Bryan Campaign Voice Urges People Rule in 1908
R C Rivers of Watauga Democrat cites economic distress from 1907 panic and Republican policy. He urges voters to back William Jennings Bryan, condemns trusts, recalls vast wartime spending, and stresses reform for common people with a call to support Bryan. Includes fundraising notes and local endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga
Temple of Plutocracy
William Jennings Bryan
F. Lovill
West
Taft
Bryan
McKinley
Roosevelt
Starved man in New York shows hunger amid bread line
A man in New York collapsed and died while reaching for bread in a crowded distribution, described as a pure case of starvation. The incident is cited amid references to Republican administration failures and campaign fund publicity. The piece also notes Carl L. Matheson becoming editor and publisher of the Mountain Scout at Taylorsville and predicts his success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carmack
Nasheville Tennesseean
Taft
Carl L. Matheson
Mountain Scout
Taylorsville
Revised Version Of A Popular Psalm
A satirical verse mocks political promises linking religious imagery to campaign rhetoric. It references William Jennings Bryan, Benny Freeman, and Roosevelt era figures, plus a local legal case in Statesville and public hunger concerns in Chicago.
Public sale of store and lot in Meat Camp township
Under a mortgage deed dated January 28 1908 to secure 590 dollars with interest, the lender will sell at public auction on Monday November 2 1908 between 10 am and 4 pm at the courthouse door in Boone North Carolina. The property in Watauga County Meat Camp township containing one half acre adjoins C G Hodges and others. Sale to satisfy debt and costs. deed will pass to purchaser.
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Gale
John A. Vanney
Court House
Boone
Watauga County
Meat Camp Township
C. G. Hodges
Tam
Register of Deeds Office
Jd. Hack Bey Goods Co
Watauga
Boone, N. C
J. M. Hodges
M. D
Blackburn Hotel
Public auction notice in Beaver Dams Township land sale
State of Northerner Watau county in the superior court Teaster Bew H Byrd agent vs John Smith and Hardy Hagaman garnishment based on a September 18 1908 execution by Thomas Bingham C S for 40 dollars with interest and costs. Court house door Boone November 2 1908 at 1 pm cash for land of 25 acres adjoining John Smith Clark Green known as the land Hagaman dont oool Jent Smith. Levy by lent in Salsbury on September 21 1908. delayed opening of graded ae said judgment and schools for several 1 S of 88 eae 1 eaiaen Ghee days W H By D 8
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Northerner
Watau
Teaster
Bew H Byrd
Jont Smith
Hardy Hagaman
Thomas Bingham C
Court House
Boone
Beaver Dams Township
Jno
Smith and Clark Green
Salsbury
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Thomas
Maxwell
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J.B. Horton
J. F. Salmons
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Philippine Islands
United States
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
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California
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J. M. Hologes
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Springfield
William Jennings
Benny Freeman
Washington
Redbanks
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Wea
Ayers
Statesville
Maud Bass
Mooresville
Mecklenburg
Chicago
George Hall
Salisbury
Lyerly
Weldon
DeWitt
North Fork
W N
Bald Mountain
Meat Camp
Soda Hill
Stony Fork
Elk
Blue Ridge G L Stories
Blowing Rock
Watauga Shell’s Mills
Shawneebaw L M Banner's
Beech Min
Lougy Gap
Laurel Creek
Beaver Dams
Cove Creek
Mable
Joan W. Honges
State of North Carolina
Said County
W H Hollers
Laurel Fork
Watauge Township
W. T. Holler
Wall
John
M. B. Blackburn
Tennessee Farms
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Morristown
Tenn
East Tennessee
East Tenn
Real Estate Company
Tennessee
A. P. Brinkley
W. H. Stapp
Mit
Citizens Bank
Elk Park
N. L. Mast, Pres
V.P
Hacaman
THE
Watauga County Bank
Boone, N.C
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