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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
2
A local item sheet reports war duration predictions by Herbert Hoover, mounting draft resistance rumors from Roanoke mountaineers, and a push to boost fundraising for a hospital with Red Cross appeal. It coexists with notices on advertising’s power, police patrols, and a company crediting advertising for sales success.
An excerpted fragment discusses a Black migrant returning to Birmingham amid hostility from a “yale ler” Black person in the South. It cites St Louis race unrest linked to northern movement of Southern Black workers, noting industrial wage pull, and media commentary from the New York World on segregation and migration dynamics.
The passage notes large cotton and corn fields attracting attention and urges calm. It contrasts mob violence against African Americans with Illinois method of maintaining order. It cites East St. Louis Mayor Mollman appealing to employers to avoid importing Black workers, with Southern support for letting Negroes stay or return south and avoiding shootings for working.
In Wingate Col Ellis May amuses locals with tall tales about water mishaps. Anecdotes recount him drinking from wash pans and misplacing a dipper in darkness, delivering a humorous portrait of a man prone to watery encounters and fellow townsfolk’ s reactions.
Bivens replied no yet was surprised by the inquiry and checked on Ellis who had drank water from a basin soaking fish. The piece recalls a college fellow waking early on a farm and seeking sleep after a long night. It ends with a late night visit to Esq. Braswell and a restless, humorous Sunday anticipation.
Deputy Sheriff J. T. Grant was struck by a prisoner Eugene Benbough as Grant entered the jail Friday night. Grant fired twice but was knocked down with a chair. Bloodhounds tracked the prisoner through the area before capture near the Coast Line water tank in Chesterfield.
Wheagl. J. Smith moved from Stanly Bounty to a west Marshville farm and sowed wheat. Neighbors doubted one-year effort, but he yielded about ten bushels per acre on poor soil. Rotation improved wheat yields. he carried 50 bushels to the roller mill to supply flour until new crop dries.
A rough note describes indigestion as caused by eating too fast or too much and advises eating slowly, chewing thoroughly, and avoiding meat at night to prevent sour stomach. It suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion when sourness occurs, without medicine.
In Marshville the old printing office on main street east of the railroad is the sole building to survive fires, while buildings to its west have burned three times. The Home office endured intense heat in past fires, its walls once peeling paint and a near collapse after Phifer's market fire. Now used as a warehouse by Marsh-Lee Co with a telephone exchange upstairs, its survival is noted as remarkable.
A vintage ad warns that spring colds can worsen with sudden temperature changes and underwear changes. It touts Dr King s New Discovery as a remedy to clear nasal passages and soothe throat irritation. The copy urges continued use until the cold is fully gone, noting lingering colds are dangerous.
The Pageland Journal reports a meeting to discuss buying tin cans to supply merchants and farmers. Bank of Pageland offered to purchase fifteen thousand cans at cost and sell to buyers with cash or credit, eight percent interest on seasonal accounts. Pageland Hardware Co will distribute the cans at five to five and a half cents each.
Prof John Terry questions Mr B R Price claim of four acres planted to work on Saturday after noone. Dr Ranford Smith agrees a mistake may exist. Discussion notes Mr Price’s past Saturday attendances and rail reed history in Pageland. Suggestion to proceed with corn while Terry might buy some if he resists.
A new method for growing Irish potatoes in barrels is being tried in Marshville. Barrels with knocked out tops are filled with enriched soil and as plants grow, more dirt or straw is added, producing potatoes from bottom to top. Arthur Strawn reports two barrels producing tops above the barrel with some claims of two bushels per barrel. The writer plans a first hand report next fall.
Spring weather brings colds hoarseness and coughs. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey promises relief by easing sore throat and healing irritated tissues. Available at druggists for 25 cents with formula on bottle.
Caldwell Braswell of Goose Creek township visited last week selling corn at $1.90 a bushel after saying he wanted $2.00. He reported selling $100 worth of wheat from his farm and dismissed food price concerns, while noting prior threats about kissing babies and promising plain eatables if present.
Mrs. P. H. Martin of Peru Indiana reports two daughters with a start cough were helped by Chamberlains Cough Remedy. She writes the medicine “worked like a charm” and kept the cough loose and productive.
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