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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1927
Page
7
Forest City Courier issued weekly by The Courier Pub. Co. in Rutherford County North Carolina. Editor and owner C E Alcock News editor Clarence Griffin. Advertising rates listed for display per column inch reading notice per line and classified column.
A passage from Printing magazine praises the Forest City Courier of North Carolina owner C. E. Alcock as one of the most progressive small town weeklies. The weekly runs twelve pages, often sixteen, filled with ads, and a busy job department.
John Walton Winn spoke before his Chicago execution after being found guilty of beating an elderly man to death to obtain his wife. He warned that others nationwide, including Rutherford County residents, risk repeating the same mistake and urged living by a guiding truth.
Seaboard Air Line maps an enhanced route with a new heavy bridge at Bostic and a May 15 completion target. Motor cars will carry local traffic while a through train stops at Mount Holly, Lincolnton and Shelby, aimed at promoting Lake Lure, Hendersonville and Asheville travelers. Forest City seeks inclusion as a stop on the Charlotte to Rutherfordton line.
Public health notice urges citizens to prevent typhoid fever this summer by eradicating flies. American Medical Association cites improved urban typhoid mortality, calls for fly control in homes stables and barns, and supports compulsory screening. The message emphasizes flies as disease carriers and the need for citizen action.
A warning urges decisive action against typhoid as summer approaches. It warns any person may be infected through another's carelessness and emphasizes modern science to fight the disease. The strongest message is to kill the fly and stop transmission.
The piece argues the Mississippi flood crisis demands immediate federal funding and action. It asserts water impoundment and diversion projects could be worth the cost, enabling control of floodwaters now rather than decades later. It warns about escalating disaster if Congress delays aid.
A Swanson era poem in memory of a mother cherishing childhood, home, and enduring faith. It recalls a child at the mother’s knee, her gentle voice, and a hand guiding across years, praising her grace, prayer, and incomparable love as a divine gift.
Miss Alice Osteen of Greenville wed Ford Hayes of the U S Navy on Monday May 2. Mrs Harrill traveled to Greenville for the wedding. Robt Reed moved to Rutherfordton to head an auditing firm. J F Timmerman will fill his Henriettta Mills vacancy. Alda Grayson Circle of the W M A met at Mrs C A Lynch’s home with a planned program and a child led playlette, focusing on Jesus and our Gifts, refreshments served to members present.
A reflective poem recalls the shrine at mother's knee as a source of faith hope and guidance across life. The speaker longs for a moment to pause and revisit maternal belief and divine connection amid life’s trials and sorrows. The memory of his mother and her faith sustains him urging a rekindling of devotion and trust in God.
A rhetorical piece argues that a new era has arrived with no dual standards for men and women. It notes women smoke more openly, ads target female smokers, and contrasts past Puritan views with modern acceptance. It suggests commerce now appeals to female patrons and cites Horace Greeley era ads as contrast.
A fragment notes missing zigzag rail fences and remnants of split picket gardens as travelers pass through rural country. The sparse imagery hints at decayed or altered farm surroundings seen along the route.
A discussion on women advancing in higher roles contrasted with achievements in lower roles. It criticizes outdated ideas about dropsy and neuralgia, warns against quack cure ads for Mrs Jinks, and suggests most sufferers needed simple, honest relief rather than advertised remedies.
A fragmented devotional verse urges readers to share kindness and help others. The lines emphasize selflessness, compassion, and living for others through faith, inviting a ripple of charitable acts across generations.
The passage criticizes vague diagnoses like liver trouble and dropsy used by quacks. It notes many conditions labeled heart trouble or heart disease lack specificity and warns against unskilled practitioners and ignorant newspapers reporting generic terms.
More than one hundred cars carried about 350 members of the Sunday school class of O. Max Gardner of Shelby to First Baptist church last Sunday morning. The auditorium was filled, two thirds from Shelby. Rev W A Ayers welcomed the group and Gardner spoke on Peter denying Christ as a life example. Members then returned to Shelby for Dr Wall’s sermon, pleased with the trip.
Mrs Cornelius Martin and daughter Elizabeth of Hendersonville visit Mrs Mamie Erwin with Miss Marjorie Hord of Kings Mountain. Miss Bertha Jones, recently teaching in Pittsboro, returns home to spend summer with her parents Mr and Mrs A C Jones.
A. T. Withrow offers a cow with a young calf in Forest City. The animal provides about five gallons of milk daily, appealing to buyers seeking a productive dairy animal.
Pine lumber of all dimensions offered for sale and house bills filled to order by A. T. Withrow of Forest City. Contact details not provided.
Farmers at Tardware Co. acquire charcoal waterers waterers and brooders for baby chicks to support poultry needs.
An old advertisement urges purification of the body with Calotabs as a path to improved health. It claims physicians endorse complete system cleansing and recommends a thorough course, advising a family pack and full directions available at drug stores.
The speaker argues it is harder to find candidates born in log cabins as society shifts. He contends many men view the home as a barrier against their wives, reflecting evolving gender roles and expectations.
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