Training School Meeting Brings Hope to Boone and Watauga
In Blowing Rock on a sunny day the Appalachian Training School Trustees gathered with county representatives to decide location. Boone won the bid amid pledges of cash and land, led by E F Lovill and J B Cone, with strong early support from Mitchell, Valle Crucis, Skull's Mills, and Globe Academy sites. The effort aims to found a teachers’ college that will uplift western North Carolina and spur widespread school construction.
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Blowing Rock
Appalachian Training School
Joyner
Ashe
E. F. Lovill
Board of Trustees
W. C. Coffey
B.B. Dougherty
Sapt. Joyner
Presbyterian Church
Atd
P. m
Y. D. Moore
Caldwell
Globe Academy
Globe
Moses H. Cone
E. 8. Coffey
Boone
Watauga
Cone
Mitchell County
T. A. Love
J. Riley Pritchard
Montezuma
G. W. Robbins
Skull's Mills
K. Taylor
Valle Crucis
Mitchell
Groeting
Watausga
Manteo
Curristuck
North Carolina
Watauga County
Proverb and Emulsion Endorsements for Children
An old dairy proverb about butter and a penny in the churn is cited as a time tested, though unexplained, remedy. The text then promotes Otts Emulsion a cod liver oil preparation with hypophosphites, claiming it suits delicate stomachs and is favored by children for its taste. It concludes that Scott's Emulsion is the most satisfactory treatment for weak, pale, and thin children.
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Scott
Penny Offer and Picture Purchase Sample Deceptive Ad
A small note promises a penny sample for free and urges the reader to send payment for a picture. The text hints at a promotional scheme and urges purchase with unclear terms and potential misdirection.
Maj Pretorius and Wife Seek Oath From Boer Prisoners
The tale traces Maj Pretorius and his wife who arrived from South Africa to Bermuda to urge 80 Boer prisoners to swear allegiance. They aim to secure freedom by obtaining the oath, a difficult but deemed necessary step.
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Maj. Pretorius
South Africa
Bermuda Islands
Cotton mills count and looms in Charlotte parish changes
The Charlotte Observer notes 17 cotton mills in Charlotte with 15000 spindles and 2000 looms plus new operas under contract to be built this year. The Florida Episcopal Diocese council votes to rename the church from Protestant Episcopal to the American Catholic Church.
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The
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte
Diocese of Florida
Episcopal Church
Protesitant Episcopal
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Radical Health Cure
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a peculiar, blood-purifying tonic with unique curative powers. A testimonial from Sus A. Hains claims restored sight after severe acrofula, noting dramatic improvement after multiple bottles at low cost.
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Hood
Sus A. Hains
Fifth Sunday Union Meeting at Three Forks Baptist Church
Wa tauga county union gathers with Three Forks Baptist church beginning Friday before the Fifth Sunday in May 1903. Introductory sermon by Rev L A Wilson. topics on church government, ministerial instruction, shared expenses, delinquent members, sanctification, baptism and foot washing, union meeting design, and a question box. Open to all, business section mentions Rockefeller comment on oil price.
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Union Meeting
Watauga County
Three Fork
L. A. Wilson
Lee Fox
L. C. Wilson
J.M. Payne
J. J. T. Reeseland
T. L
L. We Farthing J
John McBride
David Green
Elbert Green
J.J.L. Sherwood
Sidney King
J. H. Farthing
E. J. Norris
D. C. Harman
Smith Hagaman
Twentieth Century Medicine and Cascarets Lead Ancient Pill Poisons
An old advertisement proclaims Cascarets Candy Cathartic as far ahead of ancient pills and liquids as electric light is to a tallow candle. Mentions Genuine stamped CCC not sold in bulk and price of 10 cents at all druggists.
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C.C.C
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Watauga Democrat
Robert C. Rivers
Eprror
Joe B. Clarke
Gaither Hall
Casetori
C. J. Coptrell
Ww. T. Vandyke
J.C. Brown
Com
Rockafeller
B. Webb
C. Y. Illerr
Wilkesboro
Mable Works
Webb & Miller
Dresa
Perales
Dimitiea
Hamilton Brown
Bryan Lumber Company
Mountain City
Tennessee
London-Steffel Hardware Company
Chattanogga
Oliver Childed
Cyracuse
Field Slalls
Timothy
London Stoffel Hardware CO
Lenn
Blowing Rock Drug
Stork
Blowing Rock Drug Company
G. W. Raby
Manacer
Merchant and Trader’s Bank
J. Walter Wricht
W. P. Duncan
J. S. Rambo
R. F. McCape
Ags
J. Cashier
J. N. Wins
R. E. Donnelhy
Dr. J. C. Butter
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