Hickory Graded School Football Team’s Season Recount
The Hickory Graded School football squad under coach Gus Lowe highlight a strong season with a stout line and minimal injuries. They defeated Morganton and Newton while tying with Catawba Scrubbs and suffering a key collision that left one player with a broken collarbone. The piece celebrates five games, a promising outlook for spring baseball, and mentions upcoming farming topics and a creamery meeting.
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Rstekory Graded
Gus Lowe
Catawba County
Messrs
Lowe
Carr
McFatls
Price
Sigmon
Aiken
Johnson
Bradford
Seagle
Geitnert
Shuford
Charlie Ollinger
Morganton
Lawrence Cline
Luke Hahn
Charlie
Cedric Dellinger
Jake Reinhardt
Hickory
Newton
Newton Graded School
Newton Boys
Catawba College
Hickory Boys
Hickory G. S. C
Catawba
Col
Lege
Scrabbs
Hickory G. S
Morganton Boys
Atja Hickory
Charlie Dellinger
Morganton G.S
Morganton Graded School
High farm prices linger as towns grow warns Clark
Rep resentative Champ Clark of Missouri says prices stay high as rural areas shrink into towns per census projections. He warns the United States may cease exporting farm products in 20 years except cotton, as Argentina and Brazil gain in corn and meat trade while expanded agriculture remains necessary. The Marion Progress notes married life is too little for some.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Washington
Baltimore
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Marion
Hickory Poised for Industrial Growth with New Power Deal
Hickory plans diversification with Thornton Light & Power Co contracting with Southern Power Co to supply up to 100000 kilowatt hours monthly, yielding about 2500 horsepower daily for manufacturing and lighting. Existing power and local mills will shift to the new arrangement, with competitive Charlotte rates and long distance transmission noted.
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Hickory
Carolina
Thornton Light & Power Co
Southern Power Co
Col. Thornton
Southern Power Go
Thornton Light & Power Company
Concumaers
Charlotte
C’s
Brookford
Ivey
Southern Power Company
Thornton Light and Power Company
America
Europe
Wylie
Lee
In Memoriam James A Collins Remains
In Memoriam for James A Collins recalls a young man who came seeking health two years ago, grew weaker gradually, and died on the Sunday before Christmas. He never complained, cared for others to the end, and urged his devoted sister to look after her health as she tended him through a lengthy illness.
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James
Mr. Collins
Taxes on Cards 61381 and Tobacco Taxes Rise
United States tax receipts show 61381 paid on playing cards in November, up 11451 from 1908. Detailed internal revenue figures released today indicate broad year over year increases with notable rises in distilled spirits diars cigarettes manufactured tobacco and fermented liquors. Totals for November reach 24310717 with five month and year over year comparisons noted.
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United States
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Roasted Apple from the Baltimore Six Old-Time Hearth
An evocative poem recalling a rustic fire scene with six-foot old-time fireplace, a pine log burning, a cozy settle, and family warmth. The verse travels from singing kettle and humming heat to cider, fiddling, and an apple roasted in embers, finishing with memories of childhood tastes and grand simple pleasures on a beloved land.
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Baltimore
Sure Curé For Smallpox and Scarlet Fever
A Stockton California Herald correspondent shares a controversial home remedy claimed to prevent or cure smallpox and scarlet fever within twelve hours. The recipe combines sulphate of zinc and foxglove with water and sugar, dosed hourly for adults and adjusted by age for children, with specific drop measurements listed.
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Stockton
Cal
Blind George and the Hickory Press Demigod
In Hickory, blind George runs the Times Mercury and Democrat press with mighty ebony arms, pumping the paper to life and keeping townsfolk posted. He shares a quiet bond with a Little Boy who mistakes him for a neighbor, while George endures loss to fuel his labor for the paper.
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Blind George
Sle
Nan
Old George
George
Auburn Setzer
Johnny Yeang
Foreman Wilon
Democrat
Hickory
Canaba
Peter Jackson
Times- Mercury
Demerat
Dick’ry
Charlotte
Robbie
Omeone
Blue Mountains
Shimta
The
Big Storm and a Stove Fray in Illersville Tale
A quirky fragment shows George and his brother facing a stubborn stove during a storm. The pair, described as two battered brothers in black, endure life’s wear and tear with patience as the stove’s quirks test their nerves.
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Illersville
George
Ress
Hotel Huffry Worth Four Cotton Factories Site
A North Carolina cotton manufacturer praised the Hotel Huffry Worth Four Cotton Factories Site for its influence on attracting investment. He noted the hotel leaves newcomers with a sense of security and confidence, convincing them that Hickory is the right place to locate. The town should fully appreciate its fine little hotel.
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Hunry
North Carolina
Hickory
Local notes from Rollins and Dry Ponds area
Mrs Rebecca Dale died after a fall near her home leaving her husband David Dale and doctor Hennesssee holding slight hopes of recovery. John Epley, 96, is gravely ill and relatives were summoned. Mr and Mrs Bert Hamby welcomed a healthy baby girl. The Rollins Lodge in Union organized with officers J B Taylor, J Arthur Wivrigh t, T P Buff, Frank E Bosworth, and G C Epley. Dry Ponds school master faces potential indictment over a pupil whipping. contest of teacher appointment planned. Christmas events included a box sale, painting of the schoolhouse, and a neighborly tree gathering. Miss Sarah C Morris suffers from La Gripe.
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Rollins Lorke
The
Union
J. B. Taylor
J. Arthur Wi Vright
Treas
T. P. Buff
Frank E. Bosworth
G. C. Epley
Dry Ponds
Epley School
Hempley and
Hevener_ schools
Carrieincaid
Nora Waters
I. W. Fisher
Santa Claus
Sarah C. Morris
The New Year From 4ne Imasa Primer
The old year hath come and zone and left with us its gift of another harvest. Each man hath garnered his share of golden grain weeds of wild oats and experience withal. This year is thine and mine well thy field work it with energy water it with faith and sow with a right good will. Mr. Tom Warlick of Newton was in the city last week.
Promotions in the Hickory Rifles Lead Local Militia
A Hickory Rifles meeting promotes several members of the First Regiment at the Armory, naming G L Huffman to quartermaster sergeant C T Bumgarner to corporal J D Thomason to sergeant A H Setzer to corporal J F Link to corporal W W White to corporal and W W Bowman to corporal. The company, organized in 1904, numbers 47, with Capt E Lyerly and Lieuts Payne and Keever leading. it is the only military unit in Catawba County and perhaps in adjacent Iredell County, prompting calls for county aid while noting modest expenses and a need for support.
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Hickory Rifles
Jo. A
Hickory Banking & Trust Co
G. L. Huffman
C.T. Bumgarner
J. D.thomason Toergeant
A. H. Setzer
J. F. Link
W. W. White
W. W. Bowman
Rifles
Catawba
Democrat
Iredell
Skepticism in the South Faces New England Religious Warnings
The Charlotte News reports Rev Dr Hulten of First Baptist warns against Unitarians and Universalists. He argues Universalism rejects scripture and reason and threatens spiritual life as New England skepticism spreads southward. Gaither Hall of Lenoir attended the Friday night dance.
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Hulten
First Baptist Church
U’s
Jesus
Hhe Speaker
South
New England
Mr. Gaither Hall of
Lenoir
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