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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
6
A historical excerpt argues alcohol’s medical uses and life saving roles for pneumonia influenza and typhoid while acknowledging abuse and calling for regulation. It contrasts opium’s harm with its regulated status and criticizes prohibition rhetoric as hypocritical.
Rutherfordton December 28 local recruiting office seeks one man for the Finance Department at Fort Bragg. High school graduate with diploma, good character and health, ages 21 to 35. Advancement prospects and Finance School in Washington next term. Battery C Sixth Field Artillery at Fort Hoyle Md assigned for Sesqui Centenary Philadelphia duties. several positions open. Now is your chance to serve.
A brutal cold snap swept through Forest City Friday night through Monday morning, freezing radiators, pipes, and heating systems. Temperatures dipped to single digits in Asheville and Raleigh, with Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and High Point recording near record lows. plummeting thermometers kept plumbers busy as residents faced widespread outages and fuel shortages.
Alexander Mills December 28. The Baptist Sunday School treated regular attendees to bags of candy nuts and fruits after an inspiring program with recitations dialogues songs and a pantomime of the shepherds. Mrs B B Hester received a floor lamp while the Men’s Bible Class gifted her a walnut library table. Mrs Hester is recovering from a hospitalization.
A sprawling monologue blends history and philosophy from 1856 to 1865 with reflections on wheels, invention, and human drive. Mattie and Pete Knockknees appear in a small Appalachian community tale about marriage, social gossip, and personal grit amid a shifting era.
The First Quarterly Conference expresses profound sympathy for the bereaved families of a church official and his wife, noting their status as useful citizens and Christians. A copy of the expressions of sympathy will be sent to the families, spread on minutes, and published in the North Carolina Christian Advocate and the Forest City Courier. Forest City M. E. Church, South. J. M. Edwards, B. B. Doggett, Mrs. G. P. Reid.
Forest City Dec 2 Miss Ida Cannon of Charlotte spent days with her sister Mrs J B Morgan. Mr J S Morgan to Rutherfordton hospital for appendicitis operation, reports say he is improving. Mr and Mrs J R McDaniel hosted Christmas guests including Mr and Mrs M R Reid and Bobby Reid, Mr and Mrs Charlie James, and Mr and Mrs J D Brown and sons Esper James and Richard Brown. Prof and Mrs F A Brown moved into the former Allen Lancaster home. Julius Yelton and family of Hendersonville visited Prof and Mrs F A Brown. Mr C M Holland Sr remains very ill and was taken to hospital last Wednesday. Miss Dorothy McDaniel visiting relatives in Gaffney. Mr and Mrs J D Smith and son David, J R McDaniel and daughter Flora dined with A H McDaniel Monday.
A fragment invites inquiry about free access to a world’s fair and suggests consulting a sergeant at Rutherford ton for an excellent discharge from any Field Artillery outfit. The text implies recruitment-like language and a military connection.
The group leaving for Memphis Tennessee includes Reverend C. L. Simpson Reverend M. W. Heckard Mr Ivy Cowan of Spindale and Mr Wm Allhands of Cliffside to attend the M E Young Peoples Convention in session December 81 to January 4.
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