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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
6
Read as a compact notice involving Conner Luns Caxson Southern Ry and Lenora Blowing Rock Stage Line with G P A Chester and labels for rail and stage line connections. Names appear as figures in a historic transport or agency listing.
A brief notice states a professional offers veterinary services to anyone in need. The message presents a compassionate outreach by a practitioner seeking to assist animals or owners facing care costs or access barriers. No specific names, locations, or dates are provided.
Telegraph operators are in rising demand after the eight hour law. The Southern School of Telegraphy in Newnan Georgia advertises four to six month training with guaranteed positions and salaries from 30 dollars and up. The advertisement touts twenty years of operation and modern facilities with two railroad wires into the classrooms. Board in Newnan is cheap and the town is healthy and cordial.
Fragmented text reports a court exchange on trial delays and legal rationales, interleaved with brief items on diarrhoea cures, Norse mistletoe lore, and health remedies. It mentions Electric Bitters praised for digestion, Kodol for dyspepsia, and Absinth tippler symptoms, with ads for Shuford and Martin drug stores.
Fragment from a compiled column recalling Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 to surprise the British at Princeton, forcing retreat to New York, amid other light anecdotes including fashion gossip and a watchdog joke from the presses.
H S Nichols of Oakland Ind Ter extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted travel companion for 18 years. The ad notes the product’s long history of speedily curing ailments and lists W S Mannin & Co as sellers. A brief Sunday school quip about original sin and redemption follows.
A fragment discusses appendicitis risk from habitual constipation and promotes Foley's Orino Laxative as a mild remedy that stimulates liver and bowels without nausea or griping. A foreigner vignette references language barriers and money comments from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mrs Mary Lee of rural route 8 says her husband James Lee recovered from severe lung issues and near consumption after using Dr Kings New Discovery. The ad touts the remedy as king of coughs and colds with fast relief and a money back guarantee at local drug stores priced 50 and 1.00 with a trial bottle free. Also a brief Balkan joke and divorce prompt appear in the surrounding text.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's medicines with ingredients printed on bottle wrappers and sworn formulas. Claims include cures for indigestion stomach disorders and chronic catarrh, plus antiseptic mucous membrane remedies. Also mentions Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Kodol for summer stomach troubles and a tale of a hungry tramp and a meal.
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