Blooming Rock Gardens Showcase Civic Pride and Plans
A Watauga Democrat feature highlights Blow ing Rock garden prize winners Mrs Cora Hartley Mrs John Clure and Mrs Critcher praising terraces sodded banks dwarf pines and rhododendron hedges as thriving models of home grounds The writer urges broader tree planting and notes Hodges Linville road pines as striking and enduring. An extended letter recounts a Robeson County trip visiting Lenoir Hamlet Maxton Wilmington and the Beach with observations on cotton crops railroads churches and colleges before returning home to Cove Creek Valley.
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Watauga Democrat
Watauga
Boone
The
Democrat
Civic League
Mra
Cora Cox Hartley
Ansom Critcher
John Clure
Clure
Glen Burnie Road
Clare
W. L. Holnhouser
Hua Ier
Blowing Rock
Nan Hartley
May Teague
Boone Turnpike
Millard Hodges
Linville Road
J. G. Purcell
the Democrat
North Carolina
Lenoir
Hamlet
Mr. Purcell
Olol
Cove Creek
Sloane Freely For Lum bago Liniment Ad
An antique ad promotes Sloan's Liniment for lumbago and rheumatic back pain. It claims rapid relief through deep skin penetration, markets a 25 cent bottle, and offers a money back guarantee if not fully effective. It also suggests use against colds, swollen joints, neuralgia, and sore muscles.
Germany’s Moral War Over Education and Faith
A historic sermon denounces German higher education as a source of doctrinal poison spreading through the world. It attacks higher criticism and modern skepticism, claims Germany prompts a global religious decline, and predicts war will humble Germany as punishment for its sins against humanity.
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Germany
France
Europe
Hopeleay Lung Cure Claim From Dr Bell's Remedy
A Gates North Carolina reader, Mr W S Wilkins, credits Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey with curing a hopeless lung condition. He reports a permanent recovery and urges others with dry or hacking coughs to try the product, priced at 25 cents at drugstores.
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Dr. Bell
Soissons and Senlis Ravaged by Combat Across 75 Miles
A Soissons correspondent notes a 75 mile fighting zone with little damage on main roads. Senlis shows mass devastation with 1900 residents in ruins after deliberate arson by Germans. Other towns show minimal signs of clash while civilians bury the dead and tend casualties. Thomas H. Coffey of Blowing Rock travels home after visiting his wife.
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Soissons
France
Caesar
Here
Maine
Senlis
Lenoir
Thomas H. Coffey
Blowing Rock
Statesville
Fragmented Financial Statement Entry
A partial ledger excerpt shows capital stock 95888.28. time certificates 8440. deposits subject to check 8874.59. due to banks 2500. cashier's checks outstanding 169.91. The text is incomplete and appears to be a bank balance sheet fragment with mis-spellings and truncated words.
Veterinary Surgeon G A Hayes Announces Practice in Vilas
Dr G A Hayes proclaims expertise in veterinary surgery after diploma and claims to be the county’s sole practitioner. Provides Vilas address for consultations.
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Allon
Vilas
G. A. Hayes
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Stringfellow
Atng
Robeson County
Sloane
Castoria
Catt
Fletcher
Bank Report
Valle
E. S. Coffey
Attorney AT Law
Nat. T. Dulaney
Fourth
Bristol
Tenn
Edmund Jones
Watern
L. D. Lowe
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State of
Watanga
L. M. Farthing
Wagner
Winkler
PurRay
H. Mast
N. P
Banner Elk
N. C
Avery
F. A. Linney
Boone, N. C
13Th Judicial District
F. Lovill
R. Lovil
Lovill
Attorneys AT Law
Eos
Ah Metsher
John H
Brigham Fletcher & Bingham
Bomne
North Caro
G. M. Peavier
Bristol, Tenn
T. E. Bingham
N.C
F. A. Lin
Ly. Pd
Silas M. Greene
Mase
Waros Reatina
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