Local News from Boone North Carolina 1892 Highlights
Local notes report fruit plenty and politics with Senator Vaneets illness, crop impacts from rain, school work at Miss Bettie Coffey, and a busy county scene. Read of a hailstorm on Middle Fork, hens dying, a wedding at Brushy Fork, and a push for subscriptions. Internal revenue cases, railroad survey talks, and an obituary for Mrs. Margaret McNabb tie local memory to wider events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Elk
Margaret McNabb
G. W. Dogger
W. B. Baird
Notice of Standard Keeper at Boone residence
State laws require all weights and measures to be sealed and we are prepared to do the work. You will find us in Boone at the residence of D. By Dough-J. A. Cookerty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.T. Wilbur
Elk Park
R. P. Pell
John P. Robbins
Vilas
Bank of
North Wilkesboro
E. Finley
Internal Revenue
Foster
Boone
Asheville
Watanga
Marshal Colvard
Statesville
Will
J. A. Cookerty
Gold Watch Club Offer Targets Agents in Durham
An advertisement pitches a $4 weekly plan for a gold filled watch with 14 karat cases, Elgin or Waltham movements, stem wind. It claims watches equal a fifty dollar value and offers a $28 hunting case via club price. A Durham North Carolina agent note hints at distributor confusion and urgent recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Waltham
Sadie
Express
Priviless Ammlation
Durham
N. G
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Vaneets
Middle Fork
Ida Hardin
Wame
M.G. Shearer
Collettésvillé
J. C. Horton
Linney
Jobo
Williams
Deerfield School
A. G. Grayson
A. Roten
Grand Lodge
Wilmington
W. W. Woodruff& Co
Knoxville
Tennessee
W. J. Oriteher
I. M. Dougherty
Harker’s Gap
Tenn
Charlotte
Cinda Presnell
Reece
Tine Reece
Brushy Fork
Esq. Bryan
J. C. Martin
Blowing Rock
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Paul Chatham
Elkin Woollen Mills
Colvard
mar—Coffey & Bro
Green Park
R. L. Councill
1.C. Coffey & Broad
Paul
Marion Butler
State Alliance
Butler
St. Louis
Lenoir Zopie
J.T. Montgomery
Lenoir
Patterson
Gwyn-Harper Manufacturing Company
Lenoir and Biue Ridge Raiload Company
Johnson City
Bristol
D. J. Hill
New York
Vance
Ransom
J. F.spainhour
W. B. Corneill
Watauga
Bakersville,n.c
Suerrur
Virginia
Miller
W. C. Newland
Mitchell
Wilkesboro
Milner
Hull
Henry Clay
Clay
Island Hill
Trishméin
Jane
Peggy Bann
Van
Par
Ayer
Howger
Hatreno
Avter
Varacaa Democrat
Bryans
Ene
Ver. Wy Respect Rf
Lly
Ha., Martin & Co
Blowing Rock Mar
Tetterine
Southern Bank
State of
Chai
Bam Bank
T. Shuptrine
BRO
Savannah
Respectiuiiy, W.L Bryan
Brown
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