Giftware and Jewelry Sale Prices Highlight Holiday Offerings
A holiday sale catalog lists Gent's and Ladies' watches from 2.00 to 5000 and 8.00 to 50.00 respectively, diamond rings 5.00 to 200.00, brooches 6.00 to 15.00, and numerous silver, glass, and vanity items. Pianos and music instruments are priced from 25.00 to 1,000.00, with assorted gift sets, desks, seals, and decorative wares included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilten
Cologne
Dennison
Sober
Saar
Richmond
Packard
Chase
Willd
Rogers Bros
Coffey
Gifts and silverware at Beos Co catalog page
A dense price list from Beos Company features silverware, crystal and china items, pens, clocks, and musical instruments. Highlights include Eastman Kodaks, cut glass sets, silver tea and tableware, and Farrand pianos with prices ranging from low to high, plus organs and graphophones.
Local Seven Springs notes bustle amid trade and tales
In Seven Springs a brisk business scene unfolds around D Murray & Co at Murraysville with lumber shipping to Newton and a new boss at Shutard Gold Company. Local education features Oscar Fry teaching at Walden school while visitors from Terrell and Catawba are noted. A poetic aside by Luke Lightning laments world-building for children, and Morrison Brosco in Hickory advertises musical instruments and a diamond ring giveaway beginning January 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Murray & Co
Murraysville
V. F. Shipp
Newton
D. L. Wike
Murray’s
Catawba
A. S. Alley
Cain Bost
Bost
Shutard Gold Company
Philadelphia
Oscar Fry
Walden
Fry
C. D. Murray
John
Murray
James Abernethy
Callie Jones
Frank Abernethy
Carrie Abernethy
Terrell
James Miller
W.S. Alley
Luke Lightning
Wosy
Hart
Violent Crime at Lenoir College Chapel Scene
A Sunday night incident at Lenoir College chapel disrupted services with a heavy stone thrown through a window by three young men, narrowly missing the minister and injuring a girl from Oak View Home. Police seek informants and warn of strict legal action upon arrest. The report also notes upcoming Christmas program events and local moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir College
Hickory
Oak View
Christmas Socials Highlight 1906 Society Notes
Mrs J L Murphy hosted The Travellers Club with Dickens and Christmas readings, a pre holiday tone and fine refreshments. Bridge night yielded Mrs E B Menzies’s prize as six tables entertained. Hickory Book Club discussed Lady Baltimore with Shuford’s wedding box favors and St Michael’s sketches. Round Dozen noted Walcot’s Blind folked and A McIntosh’s visit to Maryland before returning to Ocala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Murphy
Travellers’ Club
Chadwick
Dickens
E. B. Menzies
H. D. Abernethy
Hickory Book Club
Alex Shuford
New York
Lady Baltimore
St. Michael’s Church
Walcot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morrison
Stions
Beos. Co
China Sea
China
New Haven
Waterman Ideal
Farrand
Farand Cecilian
Farrand Organs
Putnam Organs
Victor
Edison
Columbia
Stella
Seven Springs News
Oller
the Reformed Church
Shuford and
Boyden
Shuford
Mesdames Best and Murphy
Josephine Symon
Bert Hutton
Sauford
J.D. Windle
Morganton
Society News
A. McIntosh
Maryland
Ocala
Fla
Donald ‘Melver
Democrat
Chandise
McCoy Moretz
Hickory Bottling Works
the Mid-way Cafe
T. G. Huntley
N.C
Mirs
A. P. Whitener
Ickory, N. C
Hickory, N.C
R.A. Patterson Tobacco Co
Richmond, Va
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