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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
4
The article argues cotton farmers are not to blame for high cotton goods prices. Investigators found merchants raised prices on stock from past seasons while cotton fell below twenty cents per pound. The piece notes experts are examining the situation and officials have taken notice.
Investigators reveal 30 cent cotton price boosts gingham and other cotton products to sky high levels. Eight yards of gingham come from one pound of cotton with a $2.80 sale price, leaving $2.50 as profit elsewhere while farmers pay high costs and bear risks. Retailers and hotels also profiteer, pushing consumer prices up. The public calls for government intervention to curb greed.
A reflection on the creed defining American democracy. It argues that belief must be lived daily through conviction, deeds, and national unity, elevating faith into daily conduct and public life.
F B Tressey of Richmond Kentucky extols Chamberlain's Tablets as a wonderful remedy for indigestion and constipation. He claims he never said anything that beat them and recommends giving them a trial.
A historical list traces early religious and political events from 1744 to 1917, noting figures such as Wesley’s invitation to six Methodist preachers in London, West Point cadets visit, and General Custer’s death, followed by a birthday page on John Dillon and other notable anniversaries.
The notice warns of cholera morbus a painful disease and stresses keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home. Mrs Charles Enycart of Huntington Indiana reports two children sick in summer 1911 found relief after using the remedy.
London with June 24 report describes a government led Ministry of Food model National Kitchen and Restaurant to serve wholesome meals at less than one third of current London tea shop prices. Food to be prepared in plain view with visible kitchens, with napery and crockery matching good restaurants. It will be located in New Bridge Street Blackfriars and may operate all night for late workers if demand persists.
An old advertisement touts Gets-It as the world’s biggest seller for corn and callus removal. It claims drops relieve pain and peel away the corn like a banana, with a money back guarantee. The product is sold by E. Lawrence & Co in Chicago and carried by local drugstores in Monroe.
London reports a plan by the Women's Industrial Council to rename servants as Household Orderlies. The program would train women for domestic work, pay thirty shillings for a forty eight hour week, and operate centers with training schools restaurants and sleeping quarters under a managing board.
An advertisement claims local applications fail for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It cites a physician’s backing, lists ingredients as tonics and blood purifiers, and urges readers to request testimonials from Toledo firm F P J Cheney Co.
Our Grandfathers drenched horses for colic in the old, unsafe method. Farris' Colic Remedy ends drenching and is given on the tongue with a dropper included in every bottle. Get it today and we guarantee it. Sold by Phoenix Drug Store.
A reader from Peru reports success using Chamberlains Cough Remedy to ease whooping cough in two daughters. The note claims the medicine loosened the cough and aided expectoration, describing the remedy as working like a charm.
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