Painting of Roanoke Island Lecture Exhbits Here
Hickory hosts a two day event featuring Raleigh artist Jacques Busbee with paintings of the Roanoke Island colony. An April 21 22 exhibit at the Opera House coincides with Busbee's lecture on Roanoke Island Colony. Mrs Busbee attends as official photographer for the C N W Auto Mountain Pike tour.
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Jacques Busbee
Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Colony
North Carolina
Opera House
Civic League
Hickory
Juliana Royster
Busbee
Winston-Salem Journal
Roanoke Island Colony
America
Walter Raleigh
First Colony
North Carolina Historical Commission
England
Mr. Busbee
How Starnes Won The Corn Contest
Earnest Starnes of Catawba county recounts his corn growing method from 1909 to 1910, detailing land prep, manure usage, lime and fertilizer rates, planting with a double row planter, top dressing, and repeated cultivation that led to a prolific yield despite flooding and soil washout. He preserves the record in an intimate account from Hickory, North Carolina.
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Earnest Starnes
Catawba County
Democrat
Earnest
Corn Club
Rye
W. Ernest Starnes
Hickory
Coca Cola Wins Federal Suit Over Coca Cola Ingredients
In Federal Court, Judge Sanford ruled caffeine is not an added ingredient in Coca Cola, granting the beverage company Atlanta Coca Cola a victory. The government’s motion for peremptory instructions was overruled on branding points, but a verdict for the defense followed. Federal counsel filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court at Cincinnati.
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Chattanooga
Atlanta
Sanford
United States Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Found Dead Related to Lame Shoulder Remedy Claim
A historical notice notes a death linked to a medical claim about Lame Shoulder caused by muscle rheumatism and promoted a "i Chambersa's Linkment" remedy. The fragment cites legal dealers and hints at patent medicine advertising practices of the period.
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I Chambersa
Elegal
Kicked by a Mad Horse and Healed by Amica Salve
Samuel siren of sectown Wisconsin escaped losing a leg after a severe sore resisted doctors until Bucklen's Amica Salve healed it. The ad touts the salve as a universal healer for tubers burns boils eczema
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Samuel Siren
Sectown
Wis
Bucklen
Shuford
Moser & Lutz
Walter S. Martin
Best Ear of Corn Wins Kellogg Trophy at Columbus Show
R A James of Charleston, West Virginia, captured the W Kellogg National Corn Trophy at the National Corn Show in Columbus, Ohio. Thousands of ears from across the nation competed, with James’ Reid's Yellow Dent ear judged grand champion on general points of superiority.
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R.A. James
Uarleston
Columbus
Ohio
W. Pllogg
Deg Toasted Corn Flake Co
Battle Creek
Mich
James Is
Reid
Yellow Dent
James
Iinots
Indiana
Fred C. Plain
Newtown
Ind
Maple sugar making and court house plans in Avery county
Maple sugar makers report solid season with 2000 pounds in the Silverstone area at 15 cents a pound and syrup selling at a dollar per gallon. Judge Long pushes for water works and steam heat in the rebuilt county courthouse after eight years, while county seats may shift to Old Fields of Toe under Avery formation.
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Correstmante
Boone
Jackson Ilson
Silverstone
Judge Long
Dairyman Conover Resigns to Lead Naval Academy Dairy
Mr Conover of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and U S Department of Agriculture dairy work resigns after three years to take charge of the dairy department at Annabels for the Naval Academy. His administration oversaw notable progress in dairy work.
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Laleigh News & Server
JA. Conover
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Conover
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Annabels
Naval ‘Academy
Bryan declines Memphis request over home intimateity meeting
Hon W J Bryan refused Memphis plea to locate his home near the Forty Southern cotton yarn mills meeting in Washington to discuss merging but no firm decision was reached. Kate Lippincott head of a Philadelphia publishing house killed herself in a tragic act.
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W. J. Bryan
Memphis
Washington
Kate Lippincott
Philadelphia
School Fund Trouble and Kellogg Trophy Details
A Raleigh court decision confirms the two percent school tax unconstitutional for failing to align with ad valorem and poll tax provisions. The piece notes potential harm to public education funding and upcoming Supreme Court review. Also covered is the Kellogg trophy prize for corn growing, its maker Tiffany of New York, cost of about $1,000, and Taft's presence at a National Show event.
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Charlotte Chronicle
Chronicle
Catawba
Supreme Court
Kellogg
Taft
Catawba County Fair and Creamery Draw Noted by Rural Life
Rural Life praises Catawba County Fair as a unique, entirely volunteer, educational exhibition with open judging and no fees. It highlights the dairy emphasis, a cow testing contest, and a new creamery venture followed by egg sales schemes reflecting Southern agricultural progress.
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Farm Stock Journal of
Rochester
N. Y
Catawba's Fair
Hickory
North Carolina
Catawba
State Agricultural College
Raleigh
N. C
Catawba County
Georgia
Vegas
South
Bridge site sparks farm life school funding hope
The Catawba river bridge at Hickory would free demand from that source, potentially curtailing costs enough to meet at least half the amount required for a farm life school, according to local reports in the Newton Enterprise.
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Newton Enterprise
Catawba River
Hickory
Ministers Inspect Hickory Sewer System at Orphanage
Rev Dr G Davidson and Rev We War Pa Sevec visited Bar ium Springs orphanage to review sewerage plans. A proposed sewer system could aid rheumatism relief by improving rest and sleep. Mr and Mrs E P Minish celebrated their golden wedding at Sucker Lodge in Ye Valley on March 27.
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Davidson’ and Hev
Barium Springs
Hickory
Mrs. E. P. Minish
Ye Valley
Kendrick praises Chamberlain's cough remedy in Rasaca
Mrs T B Kendrick of Rasaca Georgia writes that Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the best cough remedy on the market for coughs and groups and that it is for sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
T. B. ‘Kendrick
Rasaca
All Dealen
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