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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
7
Hurricane the fastest trotting ostrich, secured as a Fourth of July free attraction in Monroe, will trot daily before the grandstand. The bird is a widower since mate Helea May died, with a seven inch scar from a past incident. Visitors may view exhibitions with the keeper present and ask questions.
Correspondence from The Journal notes a shift from old time endurance to modern health awareness with nurses hospitals and advisories. It urges better home care practice and government lecturing by doctors or nurses to improve care, sanitation and public health awareness amid fly, cleanliness, and household hygiene concerns.
The Progressive Farmer notes the census bureau data: from 1909 to 1914, U S annual carriage production fell 33 percent and wagon output dropped 9 percent as automobiles impact transport.
The British steamer Cumberland recently docked in Norfolk and departed for Liverpool after loading coal. Its general cargo, worth about 2 million dollars, included 500 tons of rabbits from New Zealand and Australia stored in cold storage. At roughly two pounds per rabbit, about 500000 rabbits were aboard.
An Ohio woman who has been divorced seven times may inspire a new slogan about ties that bind. The remark hints at personal history shaping public image and potential advocacy or commentary.
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