Kept the Light Burning Courage in a Lighthouse Tale
The Watauga Democrat recounts a Hoble Woman wife of a lighthouse keeper on an isolated island who saw her husband and two assistants swept away by ice floes. Months later a government supply ship visited, and she answered the captain how she endured the winter. I hardly know I kept the light burning. Her steadfast beacon guided ships to safety and inspired reflections on faithful lights in homes and towns.
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Tien
The Catawba Indians in York County Reservation
The Catawba Indians occupy about 600 acres in York county South Carolina under a 1840 treaty. They adopted civilized dress but retain traditional customs, with women doing most work and men fishing and rowing. Most are Mormon. The state provides annual appropriations distributed by a commissioner. The tribe seeks final settlement and full payment, ending yearly funds.
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York County
Charleat On
News Courier
Indiana
South Carolina
Nashville
Snakes as War Weapon and Durham Liquor Cases
Excerpted notes recount Hannibal using poisonous jars as weapons to win a battle, followed by Durham court actions where about 100 whiskey cases face trial this week. Judge Connell plans chain gang sentences to curb illicit liquor, signaling harsher enforcement and anticipated drop in violator numbers.
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Hannibal
Eumenes
Pergamos
Why the Bincx Man Drinks in the South
A blunt, moralizing fragment discusses Southern barrooms, racial divisions, and alcohol as a social stimulant. It contrasts dusty plainer spaces with upscale display, noting black patrons’ exclusion and a crude appeal to escape poverty and sorrow.
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Bincx
Wealth Through Joyful Giving and Courageous Service
The text argues that wealth comes to those who are not avowedly poor and that the Lord rewards cheerful givers. It asserts the world grows beautiful when we confront its difficulties with a cheerful spirit and generous actions.
North Carolina Divorce Notice in Boone Court
Sallie Baird sues Walter Baird for absolute divorce in Watauga County Superior Court Fall Term 1907. Publication ordered four weeks, defendant to appear at Boone court on the Sunday of September 1907 and plead or demur 30 days before term. July 2, 1907. Tos. Kixcam, C8, C.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
Superior Court
Sallie Baird
Walter Baird
Yamed
Boone
N.C
Whiskey sale shatters local bidding records in Charlotte
In Charlotte yesterday Judd Albright oversaw an auction of 80 proof whiskey in the post office basement as a thirsty crowd gathered. Police guarded the scene to prevent violence and enforce city ordinances. The 20 gallons sold at $215 per gallon, a new high for the region, drawing comments on crowd eagerness and speculation about humanity.
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Charlotte
Judd Albright
Post Office
North Carolina
The Observer and Its Papers Overview
The Observer offers 10 to 17 pages daily and 20 to 32 pages on Sundays. It emphasizes broad news coverage from local to foreign, with SEMI-WEEKLY OBSERVER published Tuesdays and Fridays at $1 per year, claiming the largest value in the area.
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Observer
Sundy
North Carolina
Sunday Observer
Sun
Aso
the Observer CO. Cuantorre N.C
Trinity Park School Ad Seeks Prospective Students
Trinity Park School offers first class preparatory education with graduation certificates accepted by leading southern colleges. The campus spans seventy five acres with a ten member faculty and staff, a thirty thousand volume library, gymnasium, and modern instruction. Notices invite inquiries to H. M. Nortis, Headmaster, Durham, North Carolina.
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H.M. Nortis
Durham
N.C
Execution Sale in Watauga County Meats Camp Township
In the Superior Court of Watauga County a writ of execution directs sale of the defendant J B Latham's interest in a tract of land in Meat Camp township near Meat Camp creek. The sale is set for Monday September 9 1907 at 12 o'clock at the county courthouse to satisfy a $1200 judgment with attachment. Land boundaries are described and the property is about eight acres more or less. Levied August 10 1907.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
J. R. Miller
J. H. Latham
Superior Court
Court House
Ward
Latham
Meat Camp Township
Meat Camp Creek
Justice of the Peace Court
Brother Cooley's Sentiments on Religion and Money
A fragmented reminiscence contrasts faith with worldly wealth and sly wisdom. It satirizes those who preach religion yet hoard riches, warns of Satan’s busy work, and ends with a pitch for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a fashionable remedy. The ad promotes 35 cent tea or tablets from M. B. Blackburn in Blowing Rock.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
M. B
Blackburn
Blowing Rock
Trinity College Registrar DuruaM Newson of North Carolina
DuruaM Newson, registrar at Trinity College in North Carolina, is noted in the brief entry. The record mentions the administrator and ties to Trinity College, North Carolina.
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D, W
Newson
Duruam
North Caroina
Notice of Trustee Sale in Watauga County North Carolina
Notice is given that on September day 1907 at 11 o clock A M at the Boone court house door NC I will sell to the highest bidder for cash land described as 17 acres in Cove Creek township adjoining Harve Profit and others plus a one half interest in an additional tract including the Joe McGuire mill property with mill and machinery except a small portion in the mill house The sale is to satisfy a note of 1175 62 with interest from July 26 1906 and costs of sale J W Todd Trustee
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G. F. Bingham
M.A. Bingham
Register of Deeds
Watanwa County
North Carolina
Court House
Boone
N. C
Anid Mill
J. B. Councill
R. L. Ballon
F. Bingham
J. W. Todd
Chi merical issue in politics defined
A chi merical issue is described as a proposal that truly argues something should be addressed in a matter that interests someone, reflecting a genuine engagement with the topic rather than a mere formal stance. The quote attributes weight to the idea that such issues deserve consideration because people are invested.
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Puck
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