Political notes and school plans in Watauga County
The Watauga Democrat discusses poll tax eligibility, noting the May 1 deadline passed and disqualifications are few, while praising education funding. It endorses Charles Armfield for Associate Justice, Theodore F. Kluttz for Congress, and urges unity among Democrats in the Eighth District. The paper outlines summer schools, teacher salaries, and county education efforts, inviting broad civic cooperation.
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Leas
Theodore F. Kluttz
Rowan
Congress
Watauga
Klottz
Lbuye
Watunoga Academy
Francom
Shull’s Mills
Goodman
Zionville
Tom
Tax Sisters List of County Tax Assessors for 1902
A list naming gentlemen appointed to list property subject to taxation in Watauga county for 1902. Boone W R Brown Blowing Rock Wm Elrod Beaver Dams Thomas Farthing Bald Mountain G H Melamary Blue Ridge Thos Hampton.
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Watauga County
Boone
W. R. Brown
Blowing Rock
Wm. Elrod
Thomas Farthing
Bald Mountain
G. H. Meglamery
Blue Ridge
Thos. Hampton
Children Fertilizer Pitch in Scott's Emulsion Ad
An old advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion with a rhetoric linking fertilizer to child development. It suggests that some children need extra nutrition to thrive and promises growth in flesh strength blood and mind. The ad invites readers to request a free sample from Scott & Rowne.
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Scott
Property List Omitted Names To Be Published In June
A list of properties near Bearh Mountain and surrounding creeks was overlooked and will be published during June. The record includes names such as J. J. Glenn Cove Creek Thos. Bing ham Elk Joel Hares Mest Camp R Norris North Fork W N Thaw ne Stony Fork John H Mor etz Shawneehaw E J Banner Watauga G W Robbins and others. The owners will be listed in the June issue.
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Ham
Elk
Joel Hares
R. Norris
North Fork
W. N
Shawneehaw
E. J. Banner
Watauga
G. W. Robbins
Whooping cough remedy praised by Alabama mother
A Springville Alabama mother Jeasie Pinkley Hall credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with protecting three children and a three month old baby during a whooping cough outbreak. She notes her oldest daughter used cough syrup between fits and claims healthier outcomes than peers. The ad lists the remedy as for sale by M B Blackburn.
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Tella
Chamberlain
Jeasie Pinkley Hall
Springville
Ala
M. B. Blackburn
Genuine Cascarets and North Carolina Honor Defends Senator Simmons
Citizens recall the genuine Cascarets candy and praise North Carolina's Hon. F. M. Simmons for defending the state's honor in the U S Senate against Jeter A. Pritchard. The praise underscores Simmons's loyal service and integrity amid attacks.
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C.C.C
North Carolina
F. M. Simmons
United States
Senate
Lonor
Jeter A. Pritchard
Jeter C
Rotel Srepeyets Health Claim Ad
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver tablets as a quick cure for bad taste and upset stomach. It claims the remedy improves digestion and revitalizes the user, noting easy, sugarcoated tablets available through M. B. Black.
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Chamberlain
M. B. Biack
Spring Humors And The Call To Build Up The System
Spring humors affect many people causing pimples indigestion headaches and bilious fits along with fatigue and loss of appetite. The remedy emphasizes removing the cause and boosting the body's strength to recover.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity
Advertised tonic Hood's Sarsaparilla claims radical permanent cures for scrofula rheum head ailments and blood poisoning. The piece also notes Madison County commissioners voting to exempt poll tax at the request of Senator Pritchard and a drug ad touting Lexative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a no cure no pay offer at 26 cents.
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Madison County
Pritchard
Local trader offers goods and prices in Boone notice
In a Boone notice Richard M Green invites folks to trade and sell him butter and eggs at top prices while listing a wide stock including tin ware porcelain wares lamps dishes knives and forks footwear and groceries. A separate legal notice from Watauga County in North Carolina Superior Court details an execution sale June 2 1902 of Blowing Rock M E Church South trustees real estate to satisfy judgment with court house sale at the county seat.
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North Carolina
Watauga
W. P. Moody
A. J. Coffey
W. L. Holshouser
M. Clarke
Jas. A. Taylor
J. F. Hardin
Blowing Rock
C. d. Coffey
Jas. A Taylor
F. Hardin
Blowing Rock M. E. Church South
N. C
W. B. Bairp
Caldwell & Watauga Turnpike Company
T. H. Taylor
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Watauga Democrat
Robert C. Rivers
Thorspay
A. W. Beach
Chas. Armfield
Statesville
Supreme Court
Beach
Armfield
Judge Armfield
Supreme Bench
Haia
Politic
Reoo
Children’s Fertilizer
Scott & Rowne
Chenin
Bearh Mountain
Train 'Greent
Laurel Creek
J. J. Glenn
Cove Creek
Thos. Bing
Stony Fork
John H. Mor
Etz
Walter Clark
Wilson
Judge Clarke
Rotel Srepeyets
Hood
Sharti
Richard M. Green
Merchant and Trader’s Bank
Mountain City, Tennessee
J. Walter Wariaut
W. P. Dox
R. E. Donnenny
de. J.C. Boturr
Tam
Sam
Peck
Nuttall
A ‘Todd
H.C. Miller
A. E. Mobetz
Mabel
Sugar Grove
J. R. Phillips
Watauga Falls
Phillips Brs
JL. Cottrell
Boone, N. C
Coffey’s
Offera Hia
S@Calla
Sadie
Wil. W. Holsci
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