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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
2
The Hickory Democrat provides advertising rate information with contact at the Port Office Hickory. The notice is dated Tuesday and lists subscription and rate details for readers, indicating second class mail status and publication context in 1915.
The note urges a timely start for Hickory Catawba county fair sharing that A C Henderson, secretary, says funds exist for a stronger fair. It asks President John W Robinson to convene a meeting for farmers, notes a plan to publish twice weekly, and backs W A Self for North Carolina Attorney General while praising the president and cabinet during the Lusitania crisis.
Parkerville NC resident Lee Lowe aged about 60 dies Monday leaving a wife eight children and a sister. He was born in Catawba county and served as a captain in Company C Confederate Army. He earlier managed his mother's farm on the South Fork and later ran a Newton business before farming in Sampson county near Parkersburg. He was known for joviality and generosity and left a notable regional family.
The twenty fourth annual commencement at Lenoir College Hickory Tenn eserve Lutheran institution begins Friday with The Holy Silence a drama by A R Gat directed by Miss Ethel V Schultz. Sixty voices from faculty students and city residents perform with piano by Miss Lillie Belle Hallman and an orchestra.
The State Board of Health selects Northampton Cumberland and three other counties to volunteer in a health outreach program. Wake County leads with funding, Northampton receives $400, Cumberland $351, others about $300 each. Free anti typhoid vaccine and public health exhibits will be provided, and travel and input costs covered. The effort begins in all five counties on June 21 to study results and expand outreach.
Mrs Josm Haw of Shamrock Missouri describes severe inflammation, backaches, nervous spells, and weak memory improving after using Lydie B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. She reports renewed energy, better sleep, and return to daily work with fears and pains largely gone. Special advice offered from E Pinkham Medicine in Lynn Massachusetts.
In Williston North Carolina Wade credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for immediate relief from stomach disorders after trying many alternatives. He praises the remedy as offering permanent relief from stomach liver and intestinal ailments. The letter lauds the product and its advertising as beneficial in newspapers.
The article advocates a public wagon yard with ample space for wagons and stock, a public toilet, secure lockable storage, and on-site keeper services including feed and manure sale. It envisions a cooperative hub run by the Chamber of Commerce, where farmers can swap poultry and calves, tie loose horses, and pay for services, noting Glasgow's large cyanide factory as a side remark.
The text states Italy decisively joins allied powers by declaring war on Hungary. It also contains a dated, ironic remark about marriage as a reform measure for a woman, reflecting wartime attitudes.
Newton May 22 The classis of the Reform Church of North Carolina settled by a 34 to 10 vote that Claremont College Hickory will run the girls school and Canaba College Newton the boys school with one president over both. Two full faculties expected. details to follow at joint trustees meeting. local Newton residents largely oppose the change.
A Hickory resident endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy for kidney troubles and back pain. The testimonial cites Mrs C H Henkel of 419 18th Street and claims the product, sold at Lutz's Drug Store, has helped multiple family members with weakness and discomfort.
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