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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
2
A playful reflection on dairy and digestion noting that if cows produced butter directly humans would need no processing. The text also extols milk as nature’s emulsion and states cod liver oil is nourishing but requires emulsification for digestion.
The advertisement claims Scott's Emulsion uses the best oil with hypo phosphites to aid digestion and enhance strength. It positions the product as the most strengthening nourishing food medicine in the world and lists Scott & Bowne as chemists with prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar.
The copy describes the murder of Lloyd W. Swicegood, an Iinotype operator in New Orleans, by a woman named Myers who later died by suicide after visiting St Louis. It also covers a deadly 25 death train collision in Canaan New Hampshire, the investigation blaming a rail order error, and electric car line progress in High Point North Carolina.
New York dispatch reports the Cunarder Lusitania leaving Queenstown at 12:10 p.m. Sunday and arriving Sandy Hook Lightship at 8:43 a.m. showing a voyage of 8 days 1 hour 33 minutes, beating the Lucania by 6 hours 29 minutes for the fastest time. The voyage’s average speed is estimated at 23.01 knots, while per-hour records remain for the Kaiser Wilhelm I and Deutschland. Flags greeted Lusitania off Sandy Hook and a ceremonial welcome marked by signaling from the Singer Building. A French liner, La Province, is expected to break Havre to New York distance records today, potentially besting previous Lat Province times. In Salisbury, Dr Brawley examines every graded school pupil’s ears nose and throat as attendance and facilities expand.
Fifty citizens plan to petition the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission to award Oliver Grimes a medal and cash for rescuing Mrs. Juliette Suttle from a gas explosion and then saving her child, despite Grimes suffering severe burns. The tragedy ended with Mrs. Suttle dying, while the infant survived and Grimes earned heroism recognition. Oregon State Fair opens in Salem with large exhibits, strong programs, and expected large attendance.
Graves were decorated and exercises held by United Daughters of the Confederacy and allies to mark the forty fifth anniversary of the Battle of Sharpsburg fought September 17 1862 in Antietam valley. Five hundred miners walked out at Greensburg Pa as Westmoreland Coal Company refused to discharge a weightmaster who miners say misreported weights. The advert notes DeWits Little Early Risers pills and a ball player standing at the plate.
In Durham on September 12 Bryant spoke to reporters about the railroad rate case pending before Judge Pritchard. He outlined that testimony will be lengthy, with the state needing time to present expert analysis of railroad books and to refute 1907 rate appropriateness. The process may extend about 60 days before the standing master’s report and court ruling.
Pittsburg VA Sept 14 The sixth attempt by George Pretzman to hang himself failed due to prompt police action and medical care at Allegheny General Hospital. He was found hanging by his suspenders in a cell, windpipe injured, a silver tube inserted to allow breathing, and doctors reported recovery possible. Asheville NC Sept 16 Courts suit filed against Western Union Telegraph Co by M Hawkins administrators for damages from his death. Hawkins, a lineman, among five killed by lightning while working in Georgia.
A Free Press dispatch from Cheboygan reports three boys Bert Simmons Clifford Simmons and Leslie Ehret were killed in a dynamite storehouse explosion mistaken for a hut target. The blast rattled a local church and prompted a large crowd to gather at the scene. In Greensboro the Orange Presbytery settled church groupings for Alamance Bethel and Springwood with shared pastor support and monthly home mission duties for Springwood.
New York reports the death of John M Turner writer humorist actor and originator of the banjo playing. He died at Post graduate Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Turner founded a banjo instruction school and taught many society people before shifting to retirement years.
Glasgow Sept 14 William Fife nearly completed plans and models for Sir Thomas Lipton's new America’s Cup challenger but could not finish due to unsettled rating rules. The Royal Irish Yacht Club prefers the New York Club's rating method, with talks to have Shamrock IV built by a Belfast firm, aiming to maximize Irish involvement.
New York Sep 14 Mrs Potter Palmer a Lusitania passenger expects to reach Ahicago this morning after a record fast journey. She travelled about 4000 miles in under a week using modern rapid transit from Liverpool to Chicago aboard a 18hour special train. Her trip demonstrates speed in transatlantic travel and arrives in Chicago around 9 o clock.
Raleigh reporters note the Raleigh tobacco market expanding with strong sales. Saturday totals surpassed 10 000 pounds as farmers receive satisfactory prices. Market plans to open fully toward the end of the current month and reflect growing business interests in the city.
Fragile OCR text describes stomach health, indigestion, sourness, and general debility with mentions of brand names Kodol Digests What You Eat and company details like OsWITT & 60 Chicago. It reads as an old product advertisement fragment with garbled phrases and unclear sourcing.
Trinity College resumes its 56th year as the senior class raises a flag and gathers in Craven Memorial Hall. Enrollment appears strong with a large freshman class. Dr John C Kilgo welcomes newcomers, followed by Rev J H Murley. Examinations are under way and old students begin work while freshmen start classes next Friday. The Southern Conservatory of Music hosts fall term events. An advertisement for Kodol digestion aids notes eighty percent of illness from improper or excessive eating, urging use of Kodol with claims of aiding digestion. sold by C M Shuford.
New York dispatch reports Admiral Dewey and several rear admirals expected at the Brooklyn funeral of M. F. Tobin, commander for the Associated Veterans of Farragut's fleet. Tobin ran a lithographing shop on Broadway and his Coney Island shack, though rough in appearance, housed many naval curiosities. He possessed a valuable painting collection and is said to have left a large estate.
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