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Newspaper

Hickory Democrat

Location

Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1913

Page

2

Hickory Post Office Ad Approaches New Homes Wave

The Hickory Land & Development Company plans to erect homes with easy terms, aiming to meet growing demand as rents rise. Meantime political talk centers on North Carolina candidates for Congress in 1914, with E R Preston and W C Dowd from Charlotte running against incumbent E Y Webb, and Catawba County ready to cast its influential vote.

Hickory Hickory Land & Development Company Charlotte E. R. Preston W. C Dowd E. Y. Webb Cleveland County Mecklenburg County Webb Catawba County North Carolina Aly Agricultural Society Board of County Commissioners Shuford National Bank of Newton Board of Education First National Bank of F. D. Iamble C. M. Yoder F. S. Little S. L. Whitener M. Setzer R. F. Gabriel Hickory Banking & Trust Co Wilmington Hamlet Portsmouth Norfolk Raleigh Washington New Yor Maxton Savannah Jacksonville A.C. L Monroe Atlanta Richmond New York Pullman Rutherfordton Bostic C.C. A O Johnson City Tenn Lincolnton N. W Hostic Marion Mt. Mitchell Alta Pass Lincolnto C.N. W Linconton Lenoir West Wilington James Ker, Jr H. T

Baseball Fever and the American Spirit in Sports

The Charlotte Chronicle extols baseball as a strictly American, ethical sport that promotes mental poise and wholesome recreation. It notes the sport’s evolution, the influx of college graduates, and its decline of rowdyism, asserting baseball as the greatest game with American players.

Charlotte Chronicle

Apparitions after death described as brief and faint

The text argues that apparitions are brief after death, with no clear consciousness of an afterlife. Spiritual energy is seen as inferior to the living body’s state, and these phantoms, though they travel briefly, offer no revelations about the world beyond. They fade away quickly, per Maurice Maeterlinck.

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Outlook for Spring Trade Brightens as Tariff Debates Loom

Business opinion shows rising optimism among manufacturers and jobbers. Producers fear crop shortages more than tariff shifts while dry goods firms report strong spring demand and several woolen mills begin raw-material purchases. Iron and steel show slowing, but overall sentiment remains confident despite near tariff revisions.

Doan Kidney Pills and Electric Bitters Ads

A composite old newspaper ad item extols Doan Kidney Pills for kidney relief with Hickory testimonial by Mrs J W Neill of 423 Tenth Ave Hickory NC praising the remedy obtained at Moser Lutz Drug Store. Also notes Electric Bitters touted for backache fainting spells and general debility with Mrs Laura Gaines of Avoca DA reporting recovery after four doctors gave up. Includes brief mention of Seaboard Air Line double tracking work and rail route notes.

Dean Hickory JW. Neill Tenth Ave N. C Moser & Lutz Price LC Ts Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Laura Gaines Avocada H. E. Bucklen & Co Philadelphia St. Louis Adv

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