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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
4
Penmanship and bookkeeping courses plus machine bookkeeping and accounting. Secretarial training, letter writing, typing, shorthand, and office practice. Specialized training for high level clerical work. Address Dept. F, Cecil's Business Colleges, Asheville NC and Spartanburg SC.
Mrs Beulah Wall of 103 S Ran an elderly quote touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as curing weakness nervousness and dizziness after childbirth. She claims system regulation relief from backaches and functional disturbances and urges others to obtain the remedy from local druggists or write to the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo NY for advice.
A terse guide outlines a home remedy for persistent nighttime coughing. The text mentions a soothing mixture with a single teaspoonful of a compound and claims it contains no harmful drugs, aiming to ease throat irritation and chest congestion.
R E B Price visited Alexander Manufacturing plant and praised its production of sheets and pillow cases. The plant, operating since 1923, now has 400 looms planned, with 248 active and 152 more to be installed. Weekly output is about 86,000 yards of sheetings, with $2,500 in local monthly sales and major trade from hotels, department stores, and jobbers. The article highlights nationwide demand, local shopping, and Rutherford County pride.
Extension agronomist E. C. Blair advises lime and proper seed bed for red clover. Sow on well drained land, lime six months to a year prior, use limestone 1 to 2 tons per acre, choose American grown seed, sow in early spring or fall with timing to avoid freezes and heat.
Rev E J Poe preached at Oak Grove. Herbert Randall of Rutherford College visits. Nellie Vassie hosts a party. Families Wilkie and Randall share visits. Mrs Bigg erstaff and family move in. Coston relative returns home. Hawks and owl reported in area. Many residents affected by colds.
Raleigh reports hog receipts breaking records in January and February with top prices the highest since 1920. USDA data show 1925 January 1 hogs on farms down about 12 million from 1924 and 14 million from 1923, while frozen pork stocks exceed last year. The note warns that sacrificing brood sows for corn today risks future hog supply.
A fragmented poem from a regional page vents wanderlust for distant lands and magical seas. It paints silver clouds rainbows and thunderbolts while fairies move, dolphins sing, and moonbeams dance. The speaker longs to rest in peaceful mossy banks and dream amid angels singing of life.
Mr. Blair advises using a grain drill to sow seeds before freezing weather. The method requires eight pounds of seed per acre. Apply 100 to 200 pounds per acre of 16 percent acid phosphate with the seed, and 40 to 50 pounds of muriate of potash if available for better results.
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