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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR lists Carolina and Northwestern Railway Company connections and a Southern Railway affiliate. Mentions Gastoxta Southern Railway, Lincoln County, and agents including B F Reid G P A Chester. No clear event or dates beyond 1900 reference.
An extremely old German Bible found in an attic by M H Shuford contains birth dates inscribed for the Shu ford and Summey families. Dates range from 1450 to 1791 with names Eve Summey Cary Shuford Jacob Shuford and others. The tract also includes an ad for Kodol and snippets about Taft, wages, and the Dingley law from the News & Observer.
Advertisement touts Foley's Kinney Remedy as the cure for weak exhausted people and lost vitality. It urges readers to choose Foley's and to bring job printing to the Democrat office for quality work.
Mr James T Deal, back in Hickory after a year in Alaska, recounts digging in permafrost near Nome and the cabin monogram ring he had made. He describes frost, blizzards, steam drills, and wealth from washing along waterways, with wages, living costs, and caution about going north.
Mrs Ada L Croom credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing a severe cough and consumption after months of illness. The remedy is advertised as lung and throat healer sold by local stores 90 cents and 1 dollar with trial bottles free. The piece notes the baseball season in decline and youths letting hair go to seed.
An old saying praises a pleased customer as the best advertisement. A man buys Devoe paint for his hens, thrice yearly, and learns the value of 20 gallons over 30. He is surprised by quick results and tells others. Three years pass, yet he keeps painting if needed, proving the adage. Subscribe to the Democrat for $1 a year.
J A Butler of Rural Route 1 Guif ord Maine praises Dr Kings Life Pills for three years of gentle cleansing and toning. The ad lists C M Shuford W Manin and Moser Lutz drug store as sellers. The piece contrasts campaign poster imagery with actual appearances of Mr Bryan and Mr Taft.
Fayette veteran David Parker recalls Civil War trauma and Gettysburg loss while praising Ceetric Bitters and Electric Bitters for stomach relief and ongoing strength. The brief item mentions 50 cents at C M Shuford and critiques Taft’s southern visit as a bid to sway manhood for plunder.
Tired mothers find Cascasweet a boon for cross babies and common illness in weather. The bottle lists ingredients and the ad notes no harmful drugs while WS Martin CM Shuford as presidents, Mr Harrisman moving railroad interests.
A well dressed woman interrupted a political speaker by repeatedly coughing. The notice endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for colds without opiates, touting the yellow package and warning against substitutes. Signed W. S. Martin.
The comment recalls a hunting anecdote tied to a president and Taft delegates, noting a southern hunting episode as part of the informal recollection.
George M. Felton of South Gibson Pa credits Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with stopping his chronic diarrhoea after unsuccessfully trying many remedies. The ad notes its availability from W S Martin & Co. It adds a note that John D Rockefeller has bought a home in Augusta Ja suggesting Augusta may lack a new post office for around twenty years.
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