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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
3
Former Monroe State Guard captain recalls Co D versus riots and drills, naming notable members like T. W. Bickett and David Houston, detailing armory moves, encampments, and a vivid wartime memory of a special train, underscoring unit pride and community figures.
In Monroe North Carolina on June 6 and through the season intermittent showers and destructive downpours hinder cultivation and erode rolling lands. Less elevated fields show reddened sickly plants with foliage damaged while base areas briefly spared show some growth and fruiting. Opinions on overall condition vary but the general consensus trends toward a fair to poor outlook.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for hacking coughs. It highlights pine balsam soothing irritated air passages, loosening mucous, preventing coughing, aiding sleep, and claims over 40 years of use to cure or relieve the illness.
An advertisement claims a vision prepared especially for malaria of chills and fever. It promises five or six doses will break any case and, if taken as an eight tonic, the fever will not return. It claims better liver action than Calomel and asserts no griping or sickness.
City authorities announce enforcement of sanitary laws under State Health rules. Prosecution will begin in Recorder's Court with support from the Woman's Club Chamber of Commerce and citizens. A public map of unsanitary premises may be released to show violators, with July 60, 1916 as a deadline. residents urged to tidy yards burn waste and keep streets clean.
Mr Sidney Starnes died at his home in Duford township yesterday morning after a six week illness from typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and five children and a large circle of relatives and friends. He was a faithful Mt Zion Baptist member and funeral services were led by Rev R M Hasseler. The bereaved wife and family have the sympathy of many friends. M Haigler.
A vintage notice promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as essential for families in hot weather. It claims high effectiveness and urges purchase as a reliable standby, noting availability everywhere.
A correspondent from Chadbourn North Carolina in July describes a homesick mood while touring Union County like fields of corn tobacco and watermelons. He notes sparse industry only two factories one hardware company and limited canning. He observes friendly locals eager to welcome visitors and contrasts rich farming country with underdeveloped infrastructure and labor force. He mentions fruit crops and ripe produce hindered by harvest timing and shipping limits.
The excerpt describes a speaker named Scapegoat expressing homesickness and a wish to return to the hills and familiar people, while acknowledging growing fondness for the current place if they could stay longer. It hints at family dynamics and a simple rural setting.
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