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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
6
Mrs Henry Elliott hosted the Round Dozen Book Club with visitors Mrs Litaker and Super. E P Lipset autobiographical sketch was read and Mrs LR Whitener read a chapter from The Annals of Ann. Refreshments followed and the next meeting is planned with Mrs W B Ramsay.
Advertisement for Cydonia Lotion by Burwell and Dunn Co. Claims softening and whitening of skin, cures sunburn and chapped or roughened skin. Genuine bottle bears the company name and label. Price 25 cents at medicine dealers.
State news item notes W J Holland rejected for County Home manager and will affiliate with the Democratic party. D W Grawford named editor of the Mitchell County Chronicle, a McDowell County man. Black Mountain Railway grading from Black Mountain to Burnsville aims for April completion. Little Aleck to meet in Taylorsville on the 18th to push a road law for the Legislature. T H Miller elected president of Alexander Poultry Association. S S Crowson and A M Mattheson visit Wittenburg Township to examine an elderly woman. roads praised as best in the county. Ray Echerd of Taylorsville and Miss Matt Deal of Dealville wed on the 6th by Rev J M Shaver. Miss Hattie Stroup wed at Cherryville Jan 8 to T H Quinn. of Cherry is is dead.
An Ad notices Bucklen's Arica Salve for chapped hands and lips caused by fierce polar winds. It claims healing for cold sores burns boils cuts and piles and lists local vendors. Also an item from Mr Foster the county agricultural commissioner offering farmer assistance and talks at schoolhouses with contact options in Newton North Carolina.
An old newspaper advertisement touts King's Wild Chevy and Tar for coughs colds and la grippe, claiming it cures consumption in early stages and offers a money back guarantee. It urges readers with hoarseness throat tightness or chest pain to act now and purchase from movie dealers.
George W. Vanderbilt invested 136000 twenty years ago to acquire 63000 acres of mountain forest land at two dollars an acre. This fall he sold the timber for 12 dollars an acre totaling 31000 with the land still held. Purchasers have twenty years to remove 25000000 feet of lumber, and will cut with conservation in mind. Lumber will be processed at Pisgah station with a mill to be erected. Wood waste bought by Brevard Tanning Company.
John R. Barker of Battle Creek Michigan recounts relief from heart burn indigestion and liver complaint after using Chamberlains stomach remedy. The ad asserts thousands cured and promises permanent results for readers suffering similar pains.
H.K. Foster promotes grass species for steep land erosion and farming profitability. Bermuda grass suited for pasture and wash prevention. orchard grass for pasture or hay on richer soils. tall meadow oat grass as a high yield hay grass on sandy lands. red top or herd’s grass excels for pasture and washing prevention on varied soils. Livestock sustains soil fertility.
A Hickory resident endorses Dean's Kidney Pills, recounting relief from back pain and irregular kidney secretions after using the product bought at Moser & Lutz. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes the remedy nationwide at 50 cents, with a lasting recommendation repeated in 1912.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First Building and Loan Association of Hickory North Carolina will be held in City Hall on Tuesday January 21 1913 at 7 o'clock PM. G R Wollen secretary treasurer.
Gol Yoder is praised as a valuable historical tech of the Hatin family in a Democrat issue. The note credits his contributions as among the best ever sent.
Miss Lea Dumas of Ma Jones North Carolina writes that two bottles of Vinci cod liver oil restored her health after weeks of weariness. The ad touts Vinci as a strengthening body builder with an ironclad guarantee and promises money back if no benefit, from Moser & Lutz, Hickory NC.
A Westwood Maryland item quotes a farmer's wife describing severe monthly bearing down pains that kept her bedridden for days. The piece references Lydia E Pinkham's herbal remedy and notes suffering women seeking relief. It also mentions wartime war department report and broad concerns about public health and disease in urban centers.
A tearful account describes a young girl who rode a horse at midnight to rescue many lives during a fire in the Catskills. The piece extols Dr King’s New Discovery for lung troubles, praising cures for coughs, colds, consumption, and pneumonia with testimonials from W R Patterson of Wellington Texas.
Amos R Wells argues that statistics reveal many things about towns income and objects but cannot assess beauty sorrow love or passion. The poem notes statistics fail to weigh glances, sighs, or the gleam of a meadow stream and cannot judge sin, beauty, and honor.
A historical advertisement proclaims King’s anti Pain Plaster as curative and protective, claiming it guards the lungs when worn on the front and back. Priced at 25 cents, it is sold by all medicine dealers.
The ad notes green hides bringing 10 cents per pound and partly cured hides at 11 cents. It also mentions green salted hides with higher value and references a chronic constipation case from five years ago in a terse, fragmented listing.
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