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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1912
Page
8
The Journal's Grand Baby Contest urges mothers to work hard for subscriptions with a June 1 1912 closing. Top prize is 150 in gold, followed by 125 in gold in a district, 75 in gold to another district winner, and 50 in gold to the second prize winner.
The item lists scattered figures and names, including Miss Katie Lee Funderburk and Miss Bulla McManus with amounts, then shifts to brief news items from New York and North Carolina. It mentions General Grant’s death, political chatter around Roosevelt and Wilson, a fatal fire in Elizabeth City, a county-seat dispute in High Point, and a Greensboro hog prohibition ruling, ending with a note on George Moore acquiring land in Graham County for a hunting preserve.
Article claims indigestion leads to dizziness nervousness headaches and sleeplessness. It explains fermentation in undigested food irritates the brain stomach nerve causing various pains with a promised remedy Mi O-Na sold for 50 cents at English Drug Co.
The United States warned the Mexican government and Gen. Pas coal about protecting American citizens and property within Mexico. Any mistreatment of Americans will be deeply resented and must be answered for by Mexican authorities and factions. The note stresses accountability from both Federal and rebel sides.
A baby girl was born to Roscoe Turner and his wife at 20100 Caspian Avenue this Easter morning, ending a 90 year line of male births in the Turner family. The crowd cheered as family members greeted the infant and celebrated the historic moment. Payne Turner, the family founder from Massachusetts, had four sons and no daughters.
The notice invites readers to talk with the Contest Manager at any time to learn how to win gold. It promises free subscription books to all who inquire and emphasizes there is no reason not to come in for information.
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