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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
8
A light verse advert promises social cachet and romance through wealth. It asserts that polite credit and money buy access to social events, with declarations that a family tree or wisdom aren’t required to obtain a policy. It pitches fire life accident sick bene fit and other policies as accessible via good credit.
By order of the Superior court of Catawba county a commissioner will sell at public auction in front of the First National Bank Hickory on September 28 1907 at 12 o clock M the estate of tenants in common heirs of the late Maj James A Weston consisting of three described parcels on Bruns Street Church and High streets near A Bour Lot No 2 and 3 and a two story dwelling on South Morganton Street near Willie Willong property known as Dick Maynard property Cash on court confirmation. George McCorkle commissioner August 26 1907.
Mr Hardy Turner in charge of the surpliced boy choir at Grace Church Morgan ton presented a Sunday recital at the Episcopal church. The performance featured good music with notable technical skill and artiste insight, praised as an aid to devotion. A final remark notes constipation deranges more lives with nervousness than any other abnormal condition.
Advertising blurb claims kidney trouble as alarm and prevalence problem and mentions Kilmer's Swamp Root with address and dates. The noisy OCR references Whitekuey and Klimer & Co in Shallon New York and Binghamton New York. The passage suggests a medical tonic promotion without clear event or study details.
The piece notes rising wages and paper prices, predicting higher newspaper costs from September first. It argues newspapers offer more reading and better content for money, remaining essential to households, stores, and counting rooms despite price pressures.
Oscar Siemon faced a justice of the peace for assault after he struck his mother with a buggy whip, narrowly avoiding a longer sentence due to the court's mercy. The Bailey and Bee Mountain Debating Societies plan a public debate on whether the earth spins on its axis each day, with venue troubles and suggested questions. Also noted are mothsings about two lace curtains eaten by wind, prompting a caution to mothers about boys using parlor curtains as kites.
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