Hickory News Masthead and Subscription Details
Published Tuesdays and Fridays editor and proprietor Wombee, terms include one year in advance dollar, six months five dollars. Notice: subscribers in the city should report missed deliveries promptly while carriers learn routes. Also a wartime notice quotes Robert Lansing on protecting American lives and ships and U.S. demand for German compliance.
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Morton
Wombeese
Ity Kaitos
Hickory
Note to Germany Continued From Page One
The United States insists on humanitarian principles and international law as neutrals during wartime. It rejects German claims that war zones justify restricting neutral ships and maintains Americans’ rights on merchant vessels. The note repeats calls for accommodation with Britain and offers to assist in mediation.
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United States
Jin
Robert Lansing
Imperial German Admiralty
Great Britain
Germany
Friends of
Record Wheat Crop Powerfully Boosts World Supply
The federal crop reporting board estimates a billion-bushel wheat crop the largest ever for winter and spring wheat. The New York Evening Post credits the rise to wartime Europe and notes the U S shipped 175,009,000 more bushels to Europe in ten months after harvest. This shift helped Europe avert famine and boosted American export impact despite overall trade declines.
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Federal Crop Reporting Board
New York ‘Evening Post
United States
Europe
America
Knoxville Sentineles
Optimism in business amid war scare and steel rebound
A Knoxville Sentinel summary cites the Boston Globe noting resilient business sentiment despite war fears. The steel industry remains at seventy to eighty percent of normal after lawsuits, New England textile and cotton trade show near normal and stocks firming as bankers report values stabilizing and purchases near week’s end.
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Boston Globe
Steel Corporation
New England
York
Knorville Sentinel
Wilson aide denies peace mission links in Europe trip
Col EK M House, claimed as President Wilson’s personal emissary, traveled to Europe with no peace mission intent per reports. The St Paul liner carried him from Liverpool to New York as a note marks the 138th birthday of the Stars and Stripes. British and Norwegian ships were sunk by a German submarine, while Petrograd cites Russian advances against Turkish positions.
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Germany
France
England
Europe
Wilson
EK. M. House
New York
Liverpool
St. Paul
Esterday
Congress
Thirten
United States
Saat
Crown of India
Beligrade
Petrograd
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promises Stomach Relief
Stomach sufferers nationwide report quick relief from Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Testimonials from Danenport Parker North Carolina and Erwin Winston-Salem praise complete cures for stomach and intestinal ailments. One bottle and full treatment offered with absolute guarantee or money back.
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Mayr
Danenport
Parker
N.C
Winston-Salem
Prohibition Candidate Seeks Sale Of Pedigree Cow
The article recounts James Creelman praising civilization while noting a satirical canine and a humorous ad from Ellery A. Irons, a prohibition candidate, offering a pedigree cow injured by a kick for sale due to a knee fracture. The notice exaggerates to poke political and social targets with dry wit.
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Ninson Scimitar
Ellery A. Irons
Lariat
Lou Bumgarden
Bryan Resigns From Wilson Cabinet In Peace Stand
The article notes surprise at the shift in Washington as Secretary Bryan retires from President Wilson's cabinet. It emphasizes the cordial relations between Bryan and Wilson, citing letters published to show their mutual respect, and explains Bryan withdrew to avoid embarrassment amid a possible war program.
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Washington
Bryan
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Wilson
Zeppelins and Designer Count Ferdinand Zeppelin
The namyge comes from inventor and Count Ferdinand Zeppelin born 1838 a soldier in the Franco German War of 1870. The machine is described as a rigid hull type with solid aluminum structure and hydrogen compartments. Zeppelins measure 450 to 500 feet long and 35 to 48 feet wide with 210 to 450 horsepower and four to six propellers achieving 35 to 48 mph.
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Inventa
Ferdinand Zeppelin
Propace Ie Ee
Bryan Action Seen as Major Move by Asheville Gazette-News
The Asheville Gazette-News notes Mr. Bryan’s action as a major move and likely his greatest, while also marking it as consistent with his role as adviser. It argues the president’s policy toward Germany moves toward a break, beginning with the strict accountability note, and criticizes evasive rhetoric.
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Asheville Gazette-News
Bryan
Germany
Two Prisoners Escape From County Jail Incident
Newspaper brief reports Reuben Fry and Garland Travis escaped the county jail after prying free a door frame window and iron bars, briefly pursued by jail staff and a crowd. They fled from the roof to the ground, one barefoot, one hatless, with others involved in prior jail breaches tied to leaking pipes.
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Reuben Fry
Garland Travis
Jilor
Travis
Forest Reese
Gilbert
Reece
South Carolina
Newton Enterprise
No difference in kidney relief claims in Hickory ad
An old Hickory testimonial touts Doan's Kidney Pills as effective after a kidney complaint, with J E Pollard of Newton reporting back pain relief after taking two boxes. The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills and cites Foster Milburn Co as makers, while a stray editorial blurb laments common business phrases and urges curiosity about agricultural clubs.
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Reuter
Doan
Hickory
America
J. E. Pollard
Newton
Dean
Mr. Pollard
Foster-Milburn Co
Baffle
N.Y
For Sale Horse and Piano By Marshall and Smith
For sale horse and piano in quoted condition for 50 cents cash. Mrs Abernethy Miss Frank Martin have returned from Fassifern accompanied home by Miss Hattie May Morisey of Goldsboro. Mrs Bowman has returned to Taylorsville. Mr Suber spent weekend in the city with family. Biliousness symptoms noted with suggestion to try Deans Regulators at 25 cents.
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Martha Talia
R W. Fox
Sue
Baptist Church
Antioch
Alexander County
Hudson
J. M. Shaver
Baptist Sunday School
Conover
Biggs
Cor
Lenoir
Marshall & Smith
Abernethy
Frank Martin
Fassifern
Hattie
May Morisey
Goldsboro
Bowman
Lowe & Co
Taylorsville
Mr. Suber
Resignation Viewed as Breach Between President and Aide
Greenville News notes mixed reactions to a resignation. Foes of Bryan may repaint the split as a breach between the president and his first lieutenant, while supporters praise Bryan for staying true to his beliefs and choosing to resign rather than compromise.
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Bryan
Sole
Bryzi
Greenville News
Hell Takes a Back Seat in Death’s Quiet Watch
A stark meditation on mortality contrasts hellish fear with peaceful passage, urging vigilance in life’s perils as the speaker notes the devil’s own horror at what lies beyond. Abstract, somber reflection emphasizes inner vigilance over external menace.
Seaboard Air Line timetable notices May 1915
Train services for Seaboard Air Line outline routes from Charlotte with through connections to Portsmouth Norfolk Raleigh Weldon Charlotte Wilmington and Norfolk Richmond and New York via multiple connecting points including Hamlet Monroe Lincolnton and Raleigh dining parlor and sleeping cars and vestibule coaches with links to A C T and C W lines and noted schedules to 1900s era endpoints
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Charlotte
Amlet
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Haleigh
Charleston
Washington
New York
Maxton
Kor
Raleigh
Weldon
Ocal
Wilmington
Hamlet
Savanna
Jacksonville
Monroe
Atlanta
Lincolnton
C. NW
Rutherfordton
Hateigh
Weldson
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Ohio
C. H. Griffith
Constant St
Hanover
Aba Wit
Walnut St
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Everett Piano
E. E. Anderson
Expertius
John Church Company Manufacturers and Distributors
Main Street
P. M. Asbury
Buick Garage
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California
Couble
Chattanooga
Birmingham
New Orleans
Shreveport
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Hickory Manufacturing Co
N. C
Southern Public Utilities
Com’y
Selzer & Russell
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