Local Markets Brief Spotlight on Seed Trade
The Local Markets notes best grade today with seed prices advancing modestly. Traders report steady demand for key crops as farmers watch weather patterns and market signals for further price shifts.
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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1912
Page
3
The Local Markets notes best grade today with seed prices advancing modestly. Traders report steady demand for key crops as farmers watch weather patterns and market signals for further price shifts.
A long list of local specials advertises cheap fiction and a book sale at Rudge with 50¢ titles, stoneware at 10¢, and various goods. Found spectacles, glasses fitting offers, and a sale schedule at multiple stores including Monroe and Wingate. Also notices for farm supplies, seeds, hogs for sale, and services from area merchants with dates and locations.
The ad touts Hyomei as a cure for catarrh coughs colds and sore throat with a complete outfit priced at $1.00 extra bottles 50 cents available at English Drug Co and other outlets. It also lists assorted local goods and notices including farm land sale details and a political candidate announcement.
H. D. Stewart argues Monroe needs sewerage to protect public health and attract settlers. He cites nearby towns’ costs, explains connection rules, and claims residential installation can range from twenty to sixty dollars perante plumbers’ choices. He urges citizens to support costly but essential improvements.
The Fair Minstrel Company presents A Woodland of Nightingales at the opera house Friday night with Clarence Laney as interlocutor. Vocalists include Oscar Davis Fairley Herndon Hasty and Rob Laney. Prices 25 35 and 50 cents.
Local notes report visits and travels of residents including Dr. B E S and S Greene with Bin Po in Louisburg and W H Clark of Stuart's Virginia staying with W G Gravely. Mentions marriages, theater ads, lectures, and church events with dates and locations across Monroe, Waxhaw, and Charlotte.
A series of declarations shows residents announcing candidacies for Union County offices including Register of Deeds Sheriff and Clerk of the Superior Court. Names listed include Pranka Krauss J T Weir Elliott H B Adams Jr B A Horn T J W Broom B Houston and John Griffith.
Linen towels stamped for embroidering featured in a shop listing with prices at 50 cents. Women's neckwear chemosettes and grumps continue in good ree.
A health ad claims Parisian Sage cures dandruff and itching, promising hair growth for boys and girls and a money back guarantee. It touts a mother’s duty to care for children’s hair and notes the product costs 59 cents.
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