Business Builders and Local Advertisements
An assortment of local ads and notices: plumbing, roofing, and guttering work. army recruiting details with multiple city addresses. appliance sales including graphophones. bread and pastry orders. sewing and clothing items. hats and summer wear. seed and farm supplies. a pony for sale. lost and found items. opticians offering free eye examinations. glassware and kitchenware on sale. sales pitches for agents, hosiery, lawns, corsets, and sashes. and a general advertisement mix from Hickory and surrounding towns.
Local and Personal notes from Hickory era
A compact roundup of social and business happenings notes visits and departures around Hickory with numerous mentions of residents and guests. People including E Bryan Jones H C Menzies P G Black Hardy Turner and J S Setzer are seen in town or traveling to Charlotte Morganton Newton and Statesville. The piece records hospitalizations lectures church activities and upcoming events such as picnics and a sale at Whisnant Tilley Co and notes on town growth and civic matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G. Black
Charlotte
Hardy Turner
Morganton
C. Dodson
winston-Salem
Wilson Setzer
Newton
Will Deal
Whisnant-Tilley Co
Granite Falls
Granite
Lunch Counter at Union Square Fresh Fish Days
William L. Long advertises a lunch counter at Union Square old Hahn stand offering a cool drink lunch or square meal. Fresh fish served on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays afternoons invites citizens farmers and others in Hickory to call and see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
William L. Long
Union Square
Old Hahn Stand
Murphy Grimes to Marry at Corinth Reformed Church
Dr and Mrs J L Murphy announce the marriage of their daughter Josephine Perkins to Mr Robert Allison Grimes. The ceremony is set for Wednesday evening June 24 at nine o clock at Corinth Reformed Church in Hickory North Carolina. Miss Murphy is a popular young lady and Mr Grimes has held a position with Martin Drug Co for years. The Democrat joins in best wishes for the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Allison Grimes
Corinth Reformed Church
Hickory
North Carolina
Miss Murphy
J. L. Murphy
Corinth
Delightful Evening Honoring Miss Mary Edwin Scott
A Tuesday event hosted by Connell Gamble celebrated Miss Mary Edwin Scott of Mebane. About forty young people attended, enjoying games and amusements with refreshments. All left in cheerful spirits with fond memories of a pleasant evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connelly Gamble
Mary Edwin Scott
Mebane
Frantic Falls Items Note Local Convention and Daily Life
A frantic note from Lenoir reports a strong Democratic county convention nominating a State Senate candidate J W McCall and urges dry county action against alcohol ads. Observations praise improved rail mail service, local nurse Dr Flowers recovery, Children’s Day at the Methodist church, a May 27 wedding of Miss Claudie Wiley and Prof Tucker, and updates from Walter and Bain Moore returning from Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
J. W. McCall
State Senate
Board of
Charlotte
Flowers
Metodist
Claudie Wiley
Tucker
Asheville
Holbrook
Walter
Bain Moore
Chapel Hill
Boone Items highlight school tax and railroad plans
The report notes a 2 cent per hundred tax approved by the Board of Education to cover a deficit in school funds. It mentions the Watauga Railroad Co creating a chartered venture with F A Linney as president and R L Irven surveying a Mortimer to Blowing Rock route about 20 miles, with efforts to grade and equip and offer 4 percent on grading costs. The old jail is torn down. the first jail burned in Stoneman's raid, replaced in 1869 and used until 1888. Appalachian Training School reports 150 students from about a dozen counties, nine teachers, Loyill Home home to 50 girls, and notes the Cove Creek oil drilling progressing nightly with about 200 feet reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Watauga Railroad Co
Ece
F. A. Linney
R. L. Irven
Carolina and Northwestern
Mortimer
Blowing Rock
Stoneman’s Army
Appalachian Training School
Loyill
Cove Creek
Manning’s Statement On Kitchin Craig Vote Lead
Campaign manager for Hon. W. I. Kitchin reports early tallies from primaries on June 8 1908. Kitchin leads Craig by 35.65 votes with per-county totals shown and Horne delegates gaining popularity as issue shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchin
Craig
Horne
Hertford
Lincoln
Rowan
Perquimans
Manning
Hon. W. IW
Risen One empowers faithful seekers in John lesson
The lesson recalls Peter and six others fishing all night with no catch until Jesus appears on the shore and commissions Peter to feed his lambs and sheep. It emphasizes faith in Christ, Christ’s provision, and the call for believers to serve, trust, and minister, with Peter's restoration stressing responsible leadership and accountable works in God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Stearns
Prem Asciatin
Simon Peter
Dirst
Ash
Jonah
Elijah
Egypt
Samuel
Job
Daniel
John
Peter
Elim
Democrat
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Business Builders
U. S. Army
United States
Cuba
Phillippines
West Trade Street
N. C
South Main Street
M. C
South Center S
Statesville
South Main St
Salisbury
N.C
Liberty St
Winston- Salem
Kendall
Columbus
S.C
Glenn
Spartaburg, & C
Victor
Edison
Morrison Bros. Co
Rice
Parkers Store
Harris & Little
Harris & Little’s
J. A. Bowles
Miss Roseborough
R&g
Shuford Hardware
Umstead
Umstead’s
Flass
Bank Messenger
E. Bryan Jones
H.C. Menzies
W.A. ‘Tilley
Saw Mills
John Miller
J. S. Setzer
C. M. Hardin Ana Nine
Mary Shuford
Hends
P.of
G. W. Hahn
L. Lanair
Brookford
Abce & Edwards
D’anna
the Reformed Church
Mass
Myrtle Hahn
Connelly Springs
B.C. Tatum
Norfolk, Va
E. H. Umstead
Wm. Nelson
T. A. Lyon
Greensboro
Carlisle Crosland
Washington, D. C
Alice Boyden
Esther
Rose Shuford
W. ©. Brown and
G. C. Loomis
Marshall ‘House
the Baptist Sunday School
Baker’s Mountain
Arthur Ingold
Sallie Herndon
C.A. Ballou
May Finger
Phoenixville
Edwina Chadwick
Wellesley Hills
Stanley Hall
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
Chester Latta
James Hefner
Noah Deal
Wonderland
Gem
Aull & Ingram
Dr. Fry
Sixth Street
Annie Beard
Mooresville
Mary Sloope
R. B. Fry
Viola Mayo
Thomas Evans
Wilmington
City
Evans
Charter House
Celine Munroe
C. A. Munroe
Stokes Hospital
E. B. Cline
New York
W. M. Harrison
Chicag Petrait Co
Emma Taylor
Bowing Rock
C. N. Hahn
The
P. O. Dep't
Reformed Church
B.R. Holden
Carrie Gamble
Blanene Rerguson
Wilksboro
Anna Asheville
Rer. Weaver
M. E. Church
Methodist Church
J. H. Weaver
Mary Yount
Minnie Wayeaster
State Hospital
Albert Wayeaster
Blackwelder
Dallas Russell
Caleb and
Albert Clay
Daniel Workman
J. L. Riddle
Gordon Childers
Springfield
Montezumna
Martha Moore
Carlotte
Estelle Nolte
Ie Moore
D. C. Moore
Wezen
Greta
Sweden
J. D. Hart
Baptist Sharc
Harrison
Sledge & Pleasante
St. Michaels
Aiken
North Carolina State Fire Association
Baptist Sunday School
Lutheran Sunday School
Methodist Sunday School
Edgemont
Federal
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Huffman
Desure
Reno Photo Co
Miss Monroe
Monroe
Celine
Rev. Monroe
Hickory Railway and Power Company
Hickory Railway Company
Col. Thornton
Emma ‘Taylor
Eclipse
Josephine Perkins
George II
Washington
George Tit
OLEYS
Boone
Mr. Horne
Y.M.C. A
Rancis P. Venable
Carolina & North-Western Ry. Co
Shester Tay
Yorkville
Bostonia
Incoln
Lenoir Ly
Incoin
Sestonia
Norkville
Chester
Goxstan
Vormnis—Southern Railway
Gastota
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