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Watauga Democrat in Boone, North Carolina
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
3
Local News From Boone and Nearby Areas
Boon news notes a new school opening next Tuesday, local sales of fish from New River traps, and visits by Prof. D D Dougherty and Prof. Roy M Brown’s party. Items mention Miss Lena Shipley’s gifts, marriages, student travels, a jail escape tale, and community notices including the Watauga Railroad incorporation meeting. Also covered are a fatal mining accident in West Virginia, a widow’s funeral, and a Fiddlers Convention with prize winners Dr. R D Jennings Joe Thompson and Will Lovill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Shipley
Ben Davis
Roy M. Brown
Raleigh
Watauga
W. H. Gragg
R. D. Jennings
Banner Elk
Joseph Thompson
Beaver Dams
W. R. Lovill
Boone
Dr. Jennings
Joe Thompson
Joe
Will Lovill
Wade M.ghee
Gragg
Parthing-Pough Nuptiale Quiet Durham Ceremony
A very quiet wedding occurred at the home of Hugh P Hackney on North Mangum Street when Mrs Maude Hackney Pugh wed Dr L E B Farthing of Pittsboro. Dr B A Yates officiated. The couple left for Asheville then Pittsboro to make their home. no attendants or wedding march, only close relatives present. The bride is the daughter of the late E C Hackney. Farthing is a noted Pittboro physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh P. Hackney
North Mangum Street
Maude Hackney Pugh
L. E B. Farthing
Pittsboro
B. A. Yates
Methodist Church
Southern
Asheville
Bessie Hackney
State Normal and Industrial College
Farthing
Pittavore
E. C. Hackney
H. P
R. P. Hackney
Real Estate and Timber Land Sale Notice by Bryan
Notice posting real estate on the west side of town including a well kept second best house, two small timber tracts near town, and all personal property except a shotgun. Signed by WL Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Ladies Dress Goods and Spring Silks Offered
W F Sherwood advertises a wide range of ladies dress goods including white goods Persian Lawn India Linens and yard wide percals at 12 12 cents and 35 cent India Linen at 25 cents also promotes California peaches prunes apple butter preserves tomatoes corn and peaches and best package coffee at 15 cents per pound inviting customers to visit and compare prices for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Califfornia
W. F. Sherwood
Trade Ad Promises High Prices For Butter Eggs And Grains
At Cotrell's I pay the highest prices for butter eggs grain of all kinds and give in exchange goods at cash prices A beautiful china Souvenir plate is given with each $2.00 purchase Yours for trade L Jones Cottrell At the R. M. Green old stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B
L. Jones Cottrell
Bargain Offer From Local Store Owner
R M Green promotes a weekly sale with a one dollar purchase offering a free package of silk squares for quilt work. The note presents a value-focused pitch and invites customers to visit the small shop to see the bargains firsthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Green
Largest Insurance Firm in Western North Carolina Named
The largest insurance agency in Western North Carolina is led by Harry Bailey of Elk Park, North Carolina, with ties to the Mitchel County Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Harry Baily
Elk Park
N.C
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Geo Moretz
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Mary L. Hardin
Davenport
Lenoir
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B.J. Councill
Clyde Reese
Georgia
C. J. Cottrell
C. J Cottrell
Jessie Shull
Shall’s Mills
Annie
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State Normal and Industrial College At
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Sweet Tennessee
James Harman
Jim
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Davis Ragan
Oliver
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Ron
Ecommon
West Va
Charey Scott
John Houck
Ashe County
Ritter Lumber Co
Mia
Rebecca Brown
Stery
Blue Ridge
Samuel Brown
Brown
Brown’ S Chapel
Railroad Meeting
Iincorporators
Watauga Rail Road Co
Edgemont
J. R. Ervin
Coffey’s Gap
Durham
Charlotte Observer
Forbale
Highland Gay
Watauga Saddle Horse Association
Keys Bros
Maryville
Ohio
J. H. Hayes
Highland Gay, JR
Highland Denmark
Massie
Blue Grass Squirrel
King Richard
Vilas
London Staffel Hardware Company
Mountain City
Wright, Pron
W. J
Dungan
V. P
Rambo, Cashier
Walt Ant
Merchant & Traders Bank
J Mountain Gily
J. W. Wright
I. Srambo
R. F. Wright
E. . Walts
Donnily
Roe Donnelly
J. Es Sprite
G. Butler
B. R. Brown
H. E. Wit
Wie Wilson
J. G. Butler
T. H. Sutherland
L. H. Hawkins
W. S. Cole
J. D. Robinson
W. F. Shull
M. E. Willson
John H. Bingham
UJ. Parlier
G. M. Sudderth
Sherwood
Cotrell’s
Bank OF
Blowing Rock
Tra
Baily
Mitchell County Bank
Mountain City Furniture Co
Court House
Mountain City Furniture Company
Tennesa+s
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