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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
8
A promotional notice extols SCHNAPPS chewing tobacco from Reyz brands, praising Piedmont grown, well-cured tobacco. It cites Internal Revenue statistics and claims SCHNAPPS led growth, with one quarter million pounds chewed, contrasting with imitators and promoting value for all chewers.
May 27 report details for the funeral of Ida McKinley widow of President McKinley. Cabinet members and Justice Day to host. President and party to Canton. Root and Wilson accompany the president to Canton. Ida Saxton McKinley, born 1847, endured long illness yet supported her husband’s career and cherished family, knitting over 3500 slippers for friends and causes.
Cadapest reports disastrous floods from the bursting of dams on the Danube. May 27. The disaster devastates Terental and nearby towns as 43,260 residents face collapse and daily suffering. Troops struggle to aid survivors amid harsh conditions.
Mrs. Maggie Henderson Shaw wife of Mag. cha D. Shaw of Rockingham died last night while visiting near Laurinparg. She was about 62, formerly Maggie Henderson of Lincoln County, survived by husband John D. Shaw and children A. C. Shaw Henry Fairley and Bedale Shaw. Funeral set for Tuesday at 0 pm in Rockingham Episcopal Church.
The Library Association members traveled to Asheville North Carolina on May 27 and visited Mountain Bungalow and Rattlesnake Lodge near Craggy Mountain. Dr and Mrs Ambler hosted them. They held meetings at Battery Park Hotel with several papers read and routine business discussed.
Salisbury North Carolina May 27 The body of 11 year old Will Branton was found this morning near Granite Quarry after he went swimming yesterday with a younger companion who failed to tell of his fate. The coroner departed for the scene following the news.
A Key West patrolman describes relief from rheumatic agony after using Chamberlain's Pain Tam. He credits the remedy with stopping pain within days, enabling him to work and move normally for over three months. Sold by Shutford Drug Co Sandy Hook today, with a noted price and supplier details.
Dr David Glenn Thompson a popular physician here killed himself with a razor at 1 30 am behind his Spratt street home after months of ill health linked to opiate use. He had recently renewed his house, treated patients Sunday, then left a note to trim a painful foot. He formed a drug habit over years, endured hospital treatment, and left a widow Miss Ete Culp and two sisters, aged 28, with a Mason's funeral later today.
Frosts hit the wheat market with Kansas Nebraska and Iowa reporting killing frosts. July selling at 1.05 12, December 1.05 12, September 1.04 12 high, New York market moved lower as frost news spurred selling.
Federal judge orders scalpers to stop dealing in non transfer able tickets sold by their company. Also reports death of A Knox in Salisbury and frost damage in Missouri. Governor Little near death in Fort Smith. Dewitt's Witch Hazel salve advertised by local vendors amid transit car remarks.
The Supreme Court rules in Southern Railway vs H H Tift Co that the Interstate Commerce Commission may prohibit railroads from advancing freight rates on piece lumber from the South to Ohio points. The decision upholds previous ICC rulings, and the case tested railroads acting in concert to raise prices contrary to the anti trust law.
Chief of Police Alex Arnett of Hope Mills North Carolina was shot while attempting to arrest Wil Gales. Gales was wounded while escaping with a pistol in his left hand. Arnett’s condition is serious but not fatal. The incident occurred after a report of illegal drinking dens and the arrestee’s attempt to flee through a cotton mill village seven miles from Fayetteville.
Detectives and adoptive police search New York City for a man suspected in the murder of Father Kaspar an American priest whose body was found in a trunk. The search centers on those who occupied the room with the trunk with theories linking Bulgarian agents aiming to weaken Greek influence in Macedonia.
The Haywood trial in Boise Idaho opens its 13th day as a venire is to be summoned. It remains doubtful the venire can be assembled before the court session Wednesday, and with Thursday a legal holiday the court may not reconvene until Friday.
About 85,000 operatives in New England mills received a roughly ten percent wage advance today signaling broader regional wage increases. Includes brief notes on related local items such as a fatality near Salisbury and various consumer notices.
Raleigh May 27 Will Helm a middle aged white carpenter employed by North Carolina Supply Co was jailed on a criminal assault charge after allegedly attempting to assault Miss Florence Pierce at her aunt Mrs Carrie Ellington’s Northwest Street home The same man faces a similar charge involving Cassie Rhodes a girl under 14 years old who resides in the same dwelling and had spoken of the incident after the Pierce case.
Chicago report states meat prices could rise unless the beef trust delays approval on livestock purchases awaiting government post-mortem examinations. The item notes uncertainty amid the trust's plans and mentions government oversight, with no clear outcome announced.
The Concord paper endorses John B. Sherrill of the Times for Labor Commissioner to replace H. B. Warner who will not seek reelection. Sherrill, a NC Press Association secretary treasurer and prominent publisher, is lauded as a hard worker and trusted Democrat. Cabarrus County urges a candidate on the State ticket.
Fourteen persons were injured in an explosion in the cut for the New Pennsylvania station in New York on May 25. Some injuries were serious and may have been fatal. The injured included several of the labor force and some patrons.
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