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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
4
Forest ranger Cavanagh and Virginia Lee Virginia explore growing affection amid loneliness. Neighbors debate his rugged role guarding a vast national treasure while distant, refined Ross fascinates and inspires mixed views on duty versus personal life.
In scenes amid mountain beauty a forest supervisor, his wife, and Virginia confront differing desires for urban comfort versus wilderness. Ross, tempted by romance and modernity, weighs his duty against personal happiness as other characters reflect on love, health, and domestic life. The narrative threads hint at social tensions and evolving values in a frontier setting.
In a tangled scene, warnings about a romance clash with talk of a forest ranger and a noble lineage. The dialogue shifts to a Watkins Company sales pitch praising merchandising gains, then reports on Governor Kitchin’s Maiden commencement and the fire department’s town event as Hickoryites attend the 20th celebration in Charlotte.
Hickory resident H W Jones reports success after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Moser & Lat e's Drug Store to restore kidney function and tone the body. Additional testimonial notes a child’s positive view, with Foster Milburn Co. as U S sale agents. Price is 50 cents. sold by all dealers. Remember the name Doan's.
The U S Supreme Court dissolved Standard Oil Co drawing sensational attention yet stocks rose on the decision’s perceived strength. Investors reacted with buying as the market anticipated broad impacts on competition and energy sector firms.
Tuesday night the board approved completing macadam work on 16th Street and explored obtaining a new asphalt sidewalk from Standard Oil Co at about one third the cement cost.
Moser & Lutz of this city have closed a deal to remain as agents for ZEMO the remedy for eczema dandruff and skin diseases. The liquid external treatment has gained public favor and is a valuable addition to remedial agents offered by the firm. A limited supply of samples will be provided free to skin sufferers for testing, and a booklet How To Preserve The Skin will be given to interested readers.
A classified ad offers prize seed corn for sale and invites readers to bring produce to Harris and Little for top market prices either cash or trade. Also promotes Cotton business courses at Charlotte Cotton School in Samps rooms with two weeks to complete and high salaries. Standard dress goods also advertised at Harris and Little.
An advertisement extols Calocide as a cure for corn and foot ailments. It describes soaking feet in a Calocide solution dissolved in hot water, with fifteen minutes of soaking and gentle massaging. Repeats may be needed for full cure, notes olive oil benefits, and states the product is available through druggists.
Prices paid by Hickory tannery for various hides and tallow. Sound green salted hides per pound ten and a half cents, green hides nine and a half cents, damaged hides three to one and a half cents less per pound. Sound dry salted hides, sound dry flint hides, damaged and partly dry hides per pound. Clean white tallow.
The Democrat reports Mrs J W Clay and daughter Jertrude ill with measles and promises a clean up day notice for June 1. It notes Kert Eugene Martin visiting his brother Walter in Canton and C T Morrison holding a Starr Piano Co exhibit in Linor. Also mentions Dr L Murphy attending a General Synod in Canton and death notices for Mrs J P Doster.
Hickory fire company teams set to represent the city in the upcoming Charlotte firemen’s tournament. They left Monday with many outsiders joining on Tuesday and Wednesday. The note lists several attendees from the city for the trip and for the Confederate reunion in Little Rock.
A sale on Ninth and Eighth streets netted 3040 dollars. R. K. Harris property went to Mrs. Jones for 1465 dollars, including a large two story house on a whole block. Other buyers included E. L. Shuford Worth Elliott and M. A. Carpenter. lots sold around 200 dollars.
A mass meeting in Hickory urged relieving the crowded graded school by adding a new building within ten years. A committee led by G F Ivey and K C Menzies will study temporary plans and a central high school plus separate eastern and western primary buildings. A citizens’ meeting may seek a $10,000 fund using the Le Paul Seminary building temporarily.
Thursday night in the auditor ium the Philomathean Literary Society held its declaimers contest with E F Menius N H Fravel Charles J T Hilleary and L G Limroth as speakers. A schedule of commencement events runs May 27 to May 31 including junior and senior ceremonies and an alumni address by Rev C C Wagoner and Rev J C Leonard.
A vintage advertisement promises relief for fatigue and run down conditions with Vinol. It guarantees a full refund if not satisfied and touts Vinol as a trustworthy body builder, urging readers to try a bottle and start a cure today with no risk.
Miss Grace Abernethy wed Richard H Parker at the Abernethy home with candles white and green. Miss Ruth Abernethy was maid of honor, Georg Lyerly best man, and Dr. Murphy officiated. After a collation, the couple left by train for a mountain trip. Parker is a Murphy business man. Old Bald Mountain in Henderson county reportedly rumbled. Caesars Head topple rumor proved false.
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