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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
2
The piece argues for strict weekly sanitary inspections in towns like Asheville and Greensboro to curb disease by removing filth and flies. It notes private yard checks, farmer privies, and the broader benefit of reduced illnesses and hospital costs, urging rural adoption of sanitary rules.
A citizen complains that officials overreach by policing food and drink, lamenting the loss of liberty in a place once seen as land of the brave. The speaker decries limits on daily sustenance and urges a return to personal freedom.
Excerpt laments living conditions in a free country parallel to Germany noting substandard food and alcohol limits. Criticizes native treatment in Sunny Italy and questions nourishment when essential ingredients are restricted. Man longs for basic rights and humane conditions.
The best Chautauqua and Musical Festival in the South arrives next week with hundreds having bought season tickets. Tickets cannot be purchased after next Wednesday, so don’t miss this great opportunity.
Prof. W M Cundiff died in a Winston hospital last Tuesday after bladder trouble and pneumonia. He lived in Elkin, owned a large farm at Siloam, and traveled widely including Europe and the Holy Land. Survived by wife Lucy Poindexter, his death ends a long career in education and church life.
The New York Marine Band will perform twice at Chau Tauqua with a Friday afternoon and evening show. Regular ticket prices are 50 and 76 cents, and a season ticket offers eighteen admissions for $4.50.
The Recorder's Court weighed a case of an Italian citizen who stored two barrels of wine at home as a food item rather than a beverage. His attorney argued no offense since it followed his customs, but the attorney general may rule on whether such storage is allowed.
The Surry County Board of Education invites bids from high schools to host an agricultural and domestic science department. Locations will be chosen by need, finance, and suitability, with restrictions on towns over 1000 and proximity to larger cities. Bid reception begins July 5, 1915 with guaranteed funding required.
Rumors spread that Senator La Follette will not visit Mount Airy but he is touring daily across the circuit. Crowds grow as he is billed to deliver a talk on July 6 with tickets priced at half the season ticket rate.
The Granite Mercantile Co. promotes a fly trap that removes hundreds of pests daily. Available at J. W. West Drug Co., F. M. Poore, Callaway & Jackson and Paul & Owens for fifty cents.
Sylvester A. Long argues in a Lyceum Magazine front cover article that Chautauqua and Lyceum movement shape strong ideals for youth. He urges continued support, religious renewal, and constructive lectures to inspire a hopeful future amid social changes.
In a small Tennessee town a long serving Republican justice of the peace warned voters from a barrel top that if ousted he would burn Tennessee laws he claimed to hold in his pocket. The bold threat followed during a tense campaign to replace him with a Democrat.
Fragmentary text warns against cures for deafness claiming a single constitutional remedy. It discusses ear inflammation and Eustachian tube issues causing muffled hearing, asserting most deafness cases stem from catarrh and stressing caution about unproven treatments.
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