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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
2
The Hickory community expresses deep pride in Richard Little, a local boy crowned a world champion. The piece extols his rare physical excellence and the global praise his achievement has earned, signaling future honors for the famed Hickory native.
This piece argues that youth lead toward future progress and highlights Western innovations in education. It cites cities like Kenilworth Illinois and Philadelphia's mayor touring Wisconsin’s University and praises group-plan school designs, community-centered facilities, and multi-use campuses as models for improving local systems.
Many mothers believe indigestion and nervous symptoms in children come from worms. The ad promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer as a pleasant candy lozenge that expels worms, regulates bowels, tones the system, and restores health. Guaranteed. Price 25 cents. Distributed by Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. and local druggists.
Advertising in your home paper is urged for retail druggists to gain customers at low cost. The text cites Mason's experience, window displays, circulars, and prizes as effective, with emphasis on truthful storytelling and local papers. Also noted are Secretary Redfield’s calls for lower taxes on capital and industry, and a divorce notice in Catawba County with legal reminders for the defendant to appear at the September term.
Registered Jersey cow Katherine 206275 breaks the world Jersey record for 120 days of test milk and butter production. Total milk 6086 pounds with 287.25 pounds butter fat. estimated butter 387.94 pounds. Daily averages 50.71 pounds milk and 28.1 pounds butter. Five months into test, Vanderbilt Jersey leads global butter and milk yields under official rules.
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Amica Salve for ulcers boils eczema and other skin troubles. It credits Mrs Bruce Jones of Birmingham Alabama with a nine month ulcer cured in two weeks and cites local pharmacies recommending the product at 25 cents.
Special round trip train leaves Sunday from Mount Airy Winston Salem Statesville Hickory Morganton Gastonia. Fares from all other points on same basis. Train travels via Washington Gettysburg and returns noon June 30. Stopovers allowed in Washington and Baltimore and at Southern Railway points. Reservations via agents. Planners: DeButts D P A and Chaslowe Co.
You will receive many offers to accept employment if you enroll now. Asheville Business College promotes special summer courses in touch typing and penmanship taught by mail. If you cannot attend, inquire about mail courses addressed to Henry Shockley, 3rd floor No. 8 North Pack Square, Asheville, North Carolina.
A distressed mother seeks medical advice for a infant's breathing trouble described as croup or whooping cough. The scene shifts through physicians, nurses, and family hope, with emphasis on seeking, reading, and trusting medical guidance.
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