Hogwallow News Dogs Laughs and Local Notes
A HogwALLOW column reports playful local tidbits from Calf Ribs and Dog Hill. Festivities include a new Calf Ribs store under new management, odd chores from Doctor Hocks, a mail carrier election, school improvements, and a string of small-town vignettes featuring residents, hats, new fashions, and community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogwallow News
Clab Hancock
Dog Hill
Dock Hocks
Hogwallow
Sap Spradlen
Wid Onion
Frage Allsop
Poke Kartley
Raz Barlow
Himeef
Calf Ribs
Washington Hocks
Bounding Billows
Excelsior
Rosyola Moseley
Butts
Thunderation
Sap Sprachen
Sidney Hocks
Sidney
Excelsior Fiddling Band
Chicago
Fletcher Henstep
United States
Flim Dillard
Red Cross Drive Urges Help For War Effort
The Monroe Journal comments on Tom Watson and the constitutional debate on sending men to France. It urges Red Cross support, noting Taft's message on duty and necessity. It calls for 200 new members, lists supplies, and reports ongoing knitting for sailors and NC outfits for The Raleigh ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Charlotte Observer
Monroe Journal
Tom Watson
South
Georgia
France
Doctor Johnson
Red Cross
W. H. Taft
Irs
Taft
Renton
T. P. Dillon
Copple
Will Hudon
Bickett
Welew
Governor Bickett
William
Navy League
E. M. Griffin
North Carolina
Raleigh
Lane
Kochiitzky
Father and son debate meaning of inertia in Tit Bits style
Emious Pa. Young Johnny reads the evening paper and asks his father to explain inertia. The father quips that if he has it it means laziness, but if the mother has it it signals nervous prostration, in a humorous Tit Bits frame.
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Johnny
Something Should Be Done About Negroes at Depot
The Wingate column reports extreme heat aiding crops and mingles church activity with a safety concern. It laments some Negroes blocking the depot sidewalk and urges town authorities to address the obstruction before further trouble. The note closes from Glenalpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate
N. W. Bivcos
Billie Trull
Nealie Neon
Ray Summertin
C. J. Black
N. W. Bivens
Peachland
Baptist Church
J. F. Utock
R. C. Bivens
Charlotte
Sewen
Fyend Austin's Grove
DB. Brooks
J. Price
Broadus Jones
Cullowhee
Gladys Bass
Be O
Eugene Stewart
Badin
Bess McIntyre
Marietta
M. Stewart
Mt Crogan
C. L. Gallege
Helms
AB. F. Parker
Raymond McIntyre
Mia
T. C. Stewart
Bob
J. B. Bass
Toin
Tom Williams
Rock Rest
Kemp Helms
Meadow Branch
Glenalpine
Heat kills 115 in Greater New York as city swelters
New York August 1 heat claimed 115 lives in Greater New York and felled hundreds more. A brief afternoon thunderstorm cooled the temperature to 88 at four o'clock but the heat soon rose again with humidity climbing. Shops and factories closed at noon as many young women fainted and department store clerks gained extra rest hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
July Cotton Forecast: Production Up Despite Weather
Washington reports July weather and other factors hurt cotton, yet the Agriculture Department projects a total of 11,949,000 500-pound bales, with an average yield of 166.9 pounds per acre. Conditions show Virginia 75, North Carolina 65, South Carolina 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Bad Manners in Church
Readers from The Waxhaw Enterprise note disturbances during a church service. Two young women talked through hymns and prayers, while a man near the reader spoke softly to a baby, mixing with the scripture voice. The writer emphasizes the behavior was thoughtless, not malicious, and urges greater reverence in worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxhaw Enterprise
House of God
Chronic Constipation Cures Suggested by Chamberlain's Tablets
The article advises that chronic constipation is curable in most cases by taking Chamberlain's Tablets and following the package directions. It notes the lingering humor about spouses and the devil not entering the parlor on first invitation, reflecting period tone.
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Chamberlain
Statement on Monroe Water Supply from City Leader
A city official dispels rumors about Monroe water by presenting the State Board of Health report detailing monthly analyses. The statement asserts plentiful water quantity with reservoirs kept full and provides explanations of technical terms used.
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Monroe
State Board of Health
Analysis of Water D564 Monroe North Carolina Source Reservoir
Water analysis report from the North Carolina State Board of Health on a Monroe reservoir sample collected 7 27 17. Results include color Platinum cobalt 0. Turbidity 0. Odor cold. Alkalinity 115.0 as calcium carbonate. Chlorine 28. Nitrate nitrogen present. Ammonia readings. Coliforms 0. Bacteria counts 1200 at 20 C and 450 at 35 C per cc. D. A. Shore, Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Laboratory of Hygiene
North Carolina State Board of Health Analysis OF Water
Supt Ae Works
Monroe
N.C
Sitica
Water quality notes on alkalinity chlorine and nitrogen
The report notes waters are largely alkaline and warns acid water harms metals and boilers. Chlorine varies by locality from five to sixty plus parts per million, rising with pollution indicators. Nitrogen compounds signal organic matter and sewage pollution, with nitrates indicating ongoing or past contamination.
Understanding Water Hardness and Bacteria in Public Health
The text explains hardness types in water and methods to remove them. It notes typhoid bacteria enter water via human contact or excreta, and colon bacillus signals pollution. It discusses acid producers, total bacterial counts, and lack of universal water standards.
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Frusie Allsop
Monroe Iron & Metal CO
S. A. Warlick
Hayne Street
Dopce Brothers
U. S
Valley of Death
California
Secrest Motor Co
The
A. M. Secrest
Monroe, N. C
Shore
A. Shore
Water & Light Dept
C. W. Lee
the Sikes Co
Tyson & Jones
High Point
Corbitt
Southern Queen
Moyer
J. C. Smith Co
S.sae
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