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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
5
An Indiana case highlights a wealthy tax evader fined $1000 and ordered to repay seventeen years of back taxes after admitting he undervalued property and filed false returns. The incident sparks discussion of widespread tax dodging and calls for reform to ensure honest payers are not burdened.
President Roosevelt hosted a Hooker Washington dining at the White House. The discussion veered toward the Winning of the West, with a caveat that he knows little about winning the South.
An ad touts King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and throat trouble with trial bottles offered at Mack bar. The second item reports the body of Win M Sugg, killed in a September Philip plot, brought to Chapel Hill for burial. his captain praised his bravery and daring to his mother.
A Courier Journal illustration recalls a tale from a women’s club meeting in Buffalo about children’s birthplaces, with a digression on sleep and cough remedies. The piece promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets with free samples at Blackborn’s, framing the ad within the anecdote.
A devotional style ad touts McELREE'S Wine of Cardus as a remedy, referencing Shakespearean phrases and women’s burdens. The piece urges use of the product to ease “cross” and nervous burdens, claiming it offers a remedy.
Fine nursery selection offers apples peaches pears prunes and more plus grape vines. Trees delivered at three to six feet. Prices about half of other nurseries with satisfaction of known quality. For particulars contact P W Correy Mareta NC.
Hillsboro Observer notes Aunt Charity Turner, over a century old, attended the funeral of Josiah Turner as a baby and later. The obituary fragment mentions her age and the event.
An attack on D. F. Cellier of Cherokee Iowa nearly proved fatal through kidney injury. Pain racked his back, he could not stoop or sit without aid until Electric Bitters. The remedy brought a remarkable recovery, purifying blood and building health. Sold only at Blackburn's.
The Morning Post of Raleigh North Carolina advertises itself as the popular priced morning paper with telegraphic and general news. It lists subscription prices: one month four dollars, two months eight, three months twelve, and one year forty dollars, all strictly in advance.
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