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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
2
The piece urges producing a Santa Claus ship to Europe to aid at least one million fatherless children affected by the war. Donors are asked to include name and address on a card inside gifts to strengthen the connection. The editorial also endorses Democratic candidates in Catawba County, urging unity for a large Democratic majority.
A boy in Prince Albert Cape of Good Hope narrowly escaped a severe croup attack after a household dose of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Following directions for about an hour, the patient improved, with a large bottle of the remedy on hand. Sad wea Drug Co. and Lute's Drug Store adv't.
Peter Pirkins relays a rambling list of subjects and civic ideas discussed by neighbors at a Biz meeting, with talk of schooling, clubs, a bass ball team, and plans to educate the less literate. The piece weaves comic asides about Sniffkins, Granny Rooney, and Ol’ Jim, hinting at the era’s debate over schooling and literacy in rural life.
Sterling Connecticut and Massena New York testimonials extol Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness and anemia. Women describe relief from monthly faintness, fatigue, pimples, and run-down blood after using the remedy, urging others to try it.
A vintage ad style passage urges women to try Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming kidney and bladder issues are common causes of female ailments. It promises healing for back pain headaches and nervousness and offers a sample bottle upon sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. The text shifts to a rural scene with a preacher and a boy recalling moral lessons and religious imagery.
A faded Toledo notarization from 1886 touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a Franklin J. Cheney pledge of a hundred dollars for untreatable catarrh. Nearby, Salisbury hosts a People’s Fair October 19 to 24 promising a clean educational event with affordable lodging and meals, cautioning against “skin games.”
Raleigh Oct 2 The Southern Railway asked the state corporation commission for permission to suspend several passenger trains amid a August revenue drop of 320300. The plan, not a permanent shutdown, targets Nos 13 14 Charlotte Danville Nos 37 33 Nos 15 16 Salisbury and Nos 108 131 Greensboro Goldsboro and an eastbound service. The company aims to implement changes by Oct 17, citing war time demand decline and Grove Park Inn closing as factors.
Notice of sale under a mortgage deed to 8. De Campbell to secure 53 3100 dollars, with interest. Property described as Lots 29 and 31 on Oakland Place in Newton, bounded by Poplar Street and various lines. Default in payment leads to sale at Newton Court House on Sept nth, 1914, at noon to the highest bidder. Mortgagee D Campbell and attorney Jascom Blackwelder.
Notice from the Superior Court of Catawba County North Carolina that Romulus Horton is summoned to appear at the next term to answer the complaint in a divorce matter. The case dates to September 1914 with the term at Newton County Court House. Clerk M McCorkle signs. Attorneys listed.
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