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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
4
In a Watauga Democrat item, boxwood is described as a premier wood for carving. The piece notes its use in an established U S industry and cites price points of 4 cents per cubic inch and about 1300 dollars per thousand board feet.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh and touts testimonials from a Toledo firm and bank officials. It asserts the remedy is taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and lists price per bottle with distribution through druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
WANTED We seek 200 cords chestnut oak bark and 200 cords pulp wood such as poplar cucumber black and sweet gum all delivered at Riverside D C and the N C For prices and specifications call or write McGuirm NC Wilcox Krider seeking contract offers.
Auction note states two automobiles from 1912 and 1913 are for sale at cash price or trade. Contact L A Hayes in Vilas North Carolina for details. The ad also includes a testimonial about Chamberlain's Tablets relieving stomach trouble.
Prospectors are offered a farm on the South Fork of New River one mile from Todd, with about 20 acres cleared and timberland. The land is rich and well suited for pasture. Sold at a bargain with reasonable terms. For details contact Alfred W Gross Adams North Carolina 218. tf
Soldiers in Europe fall ill with kidney troubles and rheumatism from exposure in wet trenches. An ad promotes a free trial box of a Dean's remedy, offered by Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, inviting readers to request a sample without cost.
A collage of medicinal claims and testimonials promotes Dr King s New Discovery for colds Sloan s Liniment Pine Tar Honey and Chamberlains tablets as universal fixes. Advertisers urge readers to trust medicines for liver rheumatism whooping cough indigestion and bilious attacks with personal endorsements from readers.
Reprint item notes Buenos Aires as the largest city globally south of the equator and repeats the claim. It mentions back rheumatism as common among workers and suggests relief through massaging the back with Chamberlain's Liniment two to three times daily, claiming availability everywhere.
Mrs I L Gwyer wife of Rev H L Gwyer Canadian in one of Lusitania's final boats. She fell overboard and was swept toward a funnel. Steam from furnace tires propelled her out, surfacing and being rescued. The tale appeared in the Statesville Landmark, with a note on early smokestack ships and railroad restrictions once in London.
In Watauga County Superior Court J B Councill and R L Ballouve announce an execution sale set for June 7, 1915, at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the county courthouse door. The sale will offer multiple Cove Creek township tracts totaling several acres, described in deeds and bounded by roads, creeks, and named liens, with the purchaser receiving all rights of G F Kingham and related parties. Sheriff Moody oversees the sale for cash to satisfy the execution.
Mrs Walter Vincent of Pleasant Hill North Carolina describes severe summers of nervous headaches prostration and back pain. After three bottles of Cardul the relief was complete and she reports renewed strength appetite and rosy cheeks. Cardul is a plant based tonic for women and has aided over a million in fifty years. Write Chattanooga Co Ladies Treatment for Women.
Publication announced ownership details under the 1912 Act for The Watauga Democrat of Boone North Carolina dated October 1 914 with R C Rivers listed as editor managing editor and publisher. Sworn on January 4 1915 noting no bond holders or other securities.
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