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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
2
A Concord Tribune piece laments delayed publicity on food regulations causing flour and sugar overflows by farmers and merchants across counties. It praises County Food Administrator Lee Griffin and urges loyalty, wartime thrift, and prairie prudence amid weather and hog price worries.
The Observer explains Charlotte Monroe cotton price gaps stem from Union County farmers using superior seed. Zeb Green in Marshville orders a carload of improved cottonseed, boosting yields and signaling Union County will standardize cotton production. A note on seed graders, dairy-standardization, and local notices closes with a mule sale at Fowler and Leo’s stable.
Will A. Redfearn of Wingate now at Fort Taylor Louisville Ky is one of two successful aviation department passions chosen by examination after volunteering as a Chapel Hill senior. The report also covers a local arrest of Oncar Edward Anderson in Morganton area for theft and drug issues, with treatment plans arranged in Greensboro after failed military enlistment.
Wingate notes a sharp concern over juveniles on streets after dark and warns parents to supervise more closely. Local events include a significant W. O. W. meeting, a garden focus, a winter illness report, a wedding and a hanging mix of community notices.
The English Drug Co offers Parisian sage claiming rapid hair regrowth, dandruff banishment, and a cool clean scalp. The product is guaranteed or refunds are provided, with testimonials of former baldness and itchy scalps improving after days of use.
With war conditions ahead, the seller urges better crops and livestock, promises high prices, and announces a crush mill grinding corn on the cob, velvet beans, oats, and more. The mill runs Saturdays and corn flour and meal are produced, plus a general merchandise line. They seek chickens, eggs, corn, peas, fodder, hay, or any seller items, paying the highest market price in cash or trade.
A reader describes using Thedford's Black Draught for spring ailments and liver and bowel troubles in the family. The remedy is claimed to be purely vegetable and to regulate liver function and cleanse the bowels, with warnings of potential serious illness if untreated.
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