Dairy herd records push to improve cattle in county
A state agriculture initiative invites dairymen to participate in a year long herd record program. It emphasizes weighing milk and feed, fat content, and monthly ration checks to reliably estimate production costs. The effort, free of charge, includes data sheets and monthly farm visits by a dairyman assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Au- Heautural
State Department of Agriculture
W. H. Eaton
Dairyman
D Annas in Jackson and campus recital at M C F Institute
The piece recounts a campus music recital led by Signor D'Anna and his wife at the M. C. F. Institute chapel in Hickory, highlighting vocal and piano numbers, violin solos by Dorothy Moreman, and readings by Lucile Shannon, with multiple compositions by D'Anna and related credits. It also notes student enrollment, club activities, officer elections, and a Sunday address by Prof. J. F. Buchner, plus a Richmond-Hickory press exchange on local issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Tenn
Hickory
M. C.F. Institute
Signor D’anns
Dorothy Moreman
Lucile Shannon
D’anna
Iine
Fianc
Schumann
de Bennot
Dorothy i Moreman
Bohm
Miss Dorothy
Moreman
Strauss Rive-King
Signor
Ole
Mistis
Jno
T. Moore
Miss
Iit
Cooper
von Suppe
Anna
New Series Opens Near Hickory Building & Loan
Fragments announce a new series opening adjacent to the Hickory building and loan association. The ad implies a plan for a large capacity facility serving 800 to 900 people but offers unclear details. The tone mirrors early 20th century local business notices with promotional language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building & Loan
Hickory
Union County Road Plan Proposes Township Bonds for Roads
Letter from J M Fairley of Monroe outlines funding road work by issuing township bonds. He explains raising about 7000 annually from local tax, proposing a $100000 bond issue at 4-5 percent, with a sinking fund to fund macadamizing and grading. Bonds could run fifty years to finish permanent improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Mary
Chamber of Commerce
Democrat
J. M. Fairley
Monroe
Chain Gang
Lenoir and Blowing Rock Turnpike Financial Report
The treasurer reports tolls collected over $5,000 and subscription receipts about $4,000 for the year. Disbursements for improvements and retirements totaled about $8,000, leaving a balance around $1,000. Notable works include regrading and relocating sections, with sanded and clay roads from Patterson north. August tolls exceeded $1,200, and Blowing Rock line contributions since April total over $600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell and
Watenga
Patterson North
Blowing Rock
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Pastors Preparatory and Commun
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 9:45 AM Communion at 11 AM Junior League 2:30 PM Evening Service 7:30 PM Preparatory Service Saturday 2:30 PM Catechising Saturday 9 AM The last Communion this year is urged for full member participation A special bank offering is requested Photographer C M Hardin attends Virginia and Carolinas convention in Asheville but gallery remains open He returns Friday Public notice includes building and loan New Series now open
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
TH. Wannemacher
Newspaper talk and a rail crime bild in NC press
A fragmentary editorial rant discusses Hickory’s silence on a guarantee fund and lauds editors Daniels and Bennett for opposition to laziness. It cites contributions from Clark and Bennett, interviews with Overman, and mocks Horace Greeley. It laments a rail derailment near Crowder's Creek and urges State reward for culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Bennett
Lee S. Overman
Crowder’s Creek
Bastian Bridge
Unplucked Blossom at Caldwell County Reunion
A venturially metrical piece published in the Democrat recalls a Caldwell county family reunion held on Mrs Hannah Selene Teague’s birthday. The poem, likened to Chaucer with Whitman echoes, references lines about life’s struggles and a famed distich noted by the Charlotte Observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventuie
Caldwell County
Hannah Seleniah Teague
Chaucer
Walt Whitman
Peterson
Charlotte Observer
Holding Hands and Nort Carolina’s Reconstruction Era Figures
In a Democrat letter, Judge Risden Tyler Bennett notes clinging to the people during rough places. The piece comments that the people clung to his strong hand amid Reconstruction, naming figures like Robert F. Hoke, Thomas J. Jarvis, Ash Ley Horne, Alfred Moore Waddell, and others from various counties.
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Democrat
Risden Tyler Bennett
North Carolina
Robert F. Hoke
Lincoln
Wake
Thomas J. Jarvis
Pitt
Ashley Horne
Johnson
Alfred Moore Waddell
B. Kingsbury
New Hanover
Alphone C. Avery
Burke
P. D. Gold
Wayne
H. G. Hill
Scotland
G.W. F. Harper
Caldwell
E. F. Levill
Watauga
Too Much for 50 Cents King's Tonic Ad
An old time advertisement claims King's Improved Chill and Fever Tonic is the finest, noting it cured members of three families with one bottle. The seller, S. H. Mathis at Conrad's, N C, praises its taste and says chills do not return after use. available from all medicine dealers.
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King
S. H. Mathis
Conrad’s, N. C
100 Days Road Work Pledged
Hildebran Sept 25 weather dampens news as a good roads meeting yields pledges for about 100 days of labor. W J Shuford speaks on roads and a creamery plan, with subscriptions raised to fund surveys and road construction starting at the Catawba County line despite ROW opposition. Includes notes on local agricultural experiments and sugar beet seed distribution by R P Greene with future analysis planned.
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Brown
Mooresville
Alley
Newton
S. L. Rhyne
Shoals
Statesville
Hickory
Charlotte Observer
Democrat
Hildebran
Debran
Francis, Young
Allice Young
L. H. Ervin
Bethany Baptist
Henderson Ervin
Ed Cannon
Hilden
Good Roads Club
J.W. Beach
W. J. Shuford
Hickey
Catawoa
A. G.S
Boone
State Experiment Station
Raleigh
John F. Hardin
Watauga
R. P. Greene
U. Department of Agriculture
Better Freight Rates Urge North Carolina Action
The Charlotte Observer prints B L Shuford's call for fair freight rates to stop Virginia gaining trade and harming North Carolina. He cites the Koiner roller flour mill moving to Virginia due to freight schedules and notes many others suffering. A statewide movement is urged to secure fairer rates. Chamberlains Liniment ad notes fast relief for sprains.
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B. L. Shuford
Charlotte
North Carolina
Virginia
Saving fund opens with 1911 D Series Building and Loan
The message urges parents to prepare for their children’s education by starting a savings fund in the Building and Loan. The 1911 D Series is now open, inviting families to begin saving for future educational costs.
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Building & Loan
Catawba County Fair Praised and Looming Fair Return
The article lauds the Catawba county fair held in Winston-Safety and Hickory stores, highlighting livestock, poultry, butter, and creamery exhibits as top draws. It notes strong livestock shows, excellent agricultural displays, and calls for an enlarged fair in early November, urging regional participation. Also mentions a Ten-Pound Tarpon caught by John F. Setzer and a proposed reestablishment of the Lenoir to Blowing Rock telephone line with a metallic two-line circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latawbas
Winston-Safety
Hickory
Catawba County
Catawba
Lenoir
Blowing Rock
Gwyn Harper Mfg. Co
Patterson
Lenoir News
ZEMO Free Sample Offer Ends With Duke County Court Notice
Free bottle samples of ZEMO claim to relieve hives prickly heat and skin diseases with no conditions. Available at Moser Lutz Drug Store. Judge Howard A Foushee of Durham succeeds Judge Biggs and will preside over the next term of Catawba County Court beginning the 30th.
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Zemo
Moser & Lutz Drug Store
Howard A. Foushee
Durham
Biggs
Catawba County
Rainy Day Prep Opens October Series for Fletcher's Castoria
Fragments urge readers to prepare for a rainy day and join a financing scheme titled Ballaing & Loan. The October Series is advertised as open, prompting action among interested parties.
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Ballaing &Loan
West Hickory News Describes Quiet Town and Local Happenings
West Hickory reports a calm period with no warrants or cases. The graded school opened with Prof. M Sherrill and assistants. many pupils enrolled. Local improvements include a new store addition by H Hoevner and house remodeling by J J Hicks. Residents move, visit, and attend a children's baseball game. A well for the school is planned, Rev J L Murphy preached, and families celebrate with births. Chamberlains cough remedy praised by a Maryland reader. local dealer sales noted. Fidelity Hosiery Hills plans a large new building and hosiery line additions.
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A. M. Williams
Mr. Hick
Ed Hammonds
Bob Philips
Plateau
Henry Clay
T. J. Leonard
S. J. Lowmans
Goodman
Statesville
Sid Louis
Brookford
Mr. Lowman
Burke County
Ivey Mill
Ed Flawn
Marcus Miller
Vey
P. K. Barker
Caldwell County
P. Raby
Morganton
West Hickory
J. L. Murphy
D. D
Hickory
Luther Putman
Alf Havner
Torat
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements Seek Cure
An offer of one hundred dollars rewards anyone with catarth that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo sells the remedy with endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Claims the cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and timorials. bottles sent free and available from druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Teledo
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Jackson
Catawba College Notes
the Athletic Association
G. W. Platt
N. H. Fravel
J. K. McConnell
H. A. Fesperman
M B. W. Ingram
B. W. Ingram
J. D. Corriner
Margaret Crowes
D. S. Lippard
Tennies
Mary Long
Isabel Cecil
Concord
Merton Killian
Cora
Nora
Walter Bolick
Conover
Rudrey Turner
Monbo
J. F. Buchner
Y. M
Christ
Dr. Harris
Charlotte Chronicle
Elder Banks
Hickory Democrat
Wade Harris
Wade
Rockefeller Scientific Institute
Iver
Dean
Fletcher
Union County Road Plan
Dow
Lenoir and
Rock Turnpike
Lenoir Ne
C. M. Hardin
Photographers
Carolinas
Asheville
Finday
Chamberlain
The
Daniels
News and Observer
Statesville Landmark
Horace Greeley
Tribune
New York Sun
Yorace
W. J. Shoford
St. Petersburge
Fla
John F. Setzer
A.C. L
Setzer
Fidelity Hosiery Hills
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