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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
6
Vintage advertisement for a public service shop promoting aristocratic flight art clothing with extravrid fabrics and refined tailoring. Highlights summer suits priced from ten dollars to a higher amount, emphasizing quality and personal fit.
Wanted two men with good positions for the right man. Pay weekly on Saturdays. Pleasant riding work in a buggy. References required. Apply to for Sewing Machine Cat Hickory N C. Buy clover seed field and garden seed from Vienna "Mother's" Graham Rye Bread large loaves 6 cents. Whitener & Martin.
Mrs. Margaret Shuford aged 70 died at home in Jacobs Fork township and was buried at Grace Church. Survived by husband Sidney and three children Will Shuford George Shuford and Mrs Reinhardt of Waitsburg Washington. Mrs Branson Campbell died near Hickory from consumption leaving husband and a three year old child. She was sister to Mrs Morgan Hawn and Mrs Herbert Keever and to Messrs Lloyd and Gaither Whitener. Stroup led funeral at Gion Church. The Democrat notes Epworth League assembly meeting June 28 to July 1. A small blaze occurred at Elliott Hosiery last Thursday night.
Thousands respond to Woodworth Co. in New York offering a free experiment package of Lemola a new skin cream. The ad claims it clears complexions overnight and ends itching after first use while curing eczema teeters rashes and irritation. It promises to treat pimples blackheads redness and roughness and to aid in skin hair and nail care for infants children and adults.
Miss Margaret Schenck visits Mrs Royster while Mrs James Porter from Charlotte calls on Mrs Claude Moser. Several families plan summer relocations and visitors to Blowing Rock Asheville and Rockford Missouri. A Hickory to Asheville excursion on July 19 is offered at 1.47 round trip.
A refrigerator car from New Orleans carrying green bananas arrived this week and was iced to eight tons total. It was consigned to C. J. Trakas Co., which opened a ripening plant earlier this year and has since shipped bananas to Newton Morganton Lenoir Granite Falls Connelly Springs and other towns. The Trakas brothers, Greeks, are described as clever and lighthearted, singing a local tune and ready to fight if needed.
Mr R L Shuford urges Newton area turnout on Saturday 24th at Newton court house to back the central highway route through Catawba county with a three from each township forming a committee and county leaders ready to fund 50 dollars per mile. The letter in the Democrat notes county commissioners backing the plan though Mooresville route advocates exist. A birthday party for Miss Essie Hosley celebrated her sixteenth birthday with games and cake.
The court orders a hearing on the bankruptcy petition for discharge on July 24, 1911 before Special Master W C Erwin in Morganton. Notices must be published in The Hickory Democrat and sent to all known creditors with copies of the petition and order. Statesville issued seal June 21, 1911 with Clerk H C Comles signing.
The trustee George R. Wootten will auction at noon on Saturday July 22 1911 at the steps of the First National Bank Hickory N C the lot No 8 in a Hickory Insurance Real Estate Co plot described as beginning at a stake in lot No 7 and running 653 East 50 feet to lot 9 etc conveying to Monroe Hollis by deed dated February 19 1910. Monroe Hollis and Rosa Hollis defaulted on a 260 loan from First Building and Loan Association. Trustee A A Whitener attny. 6 224
Mr and Mrs Estelle Clinard announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Charlotte Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme Clinard Hayes to Coke Hayes of El Paso Texas The ceremony marks a uniform success in the family and is to be celebrated with visitors from Hayes family and Clinard relatives at an upcoming July event
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