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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
4
The Hickory Democrat urges vigilance after a recent fire and burglary while listing honor rolls from graded schools. It denounces criminals, praises community effort, and reports local obituaries and a medical ad for King’s New Life Pills. The piece also notes subscriptions and local notices.
Good roads broaden the farmer’s world by improving travel, mail delivery, education access, and shopping links between country and town. They also invite business and suburban home growth, benefiting both rural and urban communities. Special Christmas Sale at Ascension church parish guild. Proceeds aid Rectory building fund. Dec 12.
The young son of Albert Cline of East Hickory was struck and injured Sunday afternoon as a car owned by Mr. Alspough of Taylorsville hit him. He is recovering well from bruises and is improving steadily.
Hickory visits return homefolks by Miss Hermine Little while Lonnie Quickel Howard and Lester Mauney went to Hickory. M I Feimster of Rutherford College visits. Judge Council plans Forsyth County court. Mabel Little to Barboursville Kentucky as music teacher. Lena Reinhardt and Hugh Cline enjoy a game in Hickory. Football game at Shuford Park features Lenoin versus all Star team of former A and M players. Third Monday Evening Entertainment at Claremont December 7 includes Signor D Anna with music readings and recitations. many local performers scheduled.
A barn owned by Mc Comb Bros. on Trade avenue caught fire last Thursday night. Firemen extinguished the blaze quickly and investigators suspect arson. Some think the fire was set to distract residents while burglaries targeted Mr. Hawkins store and Mr. Holder's restaurant.
In Bobtown Police Court Friday last week Will Dellinger Ellen Dellinger and Daisy Reinhardt colored faced fighting charges. Daisy Reinhardt allegedly ordered from a Delingers home where a crowd gathered and violence ensued with a knife involved. Ellen Dellinger Will Dellinger each paid five dollars and costs while Daisy Reinhardt was fined ten dollars and costs.
Mrs J S Spielman hosted the Thursday Study Club on Nov 19 with quotes and current news. The next meeting is Dec 3 at Mrs C C Best’s. oyster supper plans with the Woman’s Aid and Missionary Society of the Reformed church. Nearby Hickory Book Club discussed The Servant in the House by Chas Rann Kennedy. A Medicine That Is Medicine touts Electric Bitters for health with local ads.
The Boone community reports various local items from November. Albert Green, a respected Blowing Rock citizen, died at a sawmill on November 20 and was buried with Masonic honors. The Deerfield public school closed November 26 with a Thanksgiving program and casket dinner. County Supt. Dougherty addressed the school. A rural library fund was raised. Rev. J. J. Brendall, a Boone circuit pastor for three years, was not returned, leaving the community regretful for his service. Volunteers gathered corn for Will Brown’s sick wife. Appalachian training school held chapel exercises and hosted a faculty luncheon and a reception for townspeople and youth.
Mrs Michael Bloom of Lewis Town Pennsylvania, age eighty, had long suffered feebleness and lung troubles until a bottle of Vinci cod liver preparation was found. After three bottles she reports regained energy and can walk a quarter mile, urging other aged or weak individuals to try Vinci. Moser and Lutz druggist Hickory offer money-back if unsatisfied.
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