Edgemont and Newland Seek Rail Link Amid Charter Fight
Citizens in Edgemont Caldwell county and Newland Avery county move to form a railroad charter for a line linking the two towns and extending toward Tennessee. Local leaders Ragland Campbell and Barter back the project amid town charter revisions and a dispute with the Caldwell representative over voter approval.
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Lenoir
Edgemont
Caldwell County
Newland
Avery County
General Assembly
Avery
Caldwell
Ison City
Tean
Tennessee and Western Ori Carolina
Caroina and Northwestern
Tennessee
Zood Rity
W. H. Ragland
J. Robert Campbell
W. W. Barter
A. A. Kent
Travel Between England and Continent Suspended
Washington February 19 British Admiralty suspended all travel between England and the European Continent until further notice. Officials differed on scope, some seeing passenger travel only while others feared broader commercial links across the English Channel. The action could curb trans Atlantic traffic amid uncertain German submarine effects on schedules.
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Washington
England
Europe
State Department
English Channel
City Bakery Bread Offered At Low Prices
The notice promotes City Bakery offers fresh baked bread daily and urges customers to try its goods. It touts first class material and health benefits, with bread priced at five cents per loaf.
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City Bakery
County Appoints Health Officer and Slaughter House Rules
Henderson and Vance counties hire a fulltime health officer who starts January 1 and oversees meat handling, abattoirs, and cleanliness with new city sermons on sanitation. The piece also reprints Solicitor Abernethy’s call for a legislative investigation into Judge Frank Carter and alleged misconduct in Craven County court.
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Raleigh
Hendersons
Vance County
Mt Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church Sunday Service Notice
Mt Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church invites worship with Rev E J Sox as pastor on Sunday February 28 1915 with Sunday School at 9 30 am and preaching at 11 am The sermon topic How a Mothers Love Triumphed encourages study of the Divine Word All are welcome Catechetical classes meet Saturday at 2 30 pm for beginners and 8 15 pm for advanced students.
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E. J. Sox
Death of S M Hamrick shocks Hickory community
Obituary notes the death of Samuel M Hamrick aged around 52 after a months long illness Brights disease. Born near Woodstock Virginia May 22 1863 he taught at St Pauls Seminary and served as Hickory postmaster during Roosevelt and Taft administrations before joining Newton Hamrick grocery. He chaired the Hickory Merchant Association and is survived by his wife Mary Robert Virginis and children. Funeral at his residence was led by Rev J E Barbe and Oakwood cemetery interment followed. Several businesses closed for the hour of funeral. community offers sympathy to the bereaved.
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Samuel M. Hamrick
Ham
Rick
Bright
Hickory
Woodstock
St. Paul's Seminary
Asheville
United States
Roosevelt
Taft
N. M. Newton Grocery
Newton & Hamrick
Hickory Merchant Association
Mary
Robert
Virginis
Cloe Emma Dea
J. E. Barbe
Ohnion Lutheran
Oakwood
Citzen
Not Paint The Worst Mistake In Painting And Costs
Fragmentary ad language discusses painting costs and losses. It alleges the term cheap paints misleads buyers, explaining higher upfront costs and later wear. The piece criticizes advertising and wage implications, framing paint quality as crucial to value.
Card of Thanks for Sickness and Death of Boy
Mr and Mrs W F Fogle and Mr and Mrs W S Stroup express gratitude to Hickory friends for kindness and sympathy after the illness and death of their little boy last Saturday morn. The note closes with thanks and appreciation for community support.
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Hickory
W. F. Fogle
W.S. Stroup
Slavery in Western North Carolina’s Early Society
The narrative traces slavery’s rise in Western North Carolina from initial slaveholding by early settlers to the moral shift against the institution. It details slave life, household roles, clothing, meals, holidays, church participation, and shared worship spaces within master families, illustrating a fragile, norm-bound system.
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North
North Carolina
Virginia
Sbuford
The One Man Who Believes in Hero Worship
A fragmented manuscript piece notes a paradox that the sole believer in hero worship is the hero himself. The text blends rhetoric with garbled phrases, mentioning names like PAZ and EISEN and partial phrases about strategies and timelines.
Across the Atlantic to Africa on a Congo River voyage
The diary notes anchoring at Banana and Boma in the Congo basin on December 17 through 19. The vessel describes the brown Congo waters, unloading cargo with help from Creole airmen, meeting American missionary Mr Campbell and Mrs Campbell in Boma, and a farewell as the ship nears Lac Léopold II territory with Mr Gotaut or Gotaa present.
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Banana
Congo
Portuguese Congo
Belgian Congo
Ender
Boma
Campbell
Laebe
Gotaa
Northern Baptist Church
American Steamer Evelyn Hit by Mine in Atlantic
Reported Sunday night that the American steamer Evelyn, carrying cotton for Bremen, was blown up by a mine. The crew was saved. The mine's nationality and cause remain unknown. A quip about judging a man by his hat line closes the excerpt.
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U. S
Evelyn
Bremen
United States Keeps Silent On War Zone Warnings
Washington officials expect no immediate reply from the United States to Britain and Germany. The administration will maintain its warning against harming American lives or vessels, awaiting any over act before new moves. The note exchanges are seen as not altering U S position on international law and neutrality. The State Department plans no further action on the Wilhelmina case until the prize court rules.
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Washington, D. C
United States
England
Germany
State Department
Great Britain
Wihemins
Message From E. E. Anderson At Jolanda 1915
A dated note from E. E. Anderson at Jolanda South Carolina 8 February 22 1915 invites readers to extend favors and place phone orders to Mr Huffman at the Aust ry Hotel while returning to 19 Hickory.
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Hickory
W. Impetent Pisng Tavalier
Tim
Mr. Huffman
E. E. Anderson
Jolandia
8. C
Rev. B. L. Stroup Resigns From Newton Church Posts
Rev. B. L. Stroup, pastor of the Lutheran Church in Newton and several country congregations including New Jerusalem near his home, resigned this Sunday. He plans to leave after Easter to begin work in Colburn, Indiana, where he has accepted a call.
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B. L. Stroup
B.L. Stroup
Newton
New Jerusalem
Colburn
Ind
Liquor Bill Passes In House Vote Friday Event
The House on Friday passed a bill to prohibit liquor shipments for beverage purposes. The measure now goes before the Senate for consideration.
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Gibbons
Daniel Litaker
Leopoldville
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