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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
2
The notice discusses subscription payments and pricing in Hickory ads, urges timely payment to fund the paper, and cites the Commerce Observer praising fearless editorials. It also reports on the Statesville dynomometer car and a Winston-Salem post office robbery with stolen stamps and a used car connected to the crime.
A great debate at the Graded School auditorium in this city Friday evening July 9 at 8 o'clock features Windy City versus Flickery. Admission is free. The teams have each won one prior debate and will argue the resolution that elective NC officers be nominated by direct primary instead of the convention system. Affirmative Moretz and Pitts. Negative Shell and Huffman. Everyone invited.
The piece argues that fire waste is hard to control as people resist preventive measures. It notes insurance costs are blamed and urges ordinary precautions. It reports a credit men’s annual meeting approving European fire laws and a push to adopt similar rules in various States.
The Catawba farmers report the rural telephone is a practical money saver. Twenty five car loads of sweet potatoes were sold this spring entirely by telephone, eliminating uncertainty and saving time as farmers knew where to deliver and what price to expect per load.
A fragmented report describes a Winston Salem man narrowly escaping a fatal incident. Readable text notes a rescue event and mentions local institutions, with references to a city bakery advertisement and wages. The article lacks clear names or dates but highlights a life saved in the city.
London dispatch reports the Dniester battle as a stalemate with heavy losses on both sides. Russians reinforce defenses from river to frontier while Austro German lines lengthen. Berlin claims progress east of Lemberg, but pace is cautious and ambiguous amid conflicting Western front updates.
Lightning hit Gil bert Wylie a white farmer in lower Cleveland porch bolt conducted through an iron pipe from the well. Wylie’s work shoe torn to pieces and feet badly burned confining him to bed. His boy on the porch was shocked but unharmed. Mrs Strong and Miss Mildred return to Salicjbery Thursday with Misses Janie and Eller Stuart Menzies.
Burlington and Keokuk battled 22 innings to a scoreless tie in the Central Association. Miller of Burlington and Watkins of Keokuk each held the other to seven and six hits, with high strikeout counts and a darkness‑forced finish. The game eclipsed prior 18 and 30 inning scoreless records in baseball history. Notice to farmers offers 89 cents per 100 pounds for straw from threshing rye.
Fragmented OCR mentions Seaboard Air Line Railway and names such as J.T. West and D. B. without clear context or events. Extractable facts are minimal, with scattered references to rail and possible individuals, leaving no coherent incident or outcome to report.
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