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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
2
An old London notice advertised a trick that claimed twelve stamps could teach how to find the day of the month without a calendar. The instructions allegedly directed readers to determine the date of the day before yesterday and add two.
A front building sign in Lynn Massachusetts proclaims the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company welcomes public inspection of its laboratory and business methods. The ad asks readers to come and verify statements about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and its claimed cures for female ailments. It urges doubters to subscribe to the Democrat at one dollar a year.
A historical speaking piece argues for nominating Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota as Democratic leader in 1908. It lauds his rise from poverty to editor and politician, urges party unity, and outlines his reformist record and leadership as key to restoring national power.
A 1910 era-voiced appeal by G F Ivey from Hickory based in Mill News urges North Carolina cotton mill operatives to back Ashley Horne of Clayton for governor. The piece praises his business credentials Confederate service and public service roles and calls primaries and miller unity to influence the governor’s race. It notes Horne as the best candidate for industrial state leadership and ends with an ad for De Witt’s Little Early Risers liver pills.
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