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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
2
An advertisement promotes Gowans King of Externals as a safe remedy for cold and croup symptoms. It claims it does not involve drugs or inhaled fumes and guarantees a refund if it fails. The copy urges avoiding drug habits and consults a druggist, listing price fines of 25 and 50 cents and a dollar.
An old advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a scientific hair tonic that stops itching, reduces dandruff, cools and invigorates the scalp, and makes hair soft and glossy. It claims quick action with daily use for a week and promotes a 50 cent bottle from English Drag Company.
Mendota resident W Fitch reports buying a box of Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment claiming it cured eczema I have tried many doctors since the Civil War with no relief before this. The ad guarantees satisfaction or money back and lists 50 cents price via Peiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
The Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association head in Louisville urges a public campaign to educate on alcohol uses and benefits. He notes opponents influence and cites Chicago court records, a Indiana prison chaplain, and media groups advocating benefits, while temperance groups also push the message.
An eastern life assurance society cites a conservation commissioner's address noting modern environment hazards raise physical mental and moral degeneracy. The piece claims 75 percent of 20 million school children need health attention and warns against alcohol drugs and vice diseases.
Prominent newspapers and magazines keep pace with temperance in the journalistic world. A Mia Le M interview with Stevens reveals editors resist advertising pressure from brewers and distillers. He notes 150 dailies reject such ads and that money cannot curb a rising wave towards prohibition and economic efficiency.
Webb, famed for vigor, drinks only water. He counsels a friend to quit wine gradually but challenges the idea of changing life by degrees with a sharp analogy about being rescued from fire. The exchange highlights his strong stance on strict self discipline.
The record lists a December term docket with multiple cases and participants including W. J. Adams judge presiding. Notable names include Beulah Stack Lula Howls J B Howle Ethel Hasty Virginia Morn Chee H. Moore C B Wright J A Gulledge James Parker and many others. Sessions run Monday December 13 and Tuesday December 16 with a motion docket on Friday December 18 and references to Seaboard and Airline Ry entities.
Commissioner J Parker will sell at public auction on Monday Jan 5 1914 at 12 o'clock M at Union County Court House Monroe NC for partition among tenants in common two tracts of described real estate in Buford and Union townships totaling about 95 acres with cash terms. The sale arises from the M K Walker et al versus Harvey Walker et al special proceeding in the Superior Court.
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