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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
4
A deteriorated ad text touts development in Kenworth, urging readers to own homes, previewing house plans priced between 1000 and 5000 dollars, and inviting visits to the office near Hickory Grocery Co. to receive a souvenir. It highlights sidewalks and graded streets work by Mr John H Teihdo and mentions Mr J D Beck overseeing grading.
Col Marcellus Thornton returns to Hickory amid talk of a vast enterprise in lead ore, smelting, and steel. The plan includes Partridge smelting furnaces in Charlotte and a $20.9 million bond issue with $590,000 in preferred stock. Thornton aims to control ore deposits in Knox and nearby counties, develop a southern mining and smelting network, and expand into Haiti St Domingo and Cuba. Officials cited include Robert W Curtis and A N Reid, with full capitalization cited and a booklet of Dr Ihne’s report distributed to investors.
A cozy notice on choosing pictures as gifts. It touts framed Water Colors and Sepias in various sizes, stressing that a beautiful image need not be expensive. It also suggests local scenes and children at play as prized subjects for Kodak photography.
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