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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
3
A long weekly digest reports arrivals and departures, social visits, sickness, births, deaths, and community notices in Jefferson and surrounding towns. Highlights include baptisms, court activity, school enrollment, road and health concerns, and local business closings, with mentions of guests from Blowing Rock, Morganton, Asheville, and Wynona.
Watauga County Sheriff W S Baird announces a series of tax collection sessions across multiple settlements from Boone to Blowing Rock between October 7 and October 24, 1901. Locations include Banner's Store Logan Gap Beech Mountain Elk Creek Mabel North Fork Thomas schoolhouse Meat Camp Bald Mountain Stony Fork Elk R L Proffit's store Blue Ridge Storie's store Watauga Skull's Mills and Blowing Rock.
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