Mrs Teague Celebrates 86th Birthday in Alexander County
On Tuesday September 5, Hannah Seleniah Teague known as Aunt Hannah or grandma, was honored at Mr Bable Sherrill’s home by over 100 relatives and friends. The gathering recalled generations from 1760 to 1911, with a 50 foot long dinner table and a Baptist church ties spanning 60 years.
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Democrat
Hannah Seleniah Teague
Bable Sherrills
Hannah
Grandma
Widdow
Wm. Teague
Alexander_County
Tuerson Teague
Taylorville
James Teague
Si Jo
Texas
Ellen C. Tutti
Taylorsville
Addie Sherrill
Brother Shaver
Wm. E. White
Mr. Shaver
Baptist Church
Alexander
Caldwell
Birthday Dit Celebrates 86th Year at Granite Falls
Mrs Hannah Selenish Teague celebrated her 86th birthday on September Sth at her daughter Mrs Addie Sherill’s Granite Falls home. A rainy day trimmed the crowd, honor guests came from Statesville Hickory Charlotte Ellendale Hiddenite Granite Falls and nearby areas. Music, a plain table spread with bread and meat, and quick fellowship followed a blessing before guests swiftly ate to mark the milestone. Mr William White and others joined the gathering despite her son Tyerson Teague’s absence abroad in Taylorsville.
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Hannah Selenish Teague
Addie Sherill
Granite Falls
Iving
Tyerson Teague
Taylorsville
Lin
Babel Sherill
Statesville
Hickory
Charlotte
Ellendale
Hiddenite
Parte
Lees Yoder Johnson-Timing Of Honeymoon Plans Reported
Miss Lou Yoder wed Mr. Johnson from Rock Hill last Thursday. They left Monday for the honeymoon. Rev L L Lob officiated. Lee Yoder builds a large barn. Enlce Yoder worked on telephone wires Monday on Bakers Mountain. Holy Rollers built a church near Serencetown and formed a congregation. Finger Brothers Machine and Handle Factory Shops burned Friday morning. loss about 7000 dollars with four carloads of plow handles destroyed. Colonel.
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Lou Yoder
Johnson
Rock Til
Rock Hill
Rev. L. L. Lob Offica
Lee Yoder
Enlce Yoder
Bakers Mountain
Holy Rollers
Serencetown
Finger Brothers Machine and Handle
Memories of ancestors and community gathering described
A reminiscence recounts ancestral deeds and local history shared by speakers including Rev. Shaver, praising lineage and settlement stories. It notes an elderly paralyzed woman with strong memory recounting who they were, where they settled, and the host’s home as a memory anchor. The piece closes with thanks and a reflective tone.
Local notes and social contrast in Hickory area
Mr Geo Blackwelder returns from Canton and Frank Elliott resumes at Trinity College. Visitors include Misses Bessie and Ruth Weston Elberton GA with Miss Gladys Reid. The Recorder fines Walter Jones and Doc Holmes for an affray in Bobtown. Road work from here to Brookford starts Monday per Supervisor Robinson. Various locals travel to Milwaukee fire chiefs, New York, Knoxville and Chicago. Several obituaries and community notices follow including a typhoid death in Alexander county and a Kinder garten opening.
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Frank Elliott
Trinity College
Bessie
Ruth Weson
Elberton
Gladys Reid
Recorder
Walter Jones
Doc Holmes
Bobtown
Moser
Milwaukee
Chicago
Messrs
Wale Shuford
W. X. Reid
B. B. Blackwelder
Walter Martin
Canton
Free ZEMO sample bottle offered for skin conditions
An advertisement promises a no obligation free bottle of ZEMO for hives prickly heat insect bites and other skin ailments with a sample from Moser Lutz Drug Store. The offer emphasizes the product’s healing and soothing effects and invites readers to call for a sample.
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Moser & Lutz Drug Store
The Editor Reflects on His Two-Year-Old's Insight
The editor frets that his children may lag behind peers Aleck and Adrian Shuford Geo Bisanar and Frank Gwin. He recalls Froebel Pestalozzi and Prof James in upbringing. Yet a toddler’s remark All day sucker brings new hope.
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Aleck
Adrian Shuford
Geo Bisanar
Frank Gwin
Froebel
Pestalozzi
James
Hickory notes and rural politics in brief
A Hickory merchant’s lunch mishap with shoes in the box sparks local laughter. Judge Risden Tyler Bennett praises Hickory as a promising town. Prohibition shifts and farmer votes guide state sentiment. Ex Sheriff J W Blackwelder departs for Frederick, Oklahoma, praised for service and county work.
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Hickory
Willis
Risden Tyler Bennett
Wadesboro
North Carolina
Clingman
Olds
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
A historic classified style notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad quotes F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo with endorsements from Walding Kinnan & Marvin and notes the remedy is taken internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. Testimonials are promised free, price set at 75 cents per bottle, with generic selling points and a prompt to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Lime for Wheat Ground Fine and Dry Sold Here
Gaston Farmers Union House Co in Galvonia NC advertises lime for wheat described as ground fine and perfectly dry. Also offers ladies woolen sweater coats from last winter priced at 1.50 after previously 3.50, available in all sizes and colors at Peoples Bargain House.
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Gaston Farmers Union House Co
Galvonia
N.C
Peoples Bargain House
Gaston Farmers Union Warehouse Co
Gastonia
N. C
Lanier Mercantile Co Honey Inquiry Question
A reader asks whether Lanier Mercantile Co. supplied genuine honey. The note seeks confirmation of product authenticity and sourcing practices.
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Lanier Mercantile Co
California
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