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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
7
A sensational line about a doctor who bragged of repairs to male glands ends with the patient’s own misfortune as the nurse reveals the operation was declared a success only after the man kicked himself to death. The ad copy urges readers to let the store select quality meal components for them.
Funeral services were held at Florence Baptist church for Mrs Maggie Wilkins aged 50 years 10 months 28 days who died June 21 at her Church street home. Revs Harrill Matheny and H C officiated with interment in Cool Springs cemetery. Survived by her mother a brother and many friends. She had been ill over a year and a widow for five years.
The home of Mr. E. A. Lewis at Alexander Mills burned Thursday afternoon June 21. Owned by Mr. A. A. Abernethy, the house had no insurance. The loss is about $1,000. Mrs. Lewis, a cripple, barely escaped. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
Mr Hicks Morris married Beatrice Laughridge in Gaffney South Carolina last week. Both are from Forest City and receive the congratulations of many friends.
State Auditor Baxter Durham notified the Davis-Dickerson-Mills Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy that several Confederate veterans have been placed on the State Pension Roll. Each will receive a June check of $182.50. Named veterans include J. H. Crawford Isaac Hollifield K J Carpenter Littlejohn Kennedy and J L Wright. All on the state pension roll now receive $1 per day.
A historical overview traces how mail delivery evolved from stagecoaches and rider routes to the rural free delivery system, highlighting Rutherford County’s changing post offices from 1850 to 1900 and the shift toward modern, centralized services with the advent of R F D and rail transport.
Miss Helen Wilson of Nebo marries Robert Bland of Caroleen at her home on June 25 with simple elega nce. Rev H E Stimson officiates as guests admire rhododendron and lilies and a white candle arch. The couple depart by car for Wrightsville Beach.
The passage traces the 1896 start of two China Grove routes and the slow federal adoption. By 1903 the first Rutherford County RFD route began with Josephus Modcar as carrier. By 1910 many small offices closed, leaving twenty one offices by 1920 while routes grew to twenty. Now twenty one offices and twenty two routes exist.
A Rexall Orderless tablet is advertised to draw water into the colon, softening dry stool for a gentle natural bowel movement without habit formation. Chew one at night for relief by next day, 24 tablets for 25 cents at Rexall Drug stores, with a note to read The Courier classifieds.
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