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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
2
An oldclassified ad fragment notes pricing at twenty cents per inch with special long term rates. The line ends with Thursday December 12, 1907, indicating a publication or insertion deadline. The unreadable parts suggest a local newspaper display or classified section notice.
The administration struggles with two defeats as Ohio endorses Foraker and Chicago chosen as the convention site over Kansas City. Taft must work with a minority Ohio delegation while Foraker wins strong support from Black voters in Brownsville. North Carolina favored Chicago.
In Hickory a major assembly of telegraphers occurred last Saturday under the Order of Railroad Telegraphers. Elders like Hon A A Whitner and R B Stone of Asheville spoke on the block system notes its boost to Asheville Division profits and social aspects. Music by Miss Ora Huffman accompanied talks about benefits and plans for future meetings with about fifty telegraphers and families present.
An old newspaper fragment urges readers to protect health as winter winds rise. It promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea by E. B. Menzies, claiming disease prevention benefits.
Social Tuesday December 3 Mrs Marvin Sherrill hosted her Bridge Club with extra tables. Mrs Bryan Jones won the prize. Delightful refreshments followed. December 4 an afternoon of Bridge with five tables. Mrs Marvin Sherrill won the prize. The Traveller's Club met December 5 with fifteen members. topics covered Irish literature and authors. January 2 1908 reception planned at Mr C M Roysters.
A $500 theft occurred at Edith where a safe in Walter Alley’s store was blown, $100 in cash a silver watch and razors stolen. The same night at Sherrill’s Ford Brown and Cornelius’s safe yielded $400. A pro fessional, low thick-set man seen in the area was not found after the break in.
The document presents a 1907 annual bank report for Hickory Lumber Trust Co with assets totaling 347 258 93 including loans cash and bank balances. It lists capital stock 35 000 05 undivided profits 3 750 88 deposits and notes, with signatures by cashier J W Blackwelder and notary W X Reid.
Notice of sale to satisfy liens for services and labor by C F Whitlow and Piedmont Foundry and Machine Co. on a merry go round and attached engine and boiler. Auction at First National Bank Hickory Dec 28 1907 at noon. Also rental notice for a two story house on Lincoln Street by John E Harthcock.
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