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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1916
Page
2
The ad claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic strengthens feeble elders and young people against summer heat by purifying blood and boosting the system. It touts a safe formula without affecting the head and urges looking for the Grove signature on the bottle.
The University of North Carolina announces the Summer School for Teachers from June 13 to July 23 with an able faculty and complete curriculum offering credit courses in a delightful environment and excursion rate tickets. The Summer Law School runs June 15 to August 25 with a regular session opening September 11. Students planning to enter should arrange early.
The article presents Littleton College as a well established, well equipped and prosperous school for girls and young women. It notes fall term begins September 20th and provides an address at 3.0 HODES Littleton North Carolina.
A report by Insurance Commissioner Young outlines adapting land loan associations to farmers. It describes weekly or monthly payments on shares, a $100 par value maturing in about six and a half years, and potential increases to $300 or more to extend terms. It notes profits to organizers, feasibility with crops like tobacco or cotton, and possible loan capacity reaching $100,000 in five years, with addressing how additional funds could be obtained.
A vintage safety notice lists cautious guidance for mothers including not leaving children unattended in the house or near stairs, not handling broken glass, avoiding driving with wet hands, labeling medicines, keeping poisons away from kids, watching traffic signals, and crossing only at designated crosswalks to prevent hazards.
Sawdust will extinguish small garage fires and is boosted by bicarbonate of soda. The sawdust floats to blanket the flames while baking soda releases carbon dioxide when heated, choking air. A mix of ten pounds bicarbonate to one bushel sawdust proved effective for extinguishing oil fires.
The Kansas fire marshal L. T. Hussey reports 202 lightning fires in 1915 with total losses of 206435 dollars. Only three fires caused rodded buildings, costing 3750 dollars, a share just above the fire count percentage. The Indiana official note parallels Kansas in noting low damage relative to fires.
An awe struck wartime tribute recalls how heirs from dukedoms to baronies have fallen. Lord Desmond FitzGerald of Leinster and Lord Downd Mond among the fallen, their deaths marking a grim point as families mourn successors to historic lineages.
In Pen Run Pennsylvania Rev C W Fawkes collapsed after 28 teeth were pulled in one sitting. The shock of the procedure proved fatal just as the last molar eventuated.
Chicago infant eighteen months old, son of Anthony Tell, choked on a candy stick given by a local starter. The tragedy occurred in Chicago. The death was reported by authorities and the family.
The Hanover Courier reports a strong sugar beet harvest in 1916 with an estimated 38 million hundredweight produced, up from 29 million in 1915. Prohibition of beet fodder for cattle could push the surplus, as wartime sugar demand grows and farmers adjust under high war costs.
New York reports J P Morgan Jr earned about 126.8 million in two years from his father’s estate. The elder Morgan’s estate was appraised at 875.149 million, with 53.084 million allotted to the present JP Morgan. Much of the wealth came from munition orders and loans, with the Morgan firm receiving a 2 percent commission on British purchases.
In a rapidly expanding market, China’s opium prohibition has shifted trade patterns. Reports indicate a surge in Per a’s exports to the Duch and Actins, rising from $115,000 to $1,158,000. Netherlands East Indies reexports via Formi account for much of the total.
Peter Raceta captain of Moran Hebter was asleep when a massive blast ripped Black Tom Island piers. Thrown into the water he swam amid flaming ships and docks near the Statue of Liberty, then was rescued and brought to Jersey City hospital.
Mayor Cox opened a special delivery letter that included $350 in gold certificates and a penciled note claiming a past mistake left $360 owed to the town. The unsigned message said to apply the funds to ordinary taxes. The letter was mailed from a Paris post office on Street to Be Named for Gallieni. Paris city council assigns committee to pick a new street or square name for General Gallieni.
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