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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1907
Page
4
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In San Francisco on March 25 a brutal murder was found at North Oak Lane. The body of Mrs Martha Soderberg, 64, was hidden in a closet. Orland H Soderberg, her son, has been arrested on suspicion. Her throat was cut and her face severely injured.
Chicago man George Krieger seeks his missing son rumored abducted last week by two masked men in an automobile. The report notes Hamburg March 25 and cites sparse details about the alleged disappearance. A separate item from Spartanburg, S C reports a doctor’s office shooting where William Linder was killed by Laney Litsey. the assailant was captured. An unrelated ad promotes Cham berlain's Salve for various ailments.
Wild fire consumes eight tenant houses in Spartanburg South Carolina as flames threaten nearby property. Meanwhile an advertisement campaign touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with fake testimonials and a bogus money back promise from Toledo drug firms, aiming to distract readers with a sensational scare and counterfeit medical claims.
Newport Torpedo Factory in Washington DC will be built by the ordnance bureau marking the first government scale production of torpedoes. The plant will employ at least 200 skilled workers and will manufacture every torpedo part except steel flasks. Flasks must withstand up to 2000 psi, and costly machinery plus expert workmanship favor procuring flasks from private firms.
Bucharest march twenty five. Peasants sack a synagogue burn forty houses. Voters demolished and pillaged Zimnicea. Reserve army participates with marauders. Thousands surround Rossert De Vede intent on looting. Humane appeal noted. An ad for Dr King’s New Discovery touts cough and lung remedies, with claims of life-saving relief and medical endorsements. Trial bottle offered free.
Concord North Carolina March 25 a nineteen year old white youth Grover Page was shot and killed late Saturday night near the home of Henry Walker after Walter Blackwelder and Page visited Mary Herron a disreputable woman. Blackwelder fired five shots inside the Walker home then fled. Henry Walker returned fire wounding Blackwelder who was captured and jailed. The coroner's jury opened the investigation. Page's companion and Blackwelder faced questions as the scene yielded a broken pistol frame and missing cylinder.
Wilmington scene reports election of officers for the ensuing year at the interstate Y M G A convention. E 8 Bryan Columbia serves as president with several Wilmington based vice presidents and officers from Charleston and Trinity College. Financials show positive growth, new buildings, and substantial fund totals.
A March 25 event aims to form a fan organization to advance Southern and Gulf Coast trade interests tied to Panama canal development. The notice cites participation by Congressmen and regional promotion, while other items warn of floods and promote remedies.
The article explains tobacco curing methods sun air and flue with flue curing using heated flues in barns to develop a stimulating aroma similar to roasted coffee. It highlights Piedmont flue cured tobacco as high quality and notes Schnapps chewing tobacco's popularity and cost, urging readers to buy into the cheaper plug and implying market appeal.
Announcement from North Carolina A and M College confirms a joint agreement with the University of Virginia to play the Thanksgiving game in Norfolk this year. The A and M team is described as likely the strongest in school history, with 58 graduates expected, and plans for the college commencement speaker Richard H. Edmunds.
Dover March 25 The Princess Henrietta from Ostend and the Lord Warden from Calais collided causing a hole below the water line on the Lord Warden. Sixty passengers were landed without injury. In Richmond a 14-year-old boy was beheaded by Matilda Wilson a 14-year-old girl in Pittsylvania County. A forest fire in Patrick County was checked yesterday after raging since Friday.
A mob near McKamle Ark. killed two colored women after an assault allegation against Ella Rhetton a white woman and her daughter. The incident occurred March 20 and reports state their son was kicked during the mob attack.
Madison Wis March 25 Governor Davidson and a legislative committee left for Georgia to inspect stone quarries there and determine suitable material for Wisconsin’s new capitol building.
An old advertisement touts Kodol Digests What You Eat as a cure for indigestion sour stomach and loss of appetite. It claims to cleanse strengthen and restore the mucous lining of the stomach and removes ingestion and sour stomach while promoting digestion.
Raleigh report on March 22 discusses whether stencil signatures on laws passed by the General Assembly are legal. Chief Justice Walter Clark notes stencil signatures are lawful for ratified acts and used by officials with many documents. Roosevelt also used similar practices, including in banking.
Former U S Senator Burton Burton leaves jail after six months. In a signed statement he says the confinement was a mistake and vows to fight measures not men. He plans to return to Abilene and operate a newspaper reflecting his views, promising a non sensational serial history of the case.
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