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Newspaper

Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1892

Page

3

Boone Postoffice Note Shows Rare Eight Entered

A brief readers notice records a rare eight entered at the Boone North Carolina post office under second class mail matter designation.

Boone, N. C

Local Notes From Boone County Brightens With Meetings And Movements

Dr Reeves notes scarjet fever among patients Rev Mr Pell to lecture on Presbyterianism in court house next Monday night Mr Williams Deerfield school opens Coffey Bros abandon livery stable plan at Blowing Rock Senator Hill speech in Charlotte May 20 Mrs R P Pell visiting Misses Emma and Jennie Council Boone Moore goats lambs three live Gouneill visits Boone Iyan has hoes plows in supply Captain Louis ill since State Convention J B Horton on vacation New mill near Boone by Dougherty and Cook easing local needs Pell sermons well received Daniel Boone Alliance meets June 2 Delegates to Chicago mostly Cleveland supporters, list takers to collect blanks Weather notes and frost concerns quoted Primitive Baptists wash feet once a year News from Boone J L Councill moves stock to Elk Park store ready to serve trade.

Distillery Burned and Theft Reported in Beech Creek

On the morning of June 12 a distillery owned by Landen Easter at Beech Creek was robbed of 30 to 40 gallons of corn whiskey and torched. Suspicions fell on distiller T. H. Dowell who was turned off the premises the night before. Dowell fled to Boone and was jailed while accomplice Roof Foster remained in custody. The theft also involved liquor sold to “Striped Breeches.” A dangerous crime with possible lifelong penalties was referenced.

Landen Easter Beech Creek T. H. Dowell Estep Jowell Boone Roof Foster Dowell N. Es A

Local grocer Teannot offers cheap groceries in Valle Crucis

A Valle Crucis notice from May 1892 promotes low prices on sugar coffee and rice as a general greeting to customers. It emphasizes a motto of thirty six inches to the yard and sixteen ounces to the pound and invites patrons to visit the shop.

GD. Taylor Valle Crucis

Bargain Prices On Boots Shoes Hats And More

A dealer announces big cut prices and rare bargains across a wide range of goods including boots shoes hats ready-made clothing prints worsteds hardware such as plows hoes shovels spades tracechains and related items.

Hunting Case Watches Offered At Club Price

A note offers a hunting case watch for 28 dollars with C. O. D. terms and examination privilege before payment. It mentions a 204 dollar value in past references, an agent at Parham North Carolina, and a request for one reliable agent per region. The ad is from Eatpine Waren Co., located at 49 Maiden Lane, New York.

Waltham Sadie Gast Jere Express Wolkini Parham N. C Eatpine Waren Co Omaiden Lane N.Y

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