Correction on cotton figures and public health plea
A reader questions the Journal's cotton figures claiming twelve million bales at twenty cents yield one billion two hundred million dollars instead of one hundred twenty million, and stresses if too much production lowers prices. The letter urges diet, health, domestic science, and self reliance, recalling Union County life, advising readers to eat properly, support local institutions, and value community effort over self interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
The
Marshville
Monroe
Sam
Lttle
Old Monroe
Union County
Christ
Sweet Union
Mr Medlins Trip Ad Seeks Honest Partners For Simple Pursuit
A reader recalls placing a small ad seeking congenial partners to join a modest excursion around April 16. He wants companions who can spare time for fishing and hunting, willing to work honestly, regardless of status, and avoid publicity or conspicuousness. Letters from North Carolina students and others reference the ad and its questions about terms and rewards.
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Mr. Medlin
Union County
North Carolina
Marshville
Monroe Journal
Threttle
Hogwallow Notes Dragooning Fiddling Band and Town Quirks
In Hogwallow news Fletcher Henstep cuts ties with the Excelsior Fiddling Band amid barbs over music and debts. Bounding Billows hosts a protracted meeting while locals prepare, brush ties, and tweak routines. Various residents report porch storage, porch projects, a mistaken English misreading, and odd town happenings from two heavy watch jeans to a missing jug, haystack clues, and beehive misadventures. The postmaster’s new suit signals a thriving government, Crickett Hicks shifts stance to left-handed batting, and local pest sightings — rats and calves alike — pepper the colorful chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Henstep
Excelsior Fiddling
Bounding Billows
Columbus Allsops
Fit Smith
Atlas Peck
Hogwallow
Excelsior
Washington Hocks
Tobe Moseley
Dog Hill Church
Rosyola Moseley
Isaac Hellwanger
Tickville
Crickett Hicks
Dillard
Sim Fiindera
Poke Baatey
Toben
A Difference in Spelling Class Answer
A classroom exchange yields a witty distinction between results and consequences. A bright pupil explains that results are what you expect, while consequences are what you get.
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Apelling
Fragmentary note on names and medical claims in an ad
A fragment discusses a product claim about not affecting nerves and mood, mentioning an unidentified signature E. W. GROVE and other garbled text. It reads like a damaged advertisement or testimonial with unclear details and no verifiable outcomes.
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South
Chamber OF Commerce
Monroe, N. C
T. P. Dillon
H. Y. Scott
Smans Ideal
W. J. Rudge
Monroe, N. G
Polona
L. Medlin
N.C
Hogwallow News
Co-Operative Mercantile Co
Chero-Cola
Chero-Cola Bottling CO
Redpath Chautauqa
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