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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
2
The article laments Boone’s slow civic effort after a new railroad. It urges cleaner streets, better public grounds, stricter ordinances, and more housing to attract residents and business. It calls for a county meeting to organize township participation and proposes a clean-up day with penalties to fund improvements.
The Central committee for the Fourth of July celebration in Boone met in the Red Cross room and outlined plans to honor Confederate and Federal veterans Spanish-American soldiers and local WWI servicemen. A free dinner and refreshments are planned for July 4 1919 with a band to be procured and township committees formed for organization ahead of the June meeting.
A bundle of Democrat mail from Valle Crucis was sent from Boone by train last Thursday and reached Shulls Mills within an hour then failed to reach patrons until Monday. The writer condemns the broken service but declines to blame anyone specifically and warns of an investigation if it recurs.
The Yadkin Woolen Mills owned by John R Hagaman and C S Hagaman in Patterson North Carolina advertises to trade wool. It asks for all wool blankets and yarns of any kind and offers market prices in cash or exchange.
Government asks support through bonds to hasten normal business, repay the immense war debt, and bring soldiers home. The note urges readers to buy Victory Bonds as a high grade, 4 percent non-taxable U S government investment, supporting those still over there and protecting national prestige. Joseph Brown chairs the drive.
Deputy Sheriff Newton Greene and Sam Miller seized a subterranean distillery in Potter Town on Friday night. The unique plant was hidden via a trap door under a chestnut log with pipes leading to a concealed hog trough. Officers faced loss of sleep and riding in pursuit, but the operation succeeded.
An old advertisement urges immediate action to insure house health and life, warning that delay leads to ruin. It promotes “universal rates” and claims to sell the best policies via GEO. F. Blair of Blowing Rock North Carolina.
The Watauga county Road Commission bought out the Boone and Blowing Rock Turnpike stockholders for 75 cents on the dollar. The road is now county property with the toll gate removed. The ad promotes local real estate bargains as war bonds era buying shifts back to property, signed by Blowing Rock Realty Co and Geo F Blair. Other content includes a Toledo notary affidavit for Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F J Cheney & Co.
A county sheriff appeals to citizens of Watauga to aid efforts against liquor in the county and pledges to act on reliable information. The message emphasizes deputies ready to discharge duties to the best of their ability. Also notes advice on rheumatism treatment endorsing Chamberlain's Liniment as a relief option, priced at 35 cents per bottle and 60 cents for large sizes.
Confident testimony from Boone readers supports Dean's Kidney Pills as quick relief and lasting benefit. W. M. Childers of Le Noir North Carolina describes four years of kidney trouble followed by renewed health after using the product purchased at Ballew's Cash Pharmacy. He reports no kidney trouble for years and endorses the medicine as the same trusted Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In Watauga County North Carolina Ronda D Horton sues Mary Horton to void bonds of matrimony and obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii Mary Horton must appear at Boone NC Superior Court on the first Monday in September 1911 to answer the complaint The filing clerk is C L Coffey and attorney John F Brown represents the plaintiff.
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