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Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1907

Page

4

The South's Cotton and Presidential Spending Facts

Watauga Democrat reprints remarks from William B Whitman of Georgia arguing panic is impossible as the South's cotton moves to power in world commerce. He cites harvesting a billion bushels of grain to feed the world and promises cash for cotton, with bank capitalization. It also compares U S presidential spending with France, outlining total annual costs of 114865 dollars.

William 8. Whitman Georgia Bankere Atlanta City Charlotte

Punitive Quizzes After School Jokes By Pupils

A bashful professor, frequently embarrassed by jokes from girl pupils, punished two who remained after school to solve difficult problems. The next morning Miss A recited a line about faults and love, while Miss B quoted hours with thee as pearls, from the Ladies’ Home Journal.

Miss A Miss B Ladies’ Home Journal

Betting Hesitation Reveals Uneven Confidence in Sure Things

The text suggests that ordinary people are not eager to gamble on certainty as the savvy players in the game seek guarantees. It implies a contrast between cautious bettors and those who push for guaranteed outcomes, highlighting a sense of mistrust or risk in wagering.

Maude Muller

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DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Promoted for Skin Ailments

DeWitt's Carborized Witch Hazel Salve advertised as effective for boils burns cuts and scalds and skin diseases. It is especially good for piles. Sold by J. M. Hodges.

DeWitt J. M. Hodges

Trinity College Offers Four Departments and Law Program

Trinity College presents Collegiate Engineering Graduate and Law faculties with a large library and well equipped science laboratories. A gymnasium with quality apparatus is provided and expenses are moderate. Wording invites young men seeking law to investigate the Department of Law. For catalogue and information, address Ge Sekt.

Department of Law Trinity College

Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals wounds and burns

The advertising copy touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a supreme healing blend of Arnica flowers and healing salves. It claims to cure any sore or ulcer regardless of age and promises no lasting scarring from burns and wounds with guaranteed druggist availability.

Entry Notice No 2473 Detailing Elk River Land Entry

State of North Carolina Watauza County Office of Entry taker D B Gragg locates and enters eighteen acres of land along Elk River on Trace Ridge Beech Mountain township beginning at a sugar tree corner of the Dugger land and runs various courses to include all vacant land Entered Sept 39 1807 Hiardia Barry Taker

State of North Carolina Watauza County Said County D. B. Gragg Elk River Trace Ridge Beech Mountain Dugger Hi.ardia Barry Taker

Proverb Aphorisms and Classical Sayings Collated

A selection of Greek and Roman lines on wealth government life wisdom and morality. Quotations from Portues Nepos Homer Pindar Longinus and others discuss nest friendships rewards and punishment self interest and marriage themes. The collection juxtaposes moral instruction with practical cautions across eras.

Trinity Park School Preparatory Catalog Summary

Trinity Park School offers first class preparatory education with graduation certificates accepted by leading southern colleges. The campus spans seventy five acres with a well equipped gymnasium and a large library of over thirty thousand volumes. Moderate expenses and seven years of phenomenal success, address H M North headmaster Deauham North Carolina.

T Ficers H. Mf. North Deauam N.C

Washington streetcar romance sparked by misheard names

A fragment from Lippincott's Magazine describes two women on a Washington streetcar in colorful attire. One jokes about a mispronounced name, prompting a corrective exchange. The piece blends social chatter with a nod to patent remedies then mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and a local business.

Washington Jinks Lippincott’s

Gallega of Agriculture And Mechanic Arts Tuition Details

The Gallega of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts offers practical education in agriculture, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering, with programs in manufacturing, dyeing, and industrial chemistry. Tuition is $45 per year and board is $10 per month, supported by 120 scholarships. An actress is noted among the talents.

Automatic typewriter exhibition promises rapid writing

A new air driven automatic typewriter by A. Mc Call of Columbus is shown in Madison Square Garden, claimed to write 5,000 to 10,000 words per hour for 84 hours. The ad bustles with cosmetic pitches and dated humor, noting beauty products and quips about men missing a target.

Madison Square Garden A. McCall Columbus, Union

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