W C Fields urges railroads in Watauga region
W C Frevps praises Watauga Ashe and Alleghany counties for rail development and asks for strong legislative backing. He lauds R L Doughton as a truthful, hard working candidate and urges voters in the 35th Senatorial District to support him and Alleghany’s interests. The letter also credits local support in Watauga and Ashe counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleghany County
Bob Doughton
Senate
Alleghany
Rufe
R. L.doughton
Watauga and
Ashe
W.C Frevps
Sparta
N. C
Electric Bitters praised by Civil War veteran from Fayette
David Parker, a Fayette New York Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with curing his stomach trouble and keeping him strong as a tonic. The item also notes local chatter about September blackberries and a goose laying eggs in September in North Carolina, plus an advertisement for book exchanges and text books at reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
Gettysburg
Monroe Enquirer
Chatham County
North Carolina
Union County
Wm. Crook
Goose Creek Township
Goose Creek
Kansas Corn Tales Reflect Harvest Boom and Local Oddities
Kansas corn growers press for 10000 axemen and report stalks three to five feet tall with ears up to twenty feet. incidents include a Garden City collapse, Fort Riley maneuvers and a wreck caused by a corn stalk. A Col John Golong exhibit uses 46 wagons loaded with a giant corn stalk. new corn stalk timber industries grow at Leoti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City Star
State Board of Agriculture
Garden City
Bill Sincaster
Bill
Frank
Metropolitan Water Company
Medicine Lodge
Fort Riley
Sixteenth Cavalry
Pitalion
John Golong
Exeter Township
County Fair Association
Lcoti
Kane
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised By Georgia Farmer
W A Floyd of Rural Route 2 Empire Georgia says the product cured two severe sores on his hand and leg after he would have mortgaged the farm to obtain it. He claims it is worth its weight in gold and would not be without it, noting its availability at all druggists.
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Ada L. Croom
Croom Hotel
Vaughn, Miss
Dr. King
Charlotte Observer
Pharr
Empire
W. A. Floyd
Root
Dr. Kilmer & Loy Binghamton
Kodol Aids Digestion For Summer Ailments
A promotional note cites Elliott on finding life meaningful and links hot weather to stomach complaints. It advocates keeping Kodol in the house this month to prevent sour stomach belching gas bloating and indigestion with use only when needed. Sold by J M Hodges.
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J. M. Hodges
Merchants urged to use Coffey for flour loads in Watauga
Notice directs merchants to contact Thomas H. Coffey at Blowing Rock North Carolina for flour. He acts as our agent and will sell at Lenoir prices with 80 cents per hundred added for hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County
Thomas H. Coffey
Blowing Rock
N. C
Lenoir
Domestic Mishap Sparks Quiet Tears and Remarks
When the maid dropped the best china John made a few remarks and his wife shed tears as she contemplated the catastrophe in a quiet domestic moment.
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John
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Limestone
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Ferail
Banner Elk
Care
Watauga Democrat
Boone, N. C
Nat T. Dulaney, M. D
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L. D. Lowe
Watauga
Mitchell
Edmund Jones
F. A. Linney
13Th Judicial District
J. C. Fletcher
W.R. Lovill
Attorney AT Law
Boone
A. A. Holsclaw
Mountain City
Court House
E. $. Goffey
R. Ross Donnelly
Shoun's
W. C Fields
Mr. Burron
Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany
Raleigh
R. L. Doughton
Thomas Bingham
Cowles
Hackett
Industrial News
Lhst
Wilkesboro
News
Bingham
Philipic
Chronicle
Southern Book Exchange
Grayson County
R. L. Coughton
State Senate
Doughton
Tom
J.P. Fuercarr
Grant, Va
Ayer
J. 0
Aver Co
Lerwell
Mista
Elliott
Home Milling CO
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