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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat reprints a blunt editorial urging youths to quit smoking cigarettes. It chides a young smoker as a foolish apprentice to bad crowds, arguing smoking harms health, reputation, and prospects, and calls for transformation led by a caring mother.
A persuasive exhortation on career effort urges young men to work with full commitment, avoid half hearted performance, and not mislead themselves or their employer. It notes that repeated lax work invites dismissal and undermines future promotion opportunities, while emphasizing consistency and accountability remembered by veterans. It concludes by noting married life can expose unkept promises.
A terse aphorism notes that distrust in another’s achievements signals the accuser has likely bluffed himself, suggesting insecurity and self-deception underlie covert envy and challenge.
The author argues a home requires more than carpets or furniture. Wealth and fine goods cannot create a home without a living spirit in the inhabitants. Old or new items matter little. atmosphere, character, and human warmth define a home, not pricey furnishings or palace cars.
Fragmented ad copy promotes Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for indigestion constipation and liver and kidney troubles with a price of 35c and local drug company contact. It also contains miscellaneous social quips about etiquette writing letters and human behavior contrasted with a brief jab at Uncle Sam bargain sales.
Governor Hughes urges improved farming support and education, arguing farmers should be respected as capable independents rather than state dependents. He calls for connection with agriculture across all noble fields, including training, science, and direct modern methods. A second ad promotes DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills for back pain and kidney relief.
An item notes the saying One day's charity is a poor balance for six day's robbery. It also mentions a cold remedy and public land entry in North Carolina, with names and dates jumbled in a fragmentary fashion.
A quip notes a debtor who ignored pleas for settlement and finally pays an old, long-ignored debt. The speaker jokes the millennium is not here, implying the debtor’s conversion is unlikely, while mentioning the Bad Debt Agency and the Statesville Landmark.
The Canal Zone offers high wages tempting young artisans to work on the Panama Canal yet fears of fevers and malaria restrain many. Electric Bitters is promoted as a safe preventive remedy for malaria and a cure for blood poison, biliousness, weakness, and stomach, liver, and kidney troubles. Guaranteed by all druggists at 50 cents.
Yonkers Statesman notes a dispute over seating fees at a local skating rink. Patrons accuse the rink of charging for skates then forcing them to sit without service or use. A small claims discussion follows as customers seek refunds.
A concise reflection notes that appearances can mislead with some individuals seeming innocent while possibly hiding different traits. The remark underscores caution in judging character based on looks alone.
A notice notes a drug store sale of Dr King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents. The pills are advertised as guaranteed to aid biliousness malaria and jaundice. The item appears in a historical newspaper fragment dated yesterday and today.
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