Travel notes on North Carolina roads and roadside life
Spy columnist Wade Harris mails a hopeful yet critical report on the Wilmington Charlotte Highway and state road conditions from Chimney Rock to Hendersonville. He notes uneven upkeep, scarce work on the Charlotte to Monroe stretch, and the need for better signs, simple crossroad guidance, and courteous driving. The piece contrasts spring travel charm with current boorish road behavior, cites incidents along Sugar Loaf, and includes reflections on the war’s impact and postwar mobilization for road building. It also mentions a draft constitutional test and sketches regional life from mountains to coast.
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Wade Harris
Charlotte Observer
Wilkmington-Charlotte Highway
Wilmington- Charlotte-Asheville
Chimney Rock
Asheville
Hendersonville
Charlotte
Cleveland County
Wilmington
Rutherfordton County
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Monroe Township
Union
Anson County
Richmond
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Florida
Sugar Loaf
Studebaker
Jacksonville
New Bern
Sam Brinson
Tom Warren
Ryven
North Carolina
Montes
Nuxated Iron Claims Strength And Beauty Benefits
An advertisement touts Nuxated Iron as transforming food into body tissue to produce strength and rosy cheeks. It cites a patient’s remark and urges a two week regimen of twelve grains three times daily after meals, urging readers to test strength before and after. The blurb states doctors should prescribe it and claims wide hospital use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Promises Kidney Relief
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a tested remedy for backache and kidney issues. It cites Monroe Kentucky or Pine Street endorsements and a testimonial from Jease D. Helms, a retired farmer, claiming relief after use. Price listed as 60 cents at dealers, with Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as producers.
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Donce
Dean
Monroe
Jease D. Helms
Pine St. Monroe
Doan
Cotton Seed Flour urged as wheat substitute in food plan
Members of the Louisiana Cotton Seed Crushers' Association meeting in New Orleans adopted a resolution urging the Federal food administrator to recommend substituting cotton seed flour for wheat. They ask that states set aside two bread days weekly using the substitute flour to aid their business.
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Louisiana Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
New Orleans
Patent medicine claim advert with laxative bromide
An old time remedy promises to cure a cold in one day using LAXATIVE BR OMO Quinine with claims of headache relief and a refund if it fails. The ad notes a rove signature on each bottle and includes the number 3 in the text.
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Bord
Malaria Prescription Promises Fever Relief
An archival advertisement touts a prescription labeled for malaria or fever, claiming five to six doses break fever and act on the liver better than calomel without causing stomach upset, priced at 25e.
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Ding County
Beasley
Jong Highway
David Grayson
Piedmont
Catawba
Pee Dee
Cayuga
Waccamaw
Columbus Cou
Whiteville
Mecklenburg County
United States Supreme Court
District Court of Northern
Ohio
Charles E
Rutheburg
Cleveland
Alfred Wagenknecht
Socialist Party
Charles Bake
Canton
Groves
Donse Erergers
U. S
Valley of Death
California
Secrest Motor Co
The
A. M. Secrest
Monroe Steam Vulcanizing CO
E. B. Stack
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