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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
4
Road overseers must erect sign posts at road forks with arrows and distances. Failure to install or maintain posts within ten days of appointment carries a ten dollar fine. Damaging mile posts is a misdemeanor. A concluding remark contrasts girls with unmarked cheap goods.
A vintage ad proclaims druggists refunding money if Foley’s Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims cough cessation, lung healing, pneumonia prevention, and no opiates. Yellow package authenticity and substitutes rejected. Also promotes Electric Bitters as a malaria and bile remedy with broad tonic claims from W. S. Martin Co. and others.
A fragment hints at interpreting subtle hints in marriage, suggesting women can truly know their husbands only by perceiving unspoken cues and underlying meanings.
An advertisement extols Foley's Kidney Remedy as essential for healthy kidneys that strain impurities from blood. It urges starting treatment at first sign of danger and is attributed to W. S. Martin & Co. The text also contains a scolding line about grafting and a stray remark about pancakes and eggs.
A fragment reads of remedies and doctors choices in medicine. It notes the American physician Pereir and the craft of seamstresses and shop-girls in a historical context. The passage mentions a cordial used for nervous excitability and irritability.
A. D. Lingston yard boss at the Southern Railway shops died by self inflicted gunshot wounds at his Laurel Street home in Columbia. His wife found him in the closet after awakening to missing him from bed. Despondency due to recent pay cuts is suspected. He leaves a wife and three children and held Woodmen of the World life insurance.
Under a Catawba county Superior court decree administrator C A Little appoints commissioner to sell land near Hickory. On February 3 1908 the property described as 110 acres more or less will be offered at residence of the late Thomas Setzer with lots first then whole sale. Part of the boundary excludes about 45 acres to Mr Geitner. Payment terms: half cash and rest in equal installments over three and six months with interest. Frank Lock and W G Newland attorney terms noted.
A distorted OCR passage from a Chicago area notice describes a fourteen year old girl named Jessie suffering from a recurring health issue. It mentions seeking relief with a diet and routine to restore stomach tone and overall health, highlighting daily improvements and hopeful outcomes.
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