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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1916
Page
5
Sugar 25 pound bag $1.95. VANN FUNDERBURK promotes five minute grocery delivery and buys eggs at 25 cents. Numerous local notices mention visitors, meetings, dam construction delays, nurse relocations, farm transfers, and community events around Monroe and vicinity with names like Miss Alma Belle Collins Miss Catherine Love Miss Maude Hoyle and Dr. John Blair amid civic updates and social notices.
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for constipation and sluggishness. The copy claims relief after one or two pills taken at night, with a perked up feeling by morning, priced 25 cents at the druggist.
Mine Petrova stars in Playing with Fire at Rex Theatre. The dramatic tale follows Jean Servian a beautiful cameo cutter whose life changes after blindness and a marriage of gratitude. She regains sight, confronts a corrupt lover, and risks her reputation to protect her stepdaughter.
Market notes list long staple cotton at 14.8 and 14.00 for best types, short staples and good produce such as hams and shoulders with varied prices, Irish potatoes and young chickens priced, corn and sweet potatoes with mixed figures. Names and exact figures are incomplete due to damaged text but indicate broad commodity ranges.
Administratrix Sarah L Helms announces the estate of Robert W Helms deceased of Union County North Carolina. All claims must be presented by August 23 1917 to MRS SARAH L HELMS Admx or be barred. Debts should be paid promptly. August 22 1916 W C Lemmond attorney.
A Monroe Public Schools resolution commends Superintendent R Allen for a successful teachers institute in Union County and thanks Miss Mary Harris of Concord for her untiring assistance and plans for primary work. It also notes copies to Mr Alie Harris of the State Department and local papers.
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