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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
2
Classified ad fragment seeks skilled workers and general help. Mentions mowing, bicycle repairs, and a three room apartment. Indicates pay in cash and preferences for experience. Includes garbled locality cues and stray phrases from a 19th or early 20th century page.
Weekend social notes list Hadioman Weeley Retinson visiting Charleston with wife Mra Andy McCarter of Methasy and returning home Saturday. Mentions of Betty and Maddy Beatty, Leonard Ware of the News Mee, and other locals visiting relatives in Columbus and Norvalt.
Mrs Williamm Wright writes about local social visits and Sunday dinners in Oak Grove. Names such as James Ware Liv Poiter Luther Mawkins Rose Hawkins Virginia Ware Kelly Ford Lettie Belle Ford and Mrs Frank Ware appear among attendees at gatherings and prescriptions of the writer’s circle. The fragmentary text records multiple households and neighbors, reflecting a community notes column with casual social details.
A fragmentary passage depicts a demonic figure named Miller Me and apocalyptic visions. It invokes hellish torment, heaven and earth prayers, and a call to bind the devil to restore the world to peace. The text references family harm and wartime woes in a chaotic plea.
A historical notice discusses revived old drying techniques for coats and vegetables, noting climate impacts on drying time and the shift to modern methods. It references home demonstrations, extension services, and a North Carolina county court action, with dates and officials named in a formal public record.
North Carolina farmers storing the 1942 crop of wheat must protect grain from weather and keep it in weatherproof bins. County officials require county AAA approval and note storage contracts involve a seven-cent storage fee paid by producers. The notice commands defendants to appear and respond within 20 days after service, or risk court relief. The Herald lists a $150 yearly price.
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