Death of Mr Thos E Fields in the city
Death notice for Mr Thos E Fields reports a long illness ending last night. A veteran of the Twenty sixth North Carolina Regiment he arrived with his brother from Xernersville in 1870. He married a Harrison Wilson daughter. seven daughters and a son survive. Funeral scheduled for 3:30 pm at the Methodist Church where he was a steward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
Ness
Thamas E. Field
R. Th. Field
myXernersville
Charlotte
C.F
N.C
Harrison Wilson
Methodist
Ivey Dots West Hickory Jan 15 Local notes and arrivals
Several carloads of new machinery arrived at the Ivey Mill during the past week. John Clay, assistant machinist, and hands unloaded and placed the equipment in the new mill section. Wages and employment at Kale’s coal operation are uncertain due to cold weather. Notables visiting include Marie McKenzies and Charley Bradley who died after a long illness and was buried at Friendship church. E B Brown visited from King's Mountain, and Kelley Chapman with family moved to Brookford for mill work. J W Marshall recovered from illness, A T Emore sold vacant Longview plots to P Whitener who plans to build and move soon. Success to the Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hickory
Ivey Mill
John Clay
Mil
Samuarthy
Charley Bradley
Friendship Church
E. B. Brown
Ivey
King’s Mountain
Kloth Mills
Arney
In Social Circles The Embroidery and Bridge Club Notes
Social clubs in January 1912 are detailed with meetings hosted by Mrs. A S Abernethy and Mrs. James Shuford. Readings from Samantha Allen and Seagle papers, Jacobite songs, and prizes for ladies’ handkerchiefs and gentlemens’ pen knife mark gatherings at Mrs. Grimes and Mrs. H D Abernethy homes. The Abel A Shuford U D C chapter plans a January 17 meeting honoring Lee and Jackson birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.G. Grimes
Severe North Carolina Cold Snap Closes Roads and Delays Mail
Over a week in February brings record lows across North Carolina. Wilmington city records 14 degrees above zero the coldest since 1909, Silert City sees 12 above, Hickory reports 6 above zero the lowest in years. Rural mail carriers miss first trip in eight years as roads freeze. travel nearly impossible for horses. Ae Wingy Gig notes below zero temperatures in Hickory while Catawba River freezes and Snow eresk forms. The Charlotte Observer’s J W Chambliss provides a four column write up of Hickory with map and Old Hickory tavern image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Mercury
Silert City
Hickory
Hawn
Catawba
J. W. Chambliss
Charlotte Observer
Old Hickory
Real Estate Bargains in West Hickory and Nearby
Real estate ads list four to eight room houses in West Hickory and Highland with prices from 650 to 3500 dollars. Terms include cash down and easy terms, with barns, outbuildings, orchards, and concrete sidewalks noted. L E Zerden at the underselling store offers top prices for all kinds of furs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hickory
Baptist Church
Elliott Hoisery Mul
L. E Zerden
Hickory Markets Weekly Prices by Whitener and Martin
Market brief lists eggs per dozen butter prices and various produce items with limited legible entries. Names Whitener and Martin appear as the quoted weekly market authorities. The readable lines reference Hens Eggs Butter Apples and potatoes with partial prices and unit indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitener & Martin
Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollars reward for a cure of Catarrh. It features a testimonial from Walding Kinnan and Marvin of Toledo declaring F J Cheney trustworthy. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on the blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. testimonials mailed free. Take Hall's Family Pills for consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
T! F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Hal
Mortgage Sale of Land by Public Auction
Mortgage executed August 27 1909 by E Burns and wife EJ Burns to W W Deitz for 250 due August 27 1910 registered book 85 page 571. On default sale for cash February 16 1912 at noon at the Hickory Post Office. Property: one house and lot in Hickory North Carolina beginning at P E Reinhardt S E corner running S 169 1 2 feet to a stake thence east 28 feet to a stake thence north 186 1 2 feet to the beginning. About half an acre. January 1 1912. Con ning a half acre more or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Burns
EJ. Burns
W. W. Deitz
Hickory
P. E. Reinhardt S. E
J. F. Propsts
Aw. M. Derrz
Notice of Sale of Real Estate under Mortgage
Mortgagee S D Campbell will sell at public auction for cash in Hickory N C on Feb 26 1912. The real estate in Catawba county Hickory Township contains 18 acres more or less with 7 acres released from boundaries per deed of trust. Sale follows default on a 600 dollar note due Nov 1 1910 from BL Marlowe and Beatrice Marlowe to Campbell.
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Marlowe
Beatrice Marlowe
S. D. Campbell
Hickory
N. C
Loblock P. m
Catawba County
Hickory Township
Southern Railway
Trade St
College St
The
Building & Loan Association
Will Stay and Cough Remedy in a Patchwork Notice
The clipping blends several items: a King’s anti pain plaster promotion, a Grand moving picture feature with The Toss of a and The Plains Cross, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy touted to ward off croup, and a society note on the marriage of Frederick M. Seagle to Lillian Stallings in Danville Virginia with local attendees Miss Sadie Witherspoon and relatives in Hickory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Chamberlain
Frederick M. Seagle
Hickory
Gaston
Danville
Lillian Stallings
Seagle
N. M. Seagle
Sadie Witherspoon
Lexington
Boys avert wreck by flagging train near Hickory
Three boys saved No 12 from a likely wreck Sunday afternoon at the cotton mill area just east of Hickory by noticing a heavy rail broken in two and signaling the train. Cold weather and a faulty rail caused the break, and prompt action averted disaster. The report comes from the Catawba County News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Catawba County
Banquet Payment and Health Cure Ad Mentioned in 1842 New Orleans Scene
An 1842 notice notes $100 per plate at a New Orleans banquet for Kienry Clay, praising Dr. King’s New Life Pills for stomach, digestion, kidney, and bowel troubles. Advertisements list local drugstores Daly, Shuford, Moser, Lutz, and Grimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kienry Clay
New Orleans
Dr. King’s
Daly
CM. Shuford’s
Moser and Lutz and
Grimes Drug Stores
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Relief for Hickory Case
Hickory readers urged to treat kidney troubles promptly to avoid severe disease. Mrs. W. M. Deal of 1819 Tenth Ave. credits Doan's Kidney Pills with backache relief and overall improvement. Sold by Mooser & Lota's Drug Store. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Doan
W. M. Deal
Tenth Ave
Hickory, N. C
Mooser & Lota
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean
Presbyterian Church Notes and Local Notices
The article notes regular services next Sunday with the pastor preaching at West Hickory at 4 PM. Rev J G Garth to preach there. The Covenanter lesson will appear in the Democrat next week. A Hickory Music Club meeting was held with Mrs J L Murphy, full attendance and enjoyable. Notice of death: Charles Nolan Graves at Rush Hospital Philadelphia on Saturday Jan 13. Chamberlains remedies praised for colds. For sale by all dealers.
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A. S. Abernethy
Helen Graham
Belle Berlow
Samantha Allen
Coney Island
Isles
Ruth Abernethy
Travellers’ Club
J. L. Murphy
Miss Seagle
Naverley
William Shakespeare
Miss Ramsay
Charlie
Lhut
Chevalier
Hickory Book Club
H. D. Abernethy
A. A. Shuford, Jr
Waynesville
J. G. Garth
T. Hood
Greensboro
A. E. W. Mason
India
Marie Clane
Anhronix
H. C. Menzies
Holy Trinity Sunday School
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
J. A. Moretz
A. L. Moser
Grover Hoffman
H. J. Whitener
Benevo‘lence
Hickory
Church Council of Holy Trinity
J. H. Wannemacher
J. S. Propst
P. C. Setzer
J. S. Leonard
Gaither Hawn
Claud Whitener
Leslie Cansler
Sammie Miller
West Hickory
Hickory Music Club
J.L. Murphy
Charles Nolan Graves
Rush Hospital
Philadelphia
A Beautiful Complexion Promised by Cydonia Lotion
An ad touts Cydonia Lotion curing sunburn and rough skin while whitening tones. Burwell and Dunn Co. label shown. price 25 cents and sold by medicine dealers. Also notes Chamber of Commerce banquet at Hotel Huffry with Secretary Joy promising a fine program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burwell and Dunn Co
Annual B and L meeting outlines election changes
The 23rd annual meeting of the First Building and Loan Association was held at Thornton's Academy of Music with 5000 shares represented. Officers reelected include President J. D. Elliott and Vice Presidents A. A. Shuford S. Killian W. B. Menzies J. A. Martin J. A. Lentz C. H. Geitner, with Bagby and Black welding attorneys. A Feb 16 adjourned meeting will pursue a constitutional change to grant attorney election power to the directors. There are 6,823 shares valued at $258,765.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Building and Loan Association
Thornton
Academy of Music
J. D. Elliott
A. A. Shuford
E. Killian
W. B. Menzies
J. A. Martin
J. A. Lentz
C.” .H. Geitner
Bagby
Special Services at Church Addressing Men
At the Church of the Ascension next Sunday at 11 a m Rev John G Moody delivers a final address of that character with the topic What shall I do with Jesus that is called Christ In the evening a joint service with Hickory churches is planned Dr Murphy and his congregation will unite with our parish for a service at 730 p m The subject The wondrous unfolding of the Son of God do Scriptures in the Church and the Soul or Jesus and His matchless Epiphanies A cornet accompaniment is hoped for the evening service Remember the hour 730 p m
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Church of the Ascension
John
Moody
Jesus
Christ
Hickory
Murphy
God
Hickory Chamber Holds Banquet Then Plans Election
The Hickory Creamery plans large butter cream and egg shipments to Florida hotels this winter after a banquet by the Chamber of Commerce. A business meeting will elect officers, with Democrats hoping Nicholson and Joy remain in their roles as Chamber leaders reflect on two successful years.
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Hickory Creamery
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Democrat
Nicholson
Joy
Chamber
Frightful polar winds drive demand for Arnica Salve
Severe cold winds blister skin and lips prompting buys of Bucklen Arnica Salve for healing and softening skin. Ad cites stores C M Shuford Moser Lutz Grimes Drug in town. Also notes local travel chatter about earners and a Western returnee name Carr with remarks on the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Shuford’s
Moser and Lutz
Grimes Drug Stores
Wild Midnight Ride in Catskills Forest Sparks Rescue
A young girl rode through the Catskills forest at midnight to warn of a feared fire and saved many lives. The tale contrasts her bravery with the claimed cure of lung trouble by Dr. King's New Discovery, cited by a Texan testimonial after family losses to consumption. The untrustworthy ad tone fades behind the rescue story.
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Catskills
Sec
E. B. Cline
Stalapow
CS Warrenton
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Thos. E. Fields
Long Home
Ivey Dots
the Democrat
leKenzie
Rockingway
Brother Marie McKenzies
C.F. Kale
Fen
Dees
Stafford
Kelley Chapman
Fat
Brookford
Sil
J. W. Marshall
R. C. Mann
A. T. Emore
Longview
P. Whitener
Whitener
Tora
James Shuford
Bridge Club
R. P. Freeze
J. A. Gaither
Stowell
Newton
Abel A. Shuford
Lee
Jackson
James A. Martin
North Carolina
Highland
Main St
Long View
Argeluton McCadam
Haithcock
Brown’s School of Shorthand
Realty Building
Henry L. Abernethy
Cape
Lanier Mercantile Co
Sant
Gfik
Harris
Littles
Taylor Tayloring
Lanier Merchantile Co
Lanier
Dr. Hess
Sledge
W. T. Sledge
E. C. Johnson
Eleventh Ave
G. A. Critcher
Hickory, N
Hickory Markets
Mortgate
Fletcher
Castoria
Thomas N. Wood
Mr. Fields
R. H. Field
J. F. Allen
A. P. Whitener
Caldwell
Washington
J. P. [Yount
Webb
Intererce Commission
Shelby
Margaret Moser
Eliza Bowman
Whittenburg
Q. M. Bowman
Shiloh Church
Presbyterian Church Notes
Huffry
Special Services
Garr Bowman
Alexander County
St. Louis
Evansville
Chicago
Indiana
Kentucky
Carr
West
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