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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
2
Hickory city concerns over street funding and transit plans frame a tone of civic engagement. The piece cites a harsh jab from Asheville’s railroad chief, urges unity, and highlights Judge Boyd’s ruling linking liquor buyers to abettor liability in future prosecutions. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup is endorsed for families.
Society notes from Hickory describe the Hickory Book Club reception at Mrs O M Royster's home with 125 guests enjoying fruit punch and a game based on "The History of a Pair of Lovers on an Ocean Steamer." Members and officers are listed along with prize details and social gaiety.
A Vermont man suffered through a bad stomach and severe cough all winter. Doctors offered no relief, and his condition persisted until a final improvement or end is noted in the report.
Ed R Wooster of Rutland Vermont describes a year of decline with loss of appetite cough and indigestion. After trying Vinol he reports stronger stomach better appetite vanished cough weight gain and renewed vigor. Moser and Lutz of Hickory promote Vinol as a body-builder with iron and cod liver oil and offer a money back guarantee.
A Milwaukee woman credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing long standing female troubles and back pain after doctors warned of a tumor. The letter praises the remedy for restoring health and urges other women to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts, with free advice offered to all in need.
A Hickory resident H C Sigman of 820 Ninth Ave recounts backache caused by kidney trouble and credits Doan's Kidney Pills from Moser Lutz Drug Co. with relief. He urges others to use the remedy and notes Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo NY as sole US agents. Price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
Hickory announces a regular annual election to be held in the Mayor's Office on Monday May 3 1909. The election will fill the mayor for one year three aldermen for two years and one alderman for one year plus three school trustees for two years. Registrar Clinard opens registration books for thirty days. Mayor Blackwelder and City Clerk Clinard sign the notice dated March 20 1909.
A 1909 notice states the city may issue bonds up to 35000 dollars under Chapter 677 Private Laws of 1907. A special election on May 3, 1909, will coincide with the mayor and aldermen election. Voters will see ballots marked Approved or Not Approved. Registration books open March 22 to April 2, with registrar W L Clinard handling the roll.
Promotes relief from constipation and indigestion. Claims to regulate bowels build up waste tissue and purify blood. Markets Rocky Mountain Tea as the safest spring tonic. 35c. Moser and Lutz advertise. Deeds mortgages and other legal blanks for sale at the Democrat office.
Attorney N.1 Brown of Fitts Field Vermont endorses Dr Kings New Life Pills as a reliable family medicine for chills constipation sickness and headaches. The testimonial appears from C. M. Shuford W. S. Martin Moser and Lutz and others.
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