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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
1
Secretary W G McAdoo urges national thrift to fund the war effort. Citizens should save and lend to the government, releasing supplies for armies and civilians. He says government credit is vital and asks patriotic sacrifice to secure victory. An Ohio editorial notes on consumer substitutes and clerks’ substitutions.
Dispatch from the front reports 98 to 99 percent of wounded leaving hospitals cured within 15 days after major western front battles. Dr Carrell's disinfecting method and French medical staff contribute to high survival, with 95 to 96 percent of battlefield casualties surviving to reach field hospitals and later return to duty. Mortality varies by injury site, abdomen most serious with 61 percent, chest 20 percent, overall 1.43 percent remained in army hospitals after 15 days.
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh through blood action and constitutional treatment. It promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and urges readers to send testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, with a 75 cent price via local pharmacists.
The Seviersville Tenn Vindicator reprints a Tennessee farmer tale where a wealthy man with two sons in exempt status refuses to buy Liberation Bonds. Exemption officials threaten to place his sons in Class 1 A and deny bond payments, emphasizing equal obligation to support the war effort.
The Virginia Legislature enacted a dog tax law detailed for Progressive Farmer readers. It imposes $1 yearly on each male dog and unspayed female, $3 on each female, with kennel options of $10 for 12 dogs or $15 for unlimited dogs kept for personal use or training. The license year runs February to February, requires tagging, and nocturnal muzzling or owner control. Wardens enforce it and may kill repeat violators. damages to stock by dogs are compensable, with owners liable for the deficit between stock value and assessed value. Violators face fines from $5 to $100 plus trial costs.
Opie Read extols mercy during war, urging readers to support the Red Cross. He frames compassion as radical bravery, noting that sacrificing one luxury daily could ease suffering on the French battlefields and restore wounded soldiers to their families. The piece appeals personally for aid, promising conscience and purpose as rewards.
A playful piece reflects on how to pronounce famous French names like Joffre Foch and Fateh amid readers quarrelling over accent and rhyme. The verse traces reactions from neighbors and mentions local travelers Mr Hardie Trivet from Bluff City and R R Hodges from Paris Texas visiting Boone, with notes on crops and a summer stay.
A wartime appeal outlines Red Cross reaches including 50 000 French children aided 8 423 French military hospitals supplied 2 000 French hospitals with dressings 80 canteens at the front plus one at railway junctions serving 80 000 soldiers daily Movable hospital units for 1 000 men a children's refuge and medical centers for over 2 000 children warehouses with hospital supplies to the Swiss frontier 100 000 tons capacity 400 motor cars seven garages 46 freight car loads to Italy after war entry A hundred activities in Italy Hospitals in England 2 000 women workers and 120 000 supply shipments to Paris headquarters Readers urged to support Red Cross for victory and to back servicemen abroad.
Obituary for Lorenza Dow Ward born May 26 1834 who married A E Dyer January 18 1863. Father to thirteen children with nine surviving. Baptized 1878 and ordained deacon 1879 at Antioch church. Died January 81 1918, remembered as faithful Christian and good citizen. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hayes of Watauga Valley Tennessee, with Mr. W. W. Presnell now residing in Elizabethton, Tennessee, are visiting Watauga for a few days. Local readers welcome the familiar faces back to their native heath.
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