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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1917
Page
7
A dated Southern cigarette promotion extols Sovereign as the choice of Southern gentlemen. It touts Virginia Carolina tobacco, claims guaranteed satisfaction, and encourages returning unsatisfied packs to the dealer for a refund. The voice blends regional pride with a pledge of reliability and good blood.
The inaugural address proclaims a program to convert land into commonwealth property by empowering laborers to own farms, urging state action to curb land concentration. It appeals for midnights of toil to build factories, improve waterways, railroads, and insurance to keep capital local, while pledging support for physicians and the poor.
A Birt relief map of Europe’s war zone is under creation at Howells micro com in Washington DC. The globe scale would yield a sphere over 90 feet in diameter if continued, with illuminated city markers and electric enunciators for locating places, aiming to become the largest Europe map ever made.
Tom Crowell, city tax collector, balances demands from city fathers and residents. The piece portrays him smoothing disputes with desk sayings and proverbs, admitting occasional errors but emphasizing his role as pacifier of the city’s accounts and his need to stay diplomatic under pressure.
Advertises a publication deal for Youth's Companion and McCall's Magazine at 2.10 for a year, with added McCall Dress Pattern. Explains price rise if extended past March 31 and lists included items. ends with a placebo pitch for tonoline. Mentions Boston and paper era commerce.
Editor letters recount Rube Lemmond waking at 4 AM to Crooked Creek with lanterns and gear, only to discover he was a mile from the creek after dawn. The missive frames other notes on lawyers ethics from Burton J. Hendrick and a 1840 Courvoisier case, with commentary on truth and defense.
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