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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
3
The article describes immense Panama canal drainage culverts near thirty feet high. Colonel Goethals faces the challenge of handling the huge structures as a man stands on a raised platform inside one culvert, illustrating the scale and the need to manage the Chagres River through this system.
The estate of the late Jacob Lipe of Landis NC will endow Lenoir College with eight to ten thousand dollars for Laura Lipe scholarships. Eight shares in Linn Cotton Mill Company go to the Lutheran Orphan Home of Salem VA. Lectures are planned this session including Rev R Patterson on The Faith of an Educated Man and Shakespeare interpreters Hannibal Williams in late January.
An advertisement proclaims Renal Mucu-Tone cures catarrh and related diseases, arguing internal disease cannot be treated with external applications. It claims a physician specialist backs the formula, offers a money back guarantee, and notes Rexall Remedies are available at The Rexall Store The Grimes Drug Co. in Hickory.
Local notes list visits and travels of residents including Mrs Els of Knoxville visiting her daughter Mrs Tom, Miss Porthress Stokes of Blackstone Va returning to Claremont college, the Crowson sisters visiting Mrs Frank Guin, N T Sendifar of Ft Worth Texas holidaying at Huffry, and Chief Moser recovering from rheumatism. Also mentions Miss Coline Munroe heading to Farmville Va to see ill grandmother, G R Wootten returning from Wilson to see ill father, and Mr and Mrs R A Terrace Jr visiting in Lincoln Neb. Parade of community items includes a Creamery meeting at 1 p m Saturday at Chamber of Commerce and Miss Lucille Shuford returning to Claremont to resume grad work. C E Cole of Yorkville, former Hickory resident, becomes weave room overseer at Ivey Mill. Miss Louise Arthur of Franklin Macon county elected to lead 6th grade in city school. Mr A J Bradshaw and daughter of Au Sable Mich spending winter at Huffry.
Dr. D. L. Fry and Mrs. Fry with Miss May depart for New Smyrna Florida for months of fishing and recreation. The Fry party marks two years since the doctor could make his annual trip. Mr. and Mrs. Sikes from Asheville will arrive. he, a Wake Forest graduate, plans to open a law office here. L. Flagler bought Eighth Avenue corner lots through guardian S A Isenhower and will start a two person house soon. Rev. Bonner has returned from Ville sanatorium and is slowly improving.
Mr L Eugene Isenhour reported a mad dog in Oxford Ford area biting two hogs. One hog owned by M M Coonsworth $25 and another owned by John L Sigman worth $15. it also bit a dozen chickens and other animals. The dog was killed by John Sigmon after the frenzy of the hogs.
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