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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
3
Mrs V A Burnett of Route 6 Dalton Georgia recounts severe back and side pain low spirits and constant blue mood. After using Cardus she notes improvement by half a bottle and credits Cardul as effective. The ad touts Cardul as a long used vegetable tonic for women. The piece ends with a separate question about suspending high living costs.
This old ad touts Freezone as a cheap remedy to end corn pain instantly. A tiny bottle, sold by druggists, promises painless removal of hard or soft corns and between the toes, claiming irritation free results. The product is presented as a notable Cincinnati discovery.
In a bustling printing shop a dispute erupts as workers accuse the boss of overlooking a crucial payment issue. The quarrel centers on a missing financial detail that threatens delays and sparks a heated exchange among staff.
Army officers return from Camp Glenn Raleigh where summer encampments are being prepared. Durham Traction seeks fare hike from 7 to 10 cents with three tickets for a quarter amid reporting losses. State epidemiologist notes antitoxin cost savings. inspector Eames heads to Camp Glenn for July encampment preparations after Camp Jackson training.
James R. Young, Insurance Commissioner, travels to New York as chairman of the executive committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to plan the annual convention program in Los Angeles this August. Also in brief, six hundred barrels of Townsend sugar seized in Rose Hill will be unconditionally released by Judge Connor at the U S district court. North Carolina postmasters named Luther Tillery John Hunsucker Sarah Johnson William Bodger Parker Blue Ridge Gillespie Cooke Farriss Miller and others announced.
Manning has been notified that the Kentucky lower court ruled against the University of North Carolina on the inheritance tax exemption for the bequest of the late Mrs. Robert W. Bingram. Sixty days are allowed to appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
The State Board of Agriculture urged an amendment to the state warehouse law to store tobacco grain and other farm products in state warehouses and repeal the cotton tax. Supreme Court ruling on ratification discussed by Attorney General Manning. Judge Elder Little sworn to practice before the state supreme court. Senator Simmons invited to speak to the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers association at Monroe on July 6.
No race deaths by own action reported in North Carolina this year. Dr. F M Register’s figures show 18 205 births in the first quarter of 1920, up from 17 029 in 1919, while deaths fell to 9 552 from 11 468. Births exceed deaths by 8 753, signaling a strong natural increase. Monthly breakdown shows January 6 512 births, February 6 2, March 5 521. Deaths for the quarter: January 2 465, February 3 678, March 2 643. War claims against the War Department for army supplies are near completion by July 1.
Washington special report notes that ICC upheld the rate revision sought by the North Carolina Corporation Commission. The new charges were found to correct a prejudice against North Carolina and the rate plan favored Norfolk and Richmond. Rates must take effect on or before September 10.
Washington Special report notes North Carolina Democrats largely backed the Republican bonus bill while key leaders Doughton Godwin Hoey Pen Robinson Steadman and Weaver voted in person. Absent were Kitchen ill Benison and Small with Beinson paired for the bill. Democrats opposed advancing the measure under the gig rule tactics of the Republican steering committee.
Transements completed for Norfolk Southern acquisition of the Durham and South Carolina railroad from Durham to Bonsal and Duncan, 41 miles, linking Seaboard Air Line and Duncan and boosting western line tonnage. State health board fights carnivals, venereal disease bureau warns boards to curb tent shows. Highway funds: Page urges transmission of extra machinery to state highway departments. Senator Simmons backs Jones merchant marine bill. he helped draft it.
Winston-Salem audiences hear Major General Leonard Wood and Senator Hiram Johnson as Raleigh and surrounding towns report a wave of political events. Cries for tax and government cuts echo through Durham and Wilson crowds while local notices cover a highway accident, a railroad shooting, and a mass meeting in St Paul as county divisions attract attention.
Interests tied to the American Tobacco Company buy a cash option on most of the Norfolk Southern stock at 47 a share. Earnest Williams named vice president. Projected connections into Durham prompt expected traffic gains and a new line into Hyde county. Belmont notes Belmont population rises to 2,491.
A Kansas woman recounts severe postnatal illness after childbirth and a miraculous recovery after using a tonic. She describes weakness, female troubles, and relief after several doses, noting two more healthy births and continual willingness to recommend the remedy.
A garbled 1920s newspaper snippet touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children, praising fruity taste and directions on bottles. It shifts to Cuticura talcum powder as a fragrant, economical skin and baby powder. It mentions Allen's footwear and playful mischief warnings, ending with a fragment about back talk.
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