Bryan is Leading in National Contest Says Watauga Paper
The Falbrother Tires column notes Col. Al and a falbrother paper advocate Bryan’s election with optimism. Taft is losing steam among Republicans as the Denver platform and tariff debates are cited against him. The piece urges relief from tariff and trusts via Bryanism, warning the GOP risks continued oppression. Includes other items on public figures, medicines, and royal carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
al, Rairorowser
Thing
Bryan
Taftas
Taft
William J. Bryan
Roosevit
Tait
Mr. Taft
Morrison
Hancock
America
Electric Bitters Promised As General Family Remedy
Mrs M Davison of San Jose testifies to Electric Bitters improving headaches billiousness and liver bowels torpor. She states one bottle provides more digestive organ relief than any other remedy she knows and notes guarantee and store availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Davison
Gilford Ave
San Jose
Sam
Debt settlement via conscience fund noted in Dispatch era
The Dispatch covers a string of unusual debt repayments as conscience funds, including a Lexington instance where a man paid a debt in pennies after recalling his past misdeeds. Also announced is the dissolution of Miller & Vanney with John A. Vaunoy selling to Marvin S. Miller, who will run the business at the old location as of Sept. 14, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Springs Hardware Company
Hunter
West Virginia
Hamlet
Miller & Vanney
John A. Vaunoy
Marvin S. Miller
Independent Sheriff Candidate Announces Candidacy
D C Ragan declares as an independent candidate for sheriff of Watauga County on September 16 1908 promising fair impartial service to the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County
D. C. Ragan
The Observer Co announces North Carolina papers
The Charlotte Observer publicity describes The Observer and Sunday Observer as premier news sources in North Carolina. It highlights the daily and Sunday editions with pages counts and broad coverage including local, state, national, and foreign news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warghst
N.C
Observer
North Carolina
Sunday Observer
Nationa and Foreign
Acress
the Observer Co, Cuantotte N.C
Watch Repairing by J W Bryan
Watch repair guidance warns against inexperienced repairmen and offers careful servicing by J W Bryan a graduate watchmaker and jeweler with emphasis on honest fair pricing and timely cleaning adjustment and oiling of watches to prevent failures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bryan
Mrs Chas E Smith Adopts Dr Kings New Life Pills
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine says she likes good things and has adopted Dr Kings New Life Pills as the family laxative because they are effective and unobtrusive. These purifiers are sold by almost all druggists.
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Zanesville
Mary Lee
James Lee
Chas, E. Smith
West Franklin
Man misreads kiss image as cigar taste
A man remarks on kissing, noting he believes the girl experiences only a taste reminiscent of a cigar stump. The line reads as a provocative metaphor reflecting a dated, risqué joke about romance and flavor in a crude social quip.
Trinity Park School Adverts in Durham NC First Class Preparatory
Trinity Park School advertises a first class preparatory program in Durham North Carolina. It claims certificates of graduation are accepted for entrance to leading Southern colleges. The campus spans seventy five acres with a library of thirty thousand volumes and a well equipped gymnasium. The faculty comprises ten officers and teachers and lectures by prominent figures are frequent. Expenses are described as exceedingly moderate and the school reports seven years of phenomenal success. For a catalogue and information, address H M North headmaster.
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Lcavol
H. M. North
Durham N.C
Trinity College
Newsom
Recistar
Dunnam
N.C
Fragmentary Proverb Excerpt On Adverts And Truth
A fragmentary quip likens a wife’s hair chain locket to keeping a husband from catching cold. The speaker assigns roles to a merchant, farmer, minister, and lawyer in a satirical line about honesty and truth. The text ends with a proverb about live fish swimming upstream.
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Watauga Democrat
Falbrother
England
Edward
George , Til
Sir William Chambers
Concord
Cipraini
Royal Stud
Kennedy
J. M
de Witt
J. M. Hodges
W Stone
East
Poland
Cickneeege
BE. M. Coulter
DeWitt
al Sale
Dowitt
Annoud
The
Charlotte Observer
King
Trape Annes
Doe Yi ‘Petar
peliTuaa Suisse Blan Secreatic
Scientific Fimericatt
Trinity Park School
We Cardus
A. O. Beaver
Unicoi
Route No. 1
Marbleton
Tenn
Cardus
North Carolina College OF Agriculture and Arts
West Raleigh N.C
Knoxville
Main Pike Road
Morristown
Young Orchard
Russellville
Robert Wood
Morristown Tenn
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