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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
4
The Deacon expresses defiance toward the Supreme Court and its decision, claiming long-standing tribute collection under master management. He asserts personal calmness, yet fears the impact on the people he helped, suggesting the affair could strain his religion and resolve.
Conover farmer Mr W L Cline sold 800 pounds of this year’s grown cabbage at the market. The notice mentions Fletcher’s Castoria and Doan’s Pills as remedies and urges readers to ask their druggists for relief from constipation.
The city mourns for Mrs. C. R. Gray who died at her Clover South Carolina home on Monday after a long illness. A former Missile, she was 23 and survived by her husband a Southern Railways worker and two young children. Funeral held in Clover Tuesday.
State Chemist Kilgore outlines soil improvement with acid phosphate at several test farms across Iredell Buncombe Edgecombe Pender and Catawba counties. Trials show red clay soil lacking phosphates, boosting cotton yields from a quarter bale to a full bale per acre with 400 to 600 pounds per acre. Percheron horses bred on these farms aim to increase stock and farm work capacity as trucking and dairy experiments progress.
Editor Strowd of the Mocksville Record spent several days in town last week. Claude Herman travels for Hickory Lee Co. to Virginia. Wm Ritter and companions tour via Ohio en route to Mortimer. Fred Yoder, teaching at Snow Camp, will study at UNC next year. Funeral of Robert Lee Seatoch, 4, from bronchial pneumonia, at Mt Olive Church. Weather station controversy over Blowing Rock versus Hickory. Rev Downs brings Mrs Downs home from Johns Hopkins for cancer surgery. Healing Springs hotel opens June 1 with speeches by A A Whitener and W D Turner. band engagement by O F Pool. Prosperity’s Mills sends banquet funds to Lenore College Alumni. Herman of U S Army artillery visited Q E Herman. plans to Valley Crucis.
A fragment-rich notice touts a kidney remedy named Root and asserts wide relief for rheumatism back pain and bladder issues. It alleges strong satisfaction, promotion of wellness, and a claim of high efficacy, with an address in Binghostos.
Sheriff Roane reports a man named W D McDonnal died in the woods in this county. An inquest found accidental death with eleven or so dollars, tools, an ox, and wood on hand. The letter asks nearby towns to notify any relatives or connections and potential property in Hickory. Also noted is North Carolina's cotton yield report praising high per acre production compared with other Southern states.
We wish to tender our sincere thanks to friends who stood by us during the illness and death of our little boy, Robert Lee. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Seatoch.
Tuesday the stockman R L Shaford shipped a blooded calf to South Cal and three registered Berkshipps to Kings Mountain Statesville and Raleigh. On Wednesday he shipped another fine Jersey calf. He recently visited several of the finest cattle herds around New York and promised The News an article on his trip.
A New York firm at 1165 Broadway offers a free gold plated scat pin to anyone sending name and address. The mail order promotion invites readers to request the company’s merchandise catalogue and include five two cent stamps to cover postage and packing.
Mr. Guyion H. Cilley of Philadelphia visits relatives in this section. He heads Wanamaker advertising in Philadelphia, after starting at the Hickory Press, then the Democrat, Charlotte Observer, and Philadelphia Record. Currently on a two week stay fishing near Linville and Linville Falls.
A Greensboro woman testifies she avoided greasy cod liver oil by taking Vinol, praising its iron and medicinal ingredients without the oil odor. The dealer guarantees satisfaction or a full refund, inviting others to try a bottle under the same terms.
A damaged ad claims a $ig 000 worth giveaway of Bloodine Blood and Big Tablets to sufferers of diseases, offering free 50c boxes or orders on local druggists. It promises rapid cures for kidney and urinary ailments, piles, and related conditions, urging recipients to spread the word and send coupon today.
Under order of the Superior Court of Catawba county the commissioner will sell at public auction the Daniel Bolles land in Hickory Township adjoining Lafayette Stine and others. The sale, to highest bidder for cash, occurs Saturday June 1 1911 at 12 noon in front of the First National Bank Hickory. The tract covers about 3 1/2 miles from town, described by detailed compass bearings and bounds with several named neighbors.
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