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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
1
An advertisement promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion as a liquid remedy that digests foods like a healthy stomach. It urges taking Kodol only when needed to prevent chronic dyspepsia and maintain stomach health, claiming it is safe and harmless.
A preparation named Parra Ried is prepared at the laboratories of E. C. DeWitt & Co. in Chicago and sold by W. S. Martin & Co. Druggists. The text notes the manufacturing and distribution details typical of late 19th or early 20th century pharmaceutical advertising.
A Black passerby near an Atlanta cemetery sees a head emerge from a grave and report it. Investigations reveal a distillery hidden inside an opened grave with a plank cover and earth piled to resemble a tomb. The owner is arrested for the operation.
The February honor roll lists students across grades one to ten, including First Grade names like Fred Buff and Willie Deitz, and up through Tenth Grade names such as Gertrude Finger and Arthur Huffman. Numerous entries reflect a broad set of families including Whitener, Huffman, Sublett, and McComb among others.
In 1768 Peter Summy appears in Lincoln County history linked to the Daniel Reformed and Lutheran church as a trustee. His will, on record at Lincolnton courthouse, names two sons Jacob and Fredrick. The farm on the South Fork river’s west bank is tied to his home, and he is said to have migrated from Henry Whitener to North Carolina, possibly of German stock, with the Summy name prominent in North Carolina and Tennessee lineages.
Mrs J B Gibbs hosted the Round Dozen Book club on March 3 with all members present. The hostess chose The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Mrs Barnette as the featured book. Mrs LeRoy Whitener read a chapter from Aunt Jane of Kentucky, followed by two courses of refreshments and hyacinth clusters for each member. The next meeting is set for March 17 with Mrs W B Ramsey.
Mrs Flagg of Portland Maine credits Vinol with restoring her six year old daughter after a severe measles followed by pneumonia left the child thin and weak. After weeks of poor results from doctors prescriptions Vinol was started and the daughter gained health and strength months earlier than expected. The advertisement touts Vinol as a cod liver oil based tonic with iron, claiming it safe and loved by children and offering a money back guarantee.
North Carolina geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt urges linking drainage with forestry in state plans. He notes a general drainage bill before the legislature and proposes papers on state led efforts and federal cooperation. Pratt also recommends correspondence with leaders in North Carolina drainage and Appalachian forestry to gather views for the National Irrigation Congress in Spokane.
The legislature adjourned and members began leaving Monday night with a few bills carried over for Tuesday final ratification. A mother reports her child cured of eczema after seven bottles of Electric Bitters. Politically a jab at Bryan and De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills are praised. A tax on bachelors is mocked as unwise.
A Watertown man, A Swenson, recalls ten years of eczema resisted by 15 doctors until Bucklen's Amica salve healed him. The ad praises the salve for skin eruptions and other injuries at 25 cents, while a note on wartime costs contrasts editors' wages with gunfire expenses.
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