Road work in Hickory progresses with Adderholt at helm
In Hickory North Carolina January 16 1918 the Democrat editor samples road construction with Paymaster J L Cilley and ex sheriff J W Blackwelder observing Superintendent Adderholt drive grading. 23 men 29 mules toil as stumps are pulled and topsoil laid along a 3 percent grade plan toward Lenox College and Shuford Cotton Mills. The piece notes roadway rights of way and future improvements plus a political aside on government power sites and a gubernatorial pardon for Diles Pardow amid debate on a railroad wreck case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Township
Hickory Township
The
Democrat
J. L. Cilley
J. W. Blackwelder
Adderholt
St. Timothy's Church
Shuford Cotton Mills
Lenoi College
Lemuel Miller
Miller
Albert Eckard
Ecard
Hickory
Newton
Danger of a Water Power Trust rises in Senate fight
The piece warns that private corporations are gobbling water power sites US-wide. It highlights Senator Burton’s efforts in the Senate to block a water power monopoly, noting the Coosa dam bill and previous veto actions by President Taft with cabinet members Stimpson and Fisher.
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Montana
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Alabama
Washington
Wilson
Burton
Ohio
Senate
Bankhead
Coosa
Underwood
House
Taft
Stimpson
Fisher
Obscure county name changes and capital punishment debate
Wade Harris of the Observer argues against changing rich old county names like Hanging Dog and notes a referendum in Oregon rejecting abolition of capital punishment by about 20 000 votes. The piece contends divine authority supports capital punishment and cites biblical verse.
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Wade Harris
Oberver
Hanging Dog
Rhamkatte
Rowley
Ind
Pineh Gut Creek
Catawba
Oregon
Notice of Real Estate Sale by Mortgagee in Hickory NC
Public auction to settle mortgage on G A Criteher and Anice Criteher deed. Z B Buchanan holder will sell the 1 story house and lot in Hickory at 2 pm Feb 8 1913 at the Post Office Hickory NC for cash. Property fronts 11th Ave, includes water and electric lights. Attorneys Cornell & Yount noted.
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G. A. Criteher
Anice Criteher
ZB. Juchanan
Catawba County
Ortgagee
Hickory
N.C
S. E
Ickory Milling Co
11Th Ave
J. D. Elliott
Iliott
Texas Woman Credits Kidney Remedy For Son's Recovery
A Texas mother recounts her thirteen year old son’s severe kidney fever attacks and hemorrhaging. After three years and many doctors, she usado Dr Kilmer Swamp Root per an advertisement and reports his health improved to a stout twenty one year old man. She endorses the remedy and notes a 1912 notarized affidavit in Lemar County.
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Ritchie Patterson
23Rd Street
Paris
A.D
Chas.s
Neotherly
Justis of the Peace
Ex-Ouiido
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Howardi JR. Banks
Hickory, N. C
Gov. Kitchin
Diles Pardow
Gason
Rafe Clark
Hickory, N.C
Sloan
Enias
Sloan's Liniment
Arenas
Chicago
Ithoutibe
Onuv
Foz
A. W. Wilson
Catawbe Township
Polly Harrison
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
Hahawilooga
Bela ‘Onsale
Pullman Reservation
Eles Calton
Black Smith
K. C. Menzies
Ghneren Gry
Fletcher
Stieff
South Tryon
E. M. Brawley & Son
de Laval
Charlotte Daily Observer
Observer
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
the Observer Company
Charlotte, North Carolina
Hickory Seed Co
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Lincolnton
Ee Nod
Ap Yas Mer Ie HS. Lear
Ginette Wc. Thain
Texas
Kier & Co
Inehamon, Ee
Dr. Kilmer &Co
Binghamston
N.Y
Setzer & Russell
Iappy
Ysteria
Pier Favorite
Rayo
Eatrone Caenenaes Standard Oil Company
New Jars
Awe
Gowan
Gowans
Gown Medical Co
Concord
Serebeine
Hadernom
Ree
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