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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1926
Page
3
A teacher who qualified for district service later funded his medical studies and moved to Buffalo New York. Today Dr. R Pierce is known worldwide for his Golden Medical Discovery a blood medicine and tonic with over fifty million bottles sold. If unavailable locally send 65 cents to Dr Pierce Buffalo New York for tablets and free medical advice.
Doctors and druggists recommend Calotabs to break up a cold overnight or shorten grippe attacks. One Calotab at bedtime with water purges toxins and calomel gently without nausea or affecting meals. By morning the cold is gone and appetite returns, allowing normal breakfast. Family package 35 cents at true stores.
Ellenboro news notes winter weather and local visits then prints a Florida based forecast that North Carolina will see a nationwide boom. Real estate developers plan NC offices, urging a two mill publicity tax to double property values through advertising. The feature cites Robert S. Clary, Miami.
Preston Goforth aged 77 and his wife 80 died within days of each other and were buried in one grave after a single service at Centennial Methodist Church eight miles east of Rutherfordton. They left three children and nine grandchildren, with a large Westminster-area crowd attending the funeral. Revs. J B Tabor and W R Ware officiated.
A fragmentary verse line hints at mutual understanding between two people. The speaker imagines how knowing each other would align thoughts and foster friendship. The passage reads like a lyric contemplating harmony through recognition and shared feeling.
The Asheville Citizen reports the death of Mrs. Nannie A. Chambers mother of Wren Chambers. Funeral held Friday at 11 am from the Weaverville residence with Rev H B Denby presiding. She leaves eight children including C P Lotspeich, Nettie V Robinson, J M and V K Chambers, Wren Chambers, Winton Chambers, E J Fairmont, U K Chambers. pallbearers and family honored with floral tributes.
A terse note highlights B B Doggett's decision to stop using a Ford powered device after concerns were raised. The item emphasizes a personal actions moment rather than broader policy or details.
Rutherfordton residents report the 50th anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Champion on December 25. A bountiful meal including turkey followed, with Santa delivering gifts and a five dollar gold piece found inside a large box. Relatives and friends joined, with visits from Odessa Jones and Herbert Cole’s family. Mrs. Champion’s illness noted as improving.
Rutherfordton December 30 a record mortgage was recorded in the office of Register of Deeds M T Wilkie by Chimney Rock Mountains Inc The million dollar loan backed by bonds sold to Central Bank and Trust Asheville funds the Take Lure project The document spans 88 typewritten pages plus 63 pages in the mortgage book and a 22 page supplement covering 30 newly added land tracts The two day recording process marks the largest mortgage of the year and a record for the county with fees exceeding $100
Rev Chas H Stevens, born in Johnston County NC and a Wake Forest and Louisville Seminary graduate, has arrived as pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Winston Salem from Cliffside NC where he served two years. Salem Baptist Church reports 825 members and 988 in Sunday school, aiming for 1100 by year end.
Forest City resident L H Elms joked about a pig he killed weighing 708 pounds. He described it as a thoroughbred Poland China and praised thoroughbred stock, predicting farmers would abandon scrub stock as the value of quality hogs rises. The Courier hopes this prediction proves true soon.
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