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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
2
A medical notice emphasizes abrupt onset influenza with infection through breathing passages. It urges post exposure gargles, avoiding contact with suspected cases, avoiding crowded travel, and recognizing weakness as key symptom. It endorses rest in bed, cautious alcohol use for feverish cases, and strict quarantine as prudent in affected localities.
James Winslow Morrison died at his Cove Creek home on November 20 at 71 after a long cancer battle. Funeral services were held at Brittain Church with Rev I T Baker officiating. He leaves a wife deceased seven years ago, a brother R a Morrison of Camp Creek and a sister Mrs W L Morrison of Wingate Texas. He was a longtime Brittain Church member and active community citizen.
A Courier letter from November 30 reports an Asheville syndicate purchasing 40 acres in Columbus to develop a residential area with streets water and lights planned. Blanton Greene remains sales agents as two business lots are sold for brick buildings. Investors from Tryon buy three business lots for a drug store barber shop and cafe. An electrical supply house site is secured for Mr A M Lander. The local cotton mill progresses, signaling growth in the region.
Misses Mary and Clara Randall hosted a large tacky party Saturday night with many friends in attendance. Guests included Belle Wilkie Artie Bailey Zella Wiggins Leigh Mae Maude Flossie Pauline Harzill Edith Vallaree Biggerstaff Emma Young Mattie Magness Viola Anderson Emma Kuykendall Zennie Blanton Lucile Webb Alma Dobbins and more. Several games added fun as attendees wore festive outfits and enjoyed social time. local residents and students visited homes and shopped nearby during the weekend social.
Avondale notes a Sunday night Thanksgiving service at the Baptist church with music by the men’s chorus and a sermon by the pastor. The holiday week brought closure of school and visits by teachers to various towns, and a local wedding occurred as Guy Martin and Miss Alice Johnson wed in Chesnee. Slag concrete experiments in France show slag concrete comparable to gravel.
Fudge is praised as a peak American dish for coeds in sorority circles. Miss Meta Given of the University of Chicago home economics department shares chocolate fudge, coconut candy, and fudge penoche recipes, claiming energy from milk and sugar and detailing steps to reach the soft ball stage and proper cooling.
At the start of the current year there were 45 008 serviceable locomotives in use on U S railroads, down from 46 018 reported previously.
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