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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
3
A Marshville farmer touts a simple lime spreader using a wagon, a paddle, and a hind gate to distribute limestone. Clyde Newson notes high limestone use and urges August delivery while towns push cooperative road-building and survey efforts to improve rural roads.
Advertiser seeks chickens and eggs at 25 cents per dozen, 20 cents per pound for young poultry. Sells tea, soap, washing powders at 5 cents a bar, plus sugar, coffee, tobacco, flour, bacon, lard. Mill operates Saturdays noon, discount on a good apple mill. Guernsey bull for sale at 1 dollar cash or 1.25 on time.
A promotional note praising a remedy for diarrhea and stomach issues. It urges readers to ask others who have used it about its reliability and benefits. It emphasizes keeping a bottle in the house for urgent needs and claims it saves much suffering.
A long list of court dates for August 20 to August 27 showing cases across multiple dockets. Names include Hallieeee 1s, Vickery, Thompson, Lee, Baker, Phifer, Medlin, Duncan, Doster, Curlee, Edwards, Browning, Privett, Shute, Tallahassee Power Company, Western Union, and others. Notices state witnesses and parties must attend only on the trial day, with R. W. Lemmond as C.S.C.
Berlin reports few submarines sunk by Alfies with monthly averages barely over three from February to August while U S President Wilson plans a conference with Senator Lewis urging swift passage of food control and revenue bills and signaling no time for peace talks with Germany.
An advertisement-like notice touts Parisian sage and Partian sage as cures for dandruff and thinning hair. It urges readers to buy four ounces of Paridan sage from English Drug Co, claiming the remedy prevents further loss and stimulates new growth with glossy, fluffy hair.
An old advertisement touts drinking water and Jad Salts to flush the kidneys and relieve backache and bladder irritation. It warns against delayed relief, promotes sea meat and plenty of water, and endorses Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach and liver issues, urging readers to try them.
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