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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1912
Page
7
A fragment from Gems In Verse contrasts a son’s memory of his father guiding him home with reflections on Homeric myth and ancient love. The text mingles sentimental lines about the journey home with classical allusions and a reader’s quiet contemplation.
Pageland Journal reports the death of J. McCauley Pigg a 30 year old man struck and mangled by a train while moving household goods near McBee after loading at Jefferson. Brother Henry identified the body. Survivors include a wife and four children. The piece also notes other local items from December: a knee injury, a wedding, a bank dividend, Lutheran Church statistics for 1911 and public notices including juror selections for two court terms.
A Worth Maine reader reports her daughter cured by Dr Miles Heart Remedy after severe heart trouble. The letter claims quick improvement, urges others with breathlessness, fainting, swelling, or chest pain to start treatment, and notes the product is sold by Niles Medical Co. in Elkhart Indiana.
A reflective verse contrasts life as a game weighed by judges with the human need to give a final farewell. It speaks of risk, worth, and mastery, ending with a poignant goodbye to a friend departing this world.
A collage of quick notes from Chicago Record-Herald and other papers. Questions about Nat Goodwin’s single status appear alongside curios about Wu Ting Fang’s embassy calls. Joe Cannon’s photos hint at no retiree look while Dr. Harvey Wiley, the government food expert, just married and may curb remarks on poorly cooked meals.
Railway travel is cheaper in Hungary than anywhere in Europe, with fares about one third of Great Britain's. The Buenos Aires Southern Railway now crowns Argentina with 8,038 miles, slightly ahead of the Buenos Aires and Pacific at 8,028 miles. Electric railways bought 5,381 cars in 1910, 3,671 for passengers, up from the prior year’s orders.
An improved street man hole cover patents screws into socket to deter wagon knockouts. A New Jersey inventor makes a wire frame to stretch a hat for drying after a shampoo. A Californian pioneers a collapsible berth hanging on a car seat for infants on long railroad trips. Congressmen Pow of North Carolina begins his fifth term in the U S House as representative of the fourth district.
Obituary for Carmel resident Ambrose Helms aged eighty seven who died at home last Tuesday. A respected longtime citizen and devout Methodist, he raised children with strong values and was revered by neighbors. Funeral held Wednesday led by Rev. Richardson. Survivors include six children and several daughters in law. Stockholders of Savings Loan and Trust Company elected officers for the coming year, with a ten percent dividend and $1,000 added to surplus.
Mr Wales of Texas, relocated two years ago to the county, moved back to the northern part of the township. He recalls hauling water five miles in Texas and buying it there, a situation he says did not suit him.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage promising to stop hair loss and dandruff with a money back guarantee, recounting a testimonial from Miss Meta M. Krager. A separate notice details a 1912 mortgage default sale in Union County near Mineral Springs, North Carolina, listing the land bounds and sale by public auction.
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