Tribune Debuts In Conover With Best Wishes
The weekly paper the Tribune issued its first number at Conover last week and received best wishes for its success.
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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
4
The weekly paper the Tribune issued its first number at Conover last week and received best wishes for its success.
A Dutchman speaks in a humorous, rambling monologue about chores and domestic routines from waking, dressing, and locking up, to lighting the fire and feeding the household, concluding with mortality and hell. The fragment hints at a daily obedience of a dog to human household demands and the narrator's resigned duties.
This reminiscence traces John Baker born 1775 who moved from Pennsylvania to Catawba County North Carolina after the Revolution. It notes his Germanic roots, blacksmith trade, ownership of a farm, and marriage to Catherine Yoder daughter of Conrad Yoder. John Baker died about 1828. Catherine born 1782 died soon after the war.
Advertises Foley’s Honey and Tar as a quick cure for hoarseness bronchitis and throat troubles, soothing inflamed airways and stopping stubborn coughs. Promotes W S Martin and Co and Bees Laxative Cough Syrup with child friendly taste and gentle laxative effect, priced 25¢ and 1.00.
Chapman Foard of Rutherford county married Miss Annie Bliss Foard at Sunny Side the home of Dr and Mrs Red T Foard in a Presbyterian ceremony conducted by Rev Morrison of Cleveland N C. The house was decorated with ferns plants and flowers. Bertie Foard sang and Robi Tiddy served as best man. The bride wore white and carried roses. Guests from Hickory Newton and Greensboro attended. couple to honeymoon at a nearby home then return to Bostic.
An old card advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as a cough remedy with claims it stops coughs heals lungs and prevents pneumonia with no opiates. It warns the genuine product comes in a yellow package. Also includes a short limerick about a stingy man of Malacca and a humorous pipe and tobacco verse.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Liniment as a new cure for chronic and acute inflammatory rheumatism and muscle pain with claims of rapid relief from lame back and stiff neck. It also promotes DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for cuts burns and piles, urging buyers to avoid substitutes. A local note mentions He lick of Keeps ville attending a Claremont College trustee meeting in Biehoey last week.
An advertisement urges readers to buy a dollar bottle of Kedol to aid digestion, claiming it helps the stomach rest and digest properly. The seller promises a full refund if no benefit is seen after using the entire bottle, limited to one bottle per family. The larger bottle contains more product than the fifty cent option.
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