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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
5
A historical tips list for farm improvement enumerates tasks from soil prep and manure spreading to draining wetlands and spraying for San Jose scale. It urges orchard and tree planting, barn and poultry-house readiness, home upkeep, reading farming literature, and planning next year’s rotation.
The executive committee of the State Historical Society has named a committee to work with Governor Kitchen and the council of state on a Zebulon B. Vance statue for Washington’s statuary hall. It will be a new design, not a Raleigh Capitol replica. We are promoting the Waitz Alice property in Long View for the High Dollar. Attend the Superior Lot Sale on December 10.
In Reidsville on December 4 a relic in Mr. C C Paschal’s custody reveals a bill of sale dated October 8 1810. It records James Turner of Williamson County Tennessee selling to Abigail Corum of Rockingham North Carolina a enslaved girl named Harriatt about four or five years old for 160 dollars in hand paid.
Advertisement touts Vicks Croup and Pneumonia Salve as a quick preventive and relief product for children in danger from croup and pneumonia. Claims thousands of happy homes rely on it with jars priced 25, 50 cents, and one dollar, available at all druggists.
In Lenoir County on Tuesday a 11-year-old, while handling a shotgun, accidentally discharged it at his 15-year-old brother who was briefly shooting at his hat. The older boy died from the chest wound. The burial was held at Little John's Church in Hartland on Wednesday.
Notice announces a large auction sale of real estate in Long View on December 10. C T Morrison advertises cutting eight acres into building lots for sale at high prices and seeks buyers. Monarch Cigar Company offers a salesman position in St. Louis Missouri with high pay and expenses.
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