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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
2
A dense jumble of classified notes offers items for sale and services including plants potatoes and cars, job ads for laborers at an aluminum plant, cleaning and pressing services, land for sale, and a barber shop anecdote. Names include Nancy Hall Porto Rico Triumph Beach, W. A. Stevens, Krausa Garage, Tifton Ga, Lincolnton NC, and Tallassee Power Co.
The Charlotte District meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society gathered at the Marshville Methodist church May 31. Opening sessions led by District Secretary Mrs. L. N. Presson covered prayer, reports, and committee appointments. The afternoon and evening included talks by Dr. Turrentine, Mrs. George Stevens, and missionary experiences, with focus on children’s work, district parsonage fund, and youth engagement.
A local notice quotes Mrs. C. F. Riley of Mion, N. describing six months of relief from indigestion using Chamberlain's Tablets. The ad claims the product offers marked benefit and is available everywhere.
Meredith College, a rare Southern women's institution, awards A B and B S degrees after four years and offers a junior college diploma after two years. It provides art and music programs, strong library facilities, and physical education with tennis and basketball courts. For catalogues and bulletins contact CHAS. B. Brewer, President, Raleigh, North Carolina.
An ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills for clear skin noting gentle liver relief. In Charlotte a quarrel ends with Dock Grier shooting Rob Harris dead after a dispute with his wife. Congress activity stalled due to party conventions while notices cite academic ceremonies and travel schedules in several North Carolina towns.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a valuable general tonic containing quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver, drive out malaria, enrich the blood, and build up the whole system, with a price noted as zero cents.
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