Contest Boosts Subscriptions With Cash Prizes In 1912 Drive
The contest expands with prizes of ten and five dollar gold pieces in two districts for the largest number of new yearly subscriptions by May 18 1912. Emphasis on urging rapid participation, urging subscribers to recruit kin and friends, and predicting continued activity beyond preliminary stages. Memorial note remembers Abel A Shuford detailing a pastorate and the Daughter of the Confederacy chapter’s reflection on character building and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District No. 1
District No. 2
Daughter of the Confederacy
Abel ‘A. Shufard
Shuford
What Texans Admire and Dr King Pills Ad
A Sanantonio writer praises heavy vigorous life and Dr King New Life Pills for stomach liver or kidney troubles. The ad notes 25 cents at local stores. Also mentions Chamberlain Cough Remedy valued for colds and coughs with increasing testimonials and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Tallman
Sanantonio
Chamberlain
Dr. King
Vinol Promises Health for Sickly Children Advert
Personal testimonials from Canton Ohio Minneapolis and New Bedford praise Vinol Cod Liver and Iron Tonic for weak sickly children. Parents claim reviving appetite flesh and strength with quick results. Money back guarantee and local druggists Moser and Lutz sell Vinol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Stuar
Canton
Ohio
F. P. Skennard
Minneapolis, Minn
Allen
New Bedford
Mase
Moser & Lutz
New York Cleric Aids Rutherfordton Sermon
Rev Mr Sill of New York now assisting Rev Mr Lobdell at Rutherfordton preached acceptably at the Episcopal church Sunday. Bishop Horner will be here on the evening of the 19th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sill
New York
Mr. Lobdell
Rutherfordton
Bishop Horner
Rev J E Hunt to Speak at East Hickory Church
The Rev J E Hunt of Chicago son of Peter Hun of Hickory will preach at St Andrews Ev Lutheran Church in East Hickory next Sunday at 11 o clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter Hun
Hickory
St Andrews Ev. Lutheran Church
East Hickory
Mothers' Day Observed At 1st Baptist Church
The notice outlines a special service at the Sunday school hour and a morning sermon by the pastor. Promotions include advertisements for Chamberlain's remedies for rheumatism and liniment, plus announcements about Dr Livius Lankford delivering a lecture on Secret Sins and the Power of Habit during a union meeting sponsored by the city Bae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1St Baptist Church
P. G. Kiser
Livius Lankford
Norfolk
Winners of the $5 Gold Pieces Race Names District Winners
Districts report seven babies profited from contests with close races and two districts noting ties for third in district one. Miss Mary Helen Flowers and Miss Ruth Lanier tied for third. prizes of five-dollar gold pieces awarded to winners and ready at the front desk. Also mentions a Joliet, Illinois deliverance letter and a testimonial for Kings New Discovery with local druggists carrying it. Ferguson returns to Waynesville after visiting daughter Mrs A A Shuford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Elen Flowers
Ruth Lanier
J. F. Cox
Joliet
CM. Shuford, Moser & Lutz and
Grmes Drug Co
Swamp Rant Promotes Back Pain Relief Remedy
An odd ad fragment touts Swamp Rant as a remedy for back pain linked to kidney trouble. It mentions a “fifty-cent” bottle and claims success from various elixirs, with dubious testimonials and a questionable origin at Syst tie umpelade Sore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Garees
Rampioot
Toubia
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Lubin Furniture Co
Charlotte, N.C
California Fruit Company
Chattanooga
Coca.cola
Atlanta
Shuford Hardware Co
Jon
Memoriam
Uss
Aga Schenck
Wadesboro
George Abernethy
Baltimore College O Dental Surgery
W. H. Clinkscales
Hickory Banking & Trust Co
City Bakery
Wellington
Propriet 7
Robert Lee Harris
Andrew Rudisill
Mary Helen Flowers
George Wiley Sherrill
Luther Huffman
Lallie Summerrow
N.Y
Hickory Novelty Company
Uscribers
The
U. S
Wilson Underwood Clark Harmon
Roosevelt
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