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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
4
A school address by Hon. R. Linney inspires a tale of a mountain girl who spends for chewing tobacco rather than books, illustrating the value of learning. The piece warns about fraud and moral decline, urging accountability and a recommitment to national character amid widespread revelations.
A breezy Western railroad eating house displays a sign offering pies like mother used to make for 5 cents and pies like mother used to try to make for 10 cents. Logs from Abraham Lincoln's birthplace cabin were moved from New York to College Point and will help reconstruct the cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky.
An old advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Fever remedy promotes relief from pains in the back rheumatism fainting spells indigestion and constipation. The ad credits MB Blackburn of Blowing Rock Drug Co. with distributing the product.
Washington Post praises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for energizing the body and warming the system. Advertisement by M B Blackburn Blowing Rock Drug Co promotes tea or tablets at 35 cents. The piece muses on life, food, and poets dying young.
The Council Grove Republican last week carried two columns by a Baptist minister voicing his take on Future Punishment and religious views changing rapidly. The piece reflects the era's debate and contrasts with Kansas City Journal summaries, including a satirical line on orthodox doctrine and morality.
By virtue of a mortgage dated August 18 1905 John W Ward and Crista Ward grant Ward Thos J Ray E power of sale. On Monday June 18 1996 at the courthouse Voor Boone NC the property on Laurel Creek in W County NC with bounds including Spanish oak chestnut birch will be sold to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a debt of 33.32 plus interest. Recorded in Book K page 259 Watauga County. May 12 1906 Tos J Ray Mortgagee.
Under a Superior Court order from Marel term 1905 in Corpening v Hodges, Commissioner L. D. Lawn will sell by cash at Boone NC courthouse door on June 18 1906 a 100 acre tract in Watonga County on Sealy Branch. The sale aims to satisfy a judgment of 200 with interest from May 2 1903 with a credit of 1100 on May 1 1908 and costs. May 9 1906.
Having qualified as administrator with the will annexed of Joseph J Brown late of Watuaga county North Carolina Cynthia to notify all persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them by April 24 1907 or be barred from recovery All persons indebted to the estate should make immediate settlement This 23rd day of April 1906 R B Brows Administrator Cum testamento annexo Linney Auy
An OCR led tale notes a postmaster named Robbed prompting a strange health claim by G W Foote of Rivereton. Foote says a liver complaint and biliousness were cured by Troctrie Bins, a patent remedy available from druggists for 50 cents.
The item hints at a champion and paid poll tax in a county with disfranchised voters, mentioning Barncombe and a misfired political note. It then references Chamberlin's Cough Ren esly, touted as a popular, costly remedy sold by dealers in Boone and Blownge Rock Deng Co, claiming it cures a common ailment.
Fragmentary note from the Philadelphia Ledger hints at a debate over seating arrangements in a railroad bill. No formal amendment described, but the wording suggests contention around passenger seating policy and conduct on trains.
A brief farm scene describes a man known as Paes waiting in a pasture while a cow was backed up, with a brother of a man who kept a safe and wouldn’t advertise present in the vicinity. The text captures a rural moment without further conflict or outcome.
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