Pure Fresh Drugs and Local Ads At Union Drug
A collage of Union County advertisements promotes The Union Drug Company with three registered druggists and manager A M Secrest offering prescriptions and pure fresh drugs. Nearby notices urge selling milk cows, chickens, eggs, butter, and hams, plus other local services like car hire, soda fountain, book sales, and dry cleaning. Prices and demand appear rising for milk cows and various goods.
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Union Drug Company
A.M. Secrest
Local Markets and School Vision Promised by Monroe Officials
The piece notes current market prices for produce and livestock, and shifts to a town notice from Monroe urging students to engage with the new school administration. It emphasizes new departments, athletics for boys and girls, and the superintendent's plan to tailor studies to individual needs, with a call for the Senior Class to return and help lead forthcoming changes. The superintendent invites dialogue with students and promises a productive year under W. E. B. Moore.
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Monroe
Town Papers
Thos
W. EB
Moore
Progressive farmer urged as best path for boys and men
A long opinion piece argues farm life offers more independence and pay than town work. It urges youths over 16 to join a local farmers union, study farming, and promote rural organization while noting rising land costs in the West and a likely boost in farm product prices. It closes with a satirical note on alcohol abstention via a household saloon plan from Mrs. James Watson.
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Farmer Boy
Wolf
Farmers Union
United States
Women rule Malabar land described by Sir Chetteru Nair
London to New York Sun reports a lecture on the matriarchal system of the Nairs in Malabar southern India. Descent runs through the mother, marriage theory ignored, and property remains under the wife's control. Three matrimony types are noted with varying living arrangements and authority. The piece also recounts a Canton anecdote where a guide says Ladies first, prompting a witty reply from Admiral Fremantle.
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London
New ‘ York Sun
Chetteur Sankaran Nair
High Court of
Madras
Malabar
India
Peace to His Ashes Odgen Estate Tale Stirs Local Gossip
A Statesville reader notes F A Odgen was found dead in Houston in a sparsely furnished room. He left a $10,000,000 estate and a will directing funds for country children’s education, highlighting a generous purpose behind the miserly life story and its posthumous bequest. Nearby items mention a young Lumberton farmer sharing a fine watermelon, a satirical jab at a magazine’s ending, praise for President Wilson’s restraint in Mexico, and a bottle of five-cent Iced Chero-Cola ubiquity.
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Statesville
F. A. Odgen
Houston
Tex
Mr. Odgen
Odgen
South Carolina campaign sours as Governor Blease faces rivals
South Carolina politics grow tense as Manning and Mullally clash at Newberry and Dillon meetings over Governor Blease. Manning charges false statements while Mullally challenges his record. Dillon remarks by Mayor L D Jennings and Pollock attack Blease’s ties to gamblers. Blease laments lack of pardons and denounces county papers’ paid issues. Tensions rise ahead of pivotal two year cycle.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Manning
Newberry
Mullally
Mr. Manning
New York
Ually
Manning m
Seon
Dillon
Blease
Pollock
Senate
Flow on Recorder's Court Aimed at Taxpayers and Pay
The Monroe Journal letters from August 11 1914 recount M L Flow criticizing the Recorder's Court features not aligned with licensing, crediting changes to juror pay to the Recorder, and noting Flow's shifting stance from 1912 to 1914 while debating taxpayer burden and leadership.
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Msl. Flow
Recorder's Court
Dooley
M. L. Flow
Monroe Journal
Flow
Tweedledeel
Red Optical Mistakes in Reporter Note
The Lumberton Robesonian corrects a Thursday report misidentifying Amor Bell as darkey during a visit from Ten Mile Swamp. The piece clarifies Amos is a respected Indian named “Uncle” Amos. New York authorities assert finance is sound, ending with a shrug at warning.
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Lumberton
Robesonian
Amor Bell
Ten Mile Swamp
Amos
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