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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
5
A lurid, disjointed sales pitch touts a supposed treatment for prostate issues and aging. It promises free offers, enticing words, and claims of miraculous results to lure readers into paying for a dubious product or service. The text resembles an old scam-style medical ad.
An advertisement touts Dr. W M Pierce anti uric acid tablets for kidney trouble. It claims thousands treated at the Invalids Hotel and suggests hot water each morning and a tablet before meals to speed improvement. Mentions danger signals like back ache and fatigue and offers a trial by mail from NY.
Spartanburg County officer Ellis A Shield was shot dead in Chesnee when Jim Stacey allegedly fired as Shield blocked Stacey’s car while the group returned from obtaining whiskey. Stacey, his sister Alice Stacey and others were at the scene. Shield died before arrival at a store. interment held at Airwood Church.
Ruth R Morrow announces as administratrix of Clyde D Morrow deceased Rutherford County North Carolina all creditors must settle promptly and file claims within twelve months from September 18 1925 to avoid legal action. notice dated September 18 1925.
Route 2 News reports Rev Z D Harrill filed his regular appointment at Bethany last Saturday and Sunday. E C Hamrick and family of Wadesboro visited relatives in the area. Guy Lewis bought a new Edison phonograph. J R Hardin and family visited relatives in Polk county. Elma Reid hosted a neighborhood party Saturday night. George Clark and son Earl visited Dave. Bethany B Y P A held its first program Sunday night with a large crowd and I hope to have more. program 1 every Sunday at seven.
Mary Proctor and Harrison Proctor defaulted on a deed of trust from December 6, 1923. Trustee will sell at public auction on October 31, 1925, during legal hours on Forest City Public Square, starting bid $121, for 17 acres at the south end of Ned Harris’ original trading on Floyds Creek, High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
An advertisement claims gas in the stomach presses on nerves and causes restlessness preventing sleep. Adlerika is promoted as a quick intestinal evacuant useful for gas and constipation, with claims of rapid action and no griping. Reinhardt Drag Co.
The Byrds thank Rutherfordton Hospital doctors and nurses for their care during Mr. G W Byrd s month of illness. Appreciation is extended to Mr Rollins and Mr Team Hines and others who offered sympathy and aid.
A speaker urges readers to end public spitting to prevent disease spread. The narrative recalls a bedridden boy named Alex with tuberculosis and explains how germs travel from coughing or sneezing. Emphasis is on decency, cleanliness, and making communities truly spitless for children’s safety.
The passage explains that deadhead derives from the Latin caput mortuum meaning ash residue after volatiles escape. It notes figurative use for things stripped of value and mentions spectators or passengers who do not pay are not valuable, tied to revenue context.
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