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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
6
A mediation conference at Niagara Falls was halted as a delegate purportedly from General Carranza neared the venue. The unexpected arrival raised tensions and paused negotiations.
Residents testified in years past that Doan's Kidney Pills permanently eased kidney pains back weakness and backache. Mr Marlow and others praise the remedy, priced 50 cents, via Foster Shillburn Co. Buffalo N.Y. ads say buy at dealers.
Reports from Durango to Vera Cruz describe Villa's forces closing on Saltillo as 12 000 federal troops withdraw and 25 000 rebels move in. A large Mexican landing near Vera Cruz prompts concern while an American traveler suggests Huerta would seek intervention if Ran Luis Potos falls. A Brazilian flag guards a transport of 262 Americans from Mendeo.
The Senate passed a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to lease part of Fort McHenry military reservation in Baltimore for a public ark. In Chicago switching district nearly 5,000 switchmen from 18 railroads threaten to strike if wage demands aren’t met. Fire damages at J Parkhill printers in Boston estimated at 20 000 dollars. The Newburn Bank of Newburn Tennessee lists capital of 50 000 dollars.
A sprawling 1915 wire service digest reports on a range of items: estate values for Bernard Bennett and other individuals, Interstate Commerce Commission actions, Irish Home Rule donations, Denison University inauguration, church retirements, forest fire relief and damage across Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota, White House reception for Cleveland players, Senator Gallinger’s re-election bid, sugar barge arrivals via Panama Canal, Aero Club balloon race entries, Paris Ky bank closure, Connecticut Flag Day proclamation, Bible provisions for prisons, naval wireless station construction, Prince Troubetsko’s opera critique, New York Cotton Exchange trade, legalizing Sunday baseball, Uncle Joe Cannon’s congressional bid, smallpox in Bisbee, Mary A. St Francia death, radium ore in Arkansas, Washington forest fires, Lebam Mill destruction, rain in fire zones, naval academy Bible presentation, Crobulik brothers killed by lightning, inventor Wickham death, San Francisco gambling house shooting, car crash in Connecticut, Alabama Senator White oath, northern Michigan forest fire relief, Ton Dalzell resignation, Army-Navy game venue, comet sighting, Panama Canal opening committee, Maria Madden death, bank cashier suicide, street railway public ownership talks, dirigible import from Austria, Underwood vacation, House exoneration vote.
Dayton Ohio shop offers premier Non-Puncture tires with a 7500 mile service guarantee against wear except abuse. Prices shown for various tire sizes and tube products. sale runs ten days with special bundles for four and six inch tires.
Sporting notes describe Jackson's unique batting stance with feet close yet right foot forward. Pittsburgh Pirates owner orders a winning team, signaling possible season or next. Harvard varsity second crew to race in Henley July 1 to 4. McCormick of Chattanooga praised for hitting as pinch hitter and regular with a .304 average over 28 games.
An Ohio sales firm promotes Spearmint Chewing Gum with a bold offer. A large box of gum is shipped for nine cents, plus ten cents for shipping, with a free Tango Necklace and Eve Thaw Bracelet when ordering two or more, in a period limited promotion from United Sales Company Dayton, Ohio.
Militant suffragists slashed paintings at the National Gallery and the Royal Academy in London. A bomb injures none but causes sight damage. The Duchess of Westminster’s Roehampton home is seriously damaged by fire. Two suffragists arrested. Sir Francis H. Laking dies at 67. The Norman Co. of Havre wins a Turkey order for 12 torpedo boat destroyers to be delivered in 1915. A Cuban independence anniversary parade in Havana features 5,000 soldiers for President Menocal. An American woman, Mrs Rayelle, is found shot on a train in Italy. An explosion damages the Callao El Comercio office in Peru.
The Art Portrayal Co of Dayton Ohio advertises rare art cards and well developed model pictures with a reliable self filling fountain pen free with each order. They claim 100 beautiful cards plus pen for 50 cents and 10 cents postage, noting prices once sold for one dollar in stores. They urge collectors to act quickly.
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