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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
2
A missing Green ville shopkeeper Davis is believed murdered after disappearing from his Woodside village general store. Authorities report the shop robbed, about $500 in stock taken, clothes left untouched, and the case shrouded in mystery with the sheriff holding the store stock.
A chaotic report outlines fines imposed on the sugar trust and its American subsidiaries for rebates and predatory practices. Specific sums include 10,000 and multiple 5,000 and 1,000-dollar pieces, with a focus on the Brooklyn Cooper Company and related entities.
The text suggests that illness may be caused by organic trouble and recommends consulting a doctor rather than self dosing with advertised remedies. It advises a concentrated fat food to enrich blood and tone the system as likely needed, emphasizing the physician as the best adviser.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as ideal nourishment for the weakened, emaciated, and pale. It claims benefits for delicate children and anaemic girls and offers a free sample.
The advertisement touts sun cured tobacco made from select genuine sun cured leaf grown in premier regions. Priced from 6c to $1.00 per pound, it is sold at 50c per pound in 5c cuts and 10c plugs, claimed as the best value in sun cured tobacco for chewers.
Mecklenburg County leaders push tax reforms amid state fiscal debate. The commission backs extending hospital and income taxes collection while raising certain tax rates. A charter was granted amid a flurry of official actions as Washington weighs navy personnel policy and public land reform.
Dec 16 in Washington Oscar rss of New York won today by 21 votes and assumed the office as secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor as part of a cabinet rearrangement recently made by the president.
In Buwersuein California, Hicks, a miner trapped in granite for over a week, was reportedly freed after six o’clock last night as twelve feet of rock separated him from rescue. Authorities say progress halted the entombment but the breakthrough neared completion.
Hazleton Pennsylvania December 17 A young woman’s remains found on the mountain between Hazleton and Ebervale with personal items nearby. The scene suggested homicide and arson, with investigators noting a link to a missing person case in the area.
Durham prepares to become the North Carolina railroad's Durham division headquarters with G. V. Payton named superintendent and A. V. Shelton chief dispatcher. Offices move to the Durham Trust building with about ten staff. transfer expected about January first. A $250,000 Main Street Methodist church is planned with George W. Kramer as contractor, to replace the site of the former church. The old church remains as a memorial to Washington Duke and will serve the Christian congregation. Possession targeted soon after construction starts, likely January, while the Hodges case decision delays linger and raise expectations of a new trial. The Hodges murder case has stirred local indignation. public opinion favors hanging Kilian for the murder of his wife.
Washington December 15 President declined a reunion invitation for Blue and Gray veterans of Fort Fisher. Senator Overman and Representative Patterson of North Carolina extended the Confederate plea with Representative Sherman of New York speaking for his regiment. The President said he could not spare the time at this sanctuary.
In Brown County farmers have modernized homes with baths, telephones, furnaces and daily mail. Near Robinson, John Loldy installed a full electric light plant powered by a gasoline engine. The setup lights the house, cowsheds, corncribs and granary, showing rural comforts rivaling city homes.
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