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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1912
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a Dr. Fovcette and phrases about prompts and testing. No clear event, people, or organizations with verifiable details emerge. Summary reflects the garbled source and preserves named entities as they appear.
A column blends jokes and social commentary with an ad for Electric Bitters praising their health benefits for women. It touts strength, stamina, and relief from fainting and nervousness, featuring a testimonial from Eliza Pool of Depew Oklahoma. It ends with a plug for Chamberlain's Tablets as a beauty and health aid.
The three year elapsed mystery of Fay Curiee, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J Curlee of Statesville, grows colder as no clue surfaces. He vanished June 22, 1909 after leaving the Statesville Safe and Table Company plant with money on hand. Reports placed a boy matching his description boarding a Charlotte train or wandering the Western road, but no solid lead emerged. His savings of five hundred to sixty dollars plus earnings on the morning of his disappearance were never found on his person or in his room. His parents recall him as a loyal son, devout to his mother, and the case remains unsolved with foul play considered possible.
Union Institute emphasizes high academic standards and college readiness. The school offers attractive rates and board, with experienced teachers and access to library and debating activities. Principal Horace Stewart invites inquiries. the 1912 August 12 opening date is noted.
Insect bite incident noted with a Boston man losing his leg two years earlier. Bucklen's Arsen Salve advertised to treat bites and inflammations, promising quick healing for burns ulcers and wounds. Ad ends with a comic dialogue about an insane marriage proposal, highlighting period flavor.
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated July 1 1914 Calvin C Helms and wife Rebecca Helms will sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder at the Monroe courthouse door on Monday August 17 1912 at 12 oclock the lot of land bounded north by Winchester Avenue east by English and Blur lands south by Seaboard Air Line Railway and west by A A Secrest further shown in the deed dated July 3 1911 conveying the same lot to Calvin C Helms The sale satisfies the note secured by said mortgage deed dated July 12 1912 AWA SECREST Mortgages
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