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Newspaper

Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1900

Page

4

Watanja Demsrat juetor's meeting and road plans in Chester

The Chester gathering of Wukiwell and Northwest railroad leaders drew a large crowd on the 23rd. Plans called for boosting the company's capital from 360000 to 2000000 with a 1 million preferred and 100000 common stake to retire about 400000 in mortgage debt and finance a new bond issue of 12 000 per mile to standard gauge. The project aims to convert 100 miles of track and extend into Tennessee with an engineering corps organized in Lenoir under Captain J R Erwin. initial survey runs from Lenoir to Cook's Gap near Blowing Rock.

Juetor Wukiwell Northwest Reitroad Chester Fennnessee Lenoir J. R. Erwin Cook’s Gap Blowing Rock North Carolina Hickory

A White Man's State in North Carolina

Editorial argues North Carolina faces August elections with a constitutional amendment that would disfranchise Black voters through a grandfather clause and mirror a failed Louisiana model. It cites Fusionist losses and warns of white supremacy restoration as the state’s political order shifts.

North Carolina Atlanta Constitution

A Song of House Cleaning Pastimes and Pleas

A fragment from a period column presents a humorous home scene urging a father to return for household chores and repairs. It intertwines domestic tasks from heating to cleaning with playful, period advertising fodder and humorous mis-spellings, ending with a brief note on a liver remedy.

Ana Turk

Hood’s Pills Ase Feature of Mild Laxative

Fragment preserves an advertising note for Hood’s Pills describing a mild laxative effect. The copy emphasizes gentleness, efficiency, and targeted relief, mentioning the product’s distinctive benefits and market positioning.

DeWitts Little Early Risers Touted For Liver Purge

An old newspaper brief promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as an effective liver and bowel cleanser. It cites their use as a blood purifying tonic and mentions DeWitt's pills as popular laxatives. The note also references Hood & Co. selling a 25 cent box in Lowell Massachusetts.

DeWitt Coffey Bros. Phillips & Son

Tried Them First Ante Incident Involves Hervey Brown

An old anecdote recalls Hervey Brown and a daughter given a basket of eggs with terse directions. The child followed the plan, returned with stained clothes, explaining she had set the hen herself and that only two eggs broke.

Iara Hervey Brown

Fiendish Attack Leaves Iowa Man Suffering

A.C. Collier of Iowa endured a severe assault that damaged his kidneys and left him in constant pain. After weeks of ailment he found relief with Mee the Bitters, reporting a remarkable recovery. The remedy purifies blood and strengthens health, sold for 25 cents at Blackburn's.

Inn of Scents Chicago News C.F. Collier Iowa Blackburn's

Religious affiliations of state ticket members

A delegate notes the religious leanings of state officials Aycock and Turner are Baptist and Methodist respectively while Grimes, Lacy and Dixon hold Episcopalian, Presbyterian and Methodist memberships. Toon is Baptist, Rogers Methodist, Warner Presbyterian with two Baptists three Methodists three Presbyterians and one Episcopalian among others. J C Kennedy of Roanoke Tenn endorses DeWitts Hazel Salve claiming it cured an incurable ulcer previously deemed beyond recovery.

Aycock Turner Grimes Lacy Dixon Methodist Toon Baptist Presbyterian Rogers—Methodist Warner J.C. Kennedy Roanoke Tenn DeWitt Coffey Uree Phillips & Son

Ridgeway grape business fades after illness and bad weather

A Raleigh correspondent notes Ridgeway once boomed in grape growing but declined after appendicitis epidemics and competition. Now there is little vineyard there and only one in Raleigh, mostly dependent on local trade. Southern Pines vineyards struggle, blackberries prove better, and strawberries suffer from wet weather.

Raleigh Charlotte Observer Ridgeway Southern Pines

Trinity College Opens Forty Fifth Year in September

Trinity College enters its forty fifth year with classes starting Wednesday September 6. The college boasts the largest endowment in North Carolina. Board ranges from 6 to 10 dollars monthly. Loans and scholarships offered to worthy young men and women. Send for the catalogue.

Werdnesday North Carolina Jolarsea

One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by Local Mother

Mrs Calvin Zimmerman of Milesburg Pennsylvania says One Minute Cough Cure is speedy for coughs colds croup and sore throat. She praises it as pleasant for children and the only harmless remedy giving immediate results. It claims to cure bronchitis pneumonia grippe throat and lung disease and may prevent consumption. Coffey Bros Phillips Son.

Calvin Zimmerman Milesburg Coffey Bros Phillips & Son

Eleven year old girl dies after skipping rope accident

Tilly Mahon of New York, age eleven, jumped rope and sustained a spinal injury that proved fatal. The note cites several similar incidents and questions calls for safety measures to curb skipping rope dangers promoted by reformers.

Tilly Mahon New York

Nasal Catarrh Cure Claim by North Carolina Doctor

An advertisement outlines a Dr. Cal. PuPils of Shull’s Mills NC offering a 20 minute nasal parasite removal procedure for nasal catarrh and claims of cancer and tumor cures without surgery. The text warns against inhalers and patent medicines and promises free examinations and a money-back guarantee if cures are not achieved.

Ati Caw. Puipis Shull’s Mille N.C

The Morning Fest IGH North Carolina Ad Morning Post

A fragment describing The Morning Fest IGH in North Carolina and The Morning Post Ravereu detailing popular priced morning news and telegraphic service with state-wide correspondents offering a complete synopsis of state news.

North Carolina

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