Red Cross Christmas Seals sent to North Carolina committees
The State Red Cross Seal Commission distributed Christmas Seals to county committees across North Carolina as part of the tuberculosis campaign. Quantities ranged from 500 to 110,000 with Wilmington and several cities averaging high orders. more than two million seals are expected to be placed within a week. Each seal costs one penny and symbolizes a bullet in the fight against tuberculosis.
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Ammon
Red Cross
Greensboro
Charlotte
Winstor-Selem
Asheville
State Commission
North Carolina
Belgian Relief Fund Campaign In Hickory Town
The Baracz-Philathea City Union leads the Belgian Relief Fund drive with 2000 envelopes distributed through churches and Sunday Schools. Thanks are offered to the Clay Print Company, Mr. Lutz, and the First National Bank for printing and handling funds as residents contribute in a humanitarian effort.
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Banaca-Philathea
Baracz-Philathea
Anim
Rvice
Lutz
Dus Philatheas
Conteh
Clay Print Company
Christmas Treat for the County Draws Local Aid
Inmates at the county home await a Christmas treat. Contributions are urged by December 24 to fund and prepare the gift, to be delivered on Christmas Day. The note, signed M. A. Abernethy of Newton North Carolina, cites Psalm 41 1 and urges generosity.
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M. A. Abernethy
Newton, N. C
DOING THEIR DUTY Hickory readers learn kidney care
Scores of Hickory readers are urged to filter blood with the kidneys reminding that failed kidneys bring ills. Doan's Kidney Pills are endorsed by Hickory residents including Mrs A Wezen who credits quick relief. The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the proven remedy sold by Lut's Drug Store with home testimony and slogan When Your Backs Remember the Name.
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Dean
A. Wezen
Ninth Ave
Rickory
N.C
Lut
Shores
Yester-Milburn Co
Prope, Bafile
N.Y
Germans Capture Lozialong Town Near Warsaw
Germans seize Locz Lozialong a key Polish town about 75 miles west-southwest of Warsaw after days of fierce fighting. The capture marks a major objective for the German army with heavy casualties reported and the town serving as a base for possible pushes toward Warsaw.
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Locz
Poland
Warsaw
Berlin
Col. Writes on Politics and Local News from Hickory
In Hickory R-1 on December 8 Col. Murphy critiques post election mood and Republican gains, notes economic worries about cotton, and laments the town’s prison conditions while urging public action. He mentions a barn project, a fire at Oak Grove School, and local figures like D. L. Leonard and L. S. Ritchie Co. The piece blends political commentary with small town updates and calls for improved civic facilities.
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Hickory
South Fork Valley
Congress
Wesley Meacham
Mattie
Ellen Whitener
Oak Grove
C. M. Yoder
D.L. Leonard
U.S. Navy
D. L. Leonard
P. R. Yoder
Cleveland
McKinley
Catawba County
Wilson
Cooperation That Boosted State Agriculture in 1913
The 1913 Brown Legume Inoculation Bill passed with no dissent, enabling the State Board of Agriculture to produce and sell inoculating material at cost. By November over 7900 acre bottles were distributed, adding about $11,850 in value in three months and likely over $90,000 to state agricultural wealth that season.
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General Assembly of
N. C. Go
Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
General Assembly
Commissioner of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Actio
Jas. L. Burgess
W. A. Graham
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Quick Relief
The notice touts Dr Kings New Life Pills to cure constipation headaches nervousness and bilious symptoms indicating a sluggish liver. Also promotes Bucklen's American Salve for skin eruptions with a price of 25 cents at your druggist.
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Dr. Kings New Life
Bucklen
Woodmen to Unveil Monument at O. Wood Cemetery
Hickory Camp No. 80 Woodmen of the World to unveil a monument in Oak Wood Cemetery on Sunday December 13 at 2 30 p m. The public is invited to attend these exercises.
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Hickory Camp No
W. O.W
O.wood
Flickory
N. C
Sloan's Liniment advertised for neuralgia relief
An early 20th century ad touts Sloan's Liniment to soothe nerves and relieve neuralgia with quick penetration and almost instant relief. It promotes a 25 cent bottle and a money back guarantee. The piece also notes Newton county officers sworn in for a two year Republican term and mentions Ozborn Brown Sherrill and C. H. Mebane in county positions.
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Sloan
Fit His Case Exactly
E writes Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith Ark about her father who used Chamberlains Tablets after illness six years ago and has not been sick since He notes her sister also benefited The ad claims the tablets fit their case The items are sold by Lutz Drug Store and Grimes Drug Co
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Chamberlain
Margaret Campbell
Ft. Smith
Ark
Lutz’s
Drug Store
Grimes Drug Co
Adv
New County Officers Sworn in at Newton
Catawba County officials were sworn in at Newton after the November election. The county board organized with Osborn Brown as chairman and members D. E. Sigman Jay Wilfong John Holler and Will Stroup. Several offices changed hands with resignations and new appointees including County Judge Sheriff Register of Deeds Clerk of the Superior Court Treasurer and janitor named. An accountant was ordered to audit retiring officials under board direction.
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Catawba County
el Osborn Brown
D. E. Sigman
Newton Township
Jay Wilfong
Jacobs
Fork Township
John Holler
Clines Township
Will Stroup
Hickory Township
A. A. Woitener
Hickory
WC. Felmster
Oscar Shercill
C. Il. Mebane
John A. Isenhower
Conover
Cattawba
H. Eugene Sigmon
Sigmon
Thomas Setzer
Superior Court
Iis
Anata
G. O. Hartsee
Maiden
W. A. Reinhardt
Newton
John Gilbert
Sveril
Guthrie
Cacawba County
Weetor Baker property sale in Hickory N C December 18 1914
Real estate sale notice offers four business lots four warehouse lots and a bottling plant in Hickory North Carolina. Properties include nine room brick dwellings with utilities on Tenth and Eleventh Avenues and a 90 by 167 foot lot. Auctioneer Z B Buchanan and J Morgan Hawn announce private sale until December 18 then public auction if unsold.
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Hickory
Weetor Baker
Tenth Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
J. Morgan Hawn
Z. B. Buchanan
Z. B, Buchanan
Resolutions of Sympathy from Philathea Class First Methodist Church
The Philathea Class of the First Methodist Church offers three resolutions condoling the death of a devoted brother of Miss Jo Moore. They express comfort through faith, sympathy to the bereaved, and request publication and permanent record notes, signed by Mrs. N. R. Peacock Miss Minta Abernethy and Miss Mabel Hight.
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Jo Moore
First Methodist Church
N. R. Peacock
Minta Abernethy
Mabel Hight
Children's Coughs and Colds Urge Early Treatment
An old advertisement urges parents to treat children’s coughs and colds promptly with Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey to ease symptoms and prevent worsening. It promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for pain and Dr Thomas’ Eclectic Oil for burns and bruises, noting price and availability at druggists.
Rainy December day in West Hickory townspeople
West Hickory reports rain and mud as the main feature of the day. RW Williams of Alta Vista, Va., visits with his family. Mr. and Mrs. David Bolick and family visit relatives in Morganton. Essie Chapman and Pearl Hartone visit Rhodhils residents. Humphries sick but improving. William Burch and Mrs. A A Butler ill. T J Leonard travels to Newton on business. Eli Childers stays with his father Charlie Childers in Newton for several days.
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West Hickory
RW. Williams
Alta Vista
David Bolick
Morganton
Essie Chapman
Pearl Hartone
Rhodhils
Baby
Happy Starnes
K. W. Humphries
Too Zealous Uplift Provokes Chicago Protests
The Associated Press reported Chicago women supervising municipal dance halls demand twelve chaperones ten investigators a social secretary and one nurse to oversee dances. Atlanta readers mock uplift campaigns while noting human frailty. A Woodmen of the World group held a three hour gathering at Dinwiddie Holder’s Claremont Heights home with Mrs Chadwick and Dr J C Murphy as guests.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Atlanta
Jesus Christ
Lake Shore
Atlanta Constitution
Dinwiddie Holder
Claremont,Heights
Chadwick
J.C Murphy
Stop The Childs Colds Ad From Old Newspaper
Colds, croup and whooping cough are children's ailments needing attention. Dr King’s New Discovery claims to check the cold, soothe the cough, reduce inflammation, kill germs, and aid natural healing. 50c at your druggist. Buy a bottle today.
World Should Improve Farm Product Distribution
The piece argues that tar road distribution is a global problem intensified by war, urging government and business to cooperate to solve marketing issues. It notes production exceeds population growth, cites large cropland, and stresses creating remunerative markets to increase farm output and avoid waste. It calls citizens to focus on enhanced distribution facilities.
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Garden of Eden
Dro Tieton
Tuivaton
Tetera
Westera
Nse
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Criss
Loéalong
Russian Empire
Joseph
Paul
John Banyan
Ice
Lentz
J. L. Murphy
Belgium
Tam
J.L. Murphy
Aterenti
Ozborn Brown
Hii Oscar
Sherrill
C. H. Mebanetor
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