO
5Th St
Brooklyn
N.Y
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