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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
2
The city advances in commerce and labor with demand for skilled and common workers. Beautiful homes rise as does church patronage, while streets improve and water supply gains commendation. Kenworth is praised for landscape planning, and healthful conditions remain a priority with expanding sanitary efforts.
Key arguments favor the detached suburban home over apartments. It offers air and sunshine, surrounding grounds, and a setting for healthy bodies and minds. The piece extols personal taste, individuality, and familie wellbeing within a home that reflects standards of comfort and community living. It cites Keith's Magazine as the source and praises suburban drives and neighborly greetings.
The census shows Hickory’s city population rising to 4,800 from 3,700 four years ago, with suburbs West Hickory Longview Highlanding Brookford growing. The second ward holds about half the city’s people, at 2,251, while Kenworth prospects attract new homebuyers and plans for a large school facility, improved roads, and renewed residential protections.
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