Comets in the Sun's Family Inspired by Sky Sights
The author explains comets as solar system visitors and explains their orbits guided by planets Jupiter Uranus Saturn and Neptune. It covers Halley's 75 77 year cycle with historical sightings and the comet's structure noting nucleus coma and tail and compares tail weight to vacuum air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Halley
Sir Isaac Newton
Newton
David
Interdenominational Bible Class Led by N A Stine In Hickory
Hickory hosts an interdenominational Bible study using international Sunday school lessons. Led by N A Stine of Altoona Pennsylvania, the class runs during winter with sessions in Hickory Statesville Salisbury Concord and Charlotte. No collections. free will offerings accepted for support. All residents are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anariotte
Concord
Salisbury
Statesville
Hickory
Cass
N. A. Stine
Altoona
South
Stine
Sharlotte
States
Edith Stems Edith, Jan. 26 and 23 marriage note
The item records the December 23 wedding of Mr. John Fry and Miss Jane Sherrill at S Wilkinson J. P. The section then discusses local issues including improvements in the Democrat, cold weather delaying farm work, wheat and oats standings, cotton prices easing, and remarks on cotton's impact on prices and living costs. It mentions census applicants and a Republican committee chairman refusing endorsements, with a personal note about serving forty five years without a call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
John Fry
Jane Sherrill
S. Wilkinson
J. P
Democrat
Republican Executive Committee
Mountain Creek
C A Munroe Scholarship Fund Proposed for Lees McRae Institute
A letter to The Democrat urges Concord Presbytery churches and Home Mission Societies to establish an endowed fund of a thousand dollars or more for Lees McRae Institute at Banner Elk. J H Beall of Bank of Lenoir to serve as treasurer. goal is to begin accruing interest before the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Mission Societies
Concord Presbytery
Lees- McRae Institute
Banner Elk
C. A. Munroe
Home Mission Society
Presbyterian Church
Lenoir Arch
J. H. Beall
Bank of Lenoir
Transplanted Hickory Sprouts and Storm's Lesson in Philadelphia
A four year old transplanted Hickory Sprout in Philadelphia endures a severe storm that tears a roof and causes fever among the childlike sprout. The father compares storms to strengthening trials for transplanted trees and humans. The piece blends a parable with a letter from Philadelphia and notes about Everybody’s Magazine and a kidney remedy advert nearby.
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Mother Tree
N. BH
Philadelphia
The Right Man Dr Nicholson New Chamber President
Dr. W H Nicholson is unanimously chosen as Hickory Chamber of Commerce president. Lively portrait portrays a young in spirit leader with strong Southern Christian bearing and a pledge to boost Hickory. He is a former farmer turned physician who now retires from practice to lead town-building efforts with faith and tact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
W. J. Nicholson
Democrat
Nicholson
Chamber of Commerce
Catawba
Franklin County
Pete
Kit
Trinity College
University of Virginia
University of Maryland
Louisburg
Edgemont Farm
Genevieve Perry
C. A. Cilley
A Good Old Timey Snow Brings Winter Joy to Hickory
A brisk old fashioned snowfall covered the Brushy Mountain area with six inches. Children sled and coast while townsfolk remark on the warm weather failing to stop nature. A local scene of winter cheer ends with a lively schoolhouse battle and a note of tea to follow.
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Pery
North Pols
Hickory
Charlotte
Eidertown
Grelock
Delaware
Maryland
Hollister
Moser & Lutz
Craig Will Have Opposition in North Carolina Senate Fight
Buck's Washington letter to the Charlotte Observer quotes a North Carolinian saying Governor Kitchin will run for the Senate. He claims Locke Craig must beat two rivals for the Democratic nomination with W D Turner of Iredell and Lt Governor Newland of Caldwell also entering the race.
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Kitchin
Senate
Locke Craig
Piedmont
Lam
W. D. Turner
Iredell
Newland
Caldwell
Must Disinfect Cattle Or Face Disinfection Powers
Section 13 of livestock disease control in North Carolina warns cattle owners with Texas fever ticks that failing to disinfect and eradicate ticks within a reasonable time will prompt the Commissioner of Agriculture or officials to step in. They may disinfect, eradicate ticks, and charge owners for costs, with unpaid bills potentially leading to holding and sale under Estray Law procedures to cover expenses. Roosevelt as Speaker recalls a House scene with boxing rhetoric and irrigation debate.
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North Carolina
Texas
Department of Ag ‘Culture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Mrs Sallie Hoyle Jones Dies in Cleveland County
Mrs Sallie Hoyle Jones widow of the late C D Jones died in upper Cleveland County and was buried on the 24th. Also note E H Lutz & Co opens Fallston mercantile. Lawson of Belwood and Supt Hill of Mooresboro Creamery guest at MecBrayer home reports strong business in receipts and shipments. Cleveland Star.
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Sallie Hoyle Jones
Cleveland County
Ww.inson
Belwood
Hill
Mooresboro
Chas. C. MecBrayer
Shelby
Cleveland Star
Address on Sabbath Ob Rev Dr McMasters at Presbyterian
Rev Dr McMasters delivered a call for preserving the Christian Sabbath at a union meeting at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening. The church was filled with attendees from various churches. He noted a three year old branch of the national Lord's Day Alliance in North Carolina and welcomed temperance sentiment, urging both Sabbath observance and moral reform to advance together. A collection for the work was taken at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMasters
Presbyterian Church
National
Lord’s Day Alliance
Carolina
How To Select Seed Corn Commissioner orgriculture
A. Graham sends a special bulletin on Winter and Spring Work in Selecting Seed Corn. The bulletin explains choosing ears with uniform row count and straight grain, and selecting the heaviest sound proportion when shelled. It includes illustrated analysis and may be sought by farmers via a 2 cent stamp to the N C department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orgriculture
A. Graham
N.C
Department of Agriculture
Dudley Shuford of Quitman Texas A Confederate Soldier
J H Shuford narrates Dudley Shuford born in Catawba County and a teacher who moved to Quitman Texas about 1857. Dudley joined Boland's Cavalry, served under Price, Wheeler, Hood, Van Dorn, and Johnston. He fought at Corinth, had four horses killed, led to Second Lieutenant, died in Quitman in 1866, and is buried there.
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D. B. Shuford
R. Shuford
Jacob Shuford
Catawba County
Catawba College
Quitman
Texas
Dudley Shuford
A. A. Shuford
W. P. Shuford
John Shuford
Prairie County
Arkansas
Little Rockland
Col. Solen
Boland
Sander
Mississippi River
Battle of
Corinth
Pany
Joseph Wheeler
General Hood
van Dorn
Joseph Johnston
Alberto Poindexter
Pink Shuford
Oklahoma
Eli Shuf
Ieee
el Shuford
Shae
J.H. Shuford
Jording’ ’S Creek, N. C
What a Cleveland County Girl Accomplished in Illinois
Miss Jessie Grigg of Mulberry Grove Illinois details last year’s thrifty housewifery record for a Cleveland County girl. Butter and milk sold 286.17 dollars chickens and eggs 106.80 juineas 3.82 Sundries 421 dollars total 400.50.
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Jessie Grigg
Mulberry Grove
Linois
Grigg
Cleveland County
S. R. Grigg
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J. G. Gert
Mr. Stine’s Bible
the Democrat
Vangeren
Cry For Fletcher
The
the Beast and
Colorado
Ben B. Lindsay
Everybody's Magazine
Lindsay
National Capitol
Everybody’s
Samuel McComb
D.C
Ridgeway Co
Union Square
New York City
W. S. Martin
W. H. Nicholson
Chamber
Commerée
Casey-Hammond
saran_isessie Casey
Edward Hammond
J. D. Harte
Harte
Hutchison
Fannie Wilfong
Zeb Buchanan
Hammond
Asheville
Miss Casey
South Carolina
Hammond & Johnson
Paul West
Craig
Ed Buck
Washington
Charlotte Observer
Roosevelt
New York World
Tennessee
Wyoming
Rhode Island
Assgontoras da Covitel
Catawba’s
Fletcher
E. DB
Shuford
Quitman, Tex
J. H
Illinois
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