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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1915
Page
7
Wellesley College dean Alice V. Waite asserts modern college women marry later because they can earn a living. She notes low birth rates, praises graduates as capable home makers, and claims college women rarely seek divorces, marrying more thoughtfully at about age 22.
Former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan received cordial invitations to move to Asheville North Carolina. He owns a tract for a home to be used by his family during summer months and may retire there. Fred J Seely urged him to stay as a guest at Grove Park Inn for an indefinite period. The Asheville Board of Trade telegram expressed high honor in making the home there.
By mid July the state will be ready to begin lime grinding for farmers. A Department of Agriculture plant near Pollocksville in eastern North Carolina is nearly ready for operation and will be used to meet state demands. If needed, other plants may be added later.
Attorney General Bickett quotes Aycock and urges North Carolina Democrats to bury personal differences and unite to face the common foe as he runs for Governor not as a factional champion. The statement warns against exploiting war conditions for political gain and calls for a united front.
June sale ad lists women’s and men’s footwear including Ladies White Canvas Oxfords 98c sale, English Tan Oxfords $1.98, Soft Sole Comfort Shoes $1.25, hats at 98c, Gents Barefoot Sandals 98c, Men’s Work Shirts 25c, Palm Beach Caps and Straw Hats, Overalls 75c and 50c, 10c Plug Tobacco at 9c, Sticky Fly Paper 25 sheets, Export Soap, Grandma’s Washing Powder 4c, Wing Plows by June price per lb, Whippoorwill Peas $2 per bushel.
In Fayetteville at Victory Cotton Mill two miles from town a car struck a southbound railroad engine. Eugene Biggs aged 14 was on the running board and died from a broken hip and injuries. A. W. Davis drove the car and the inquest blamed automobile carelessnes s. Jury urged tighter driver qualifications in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. A.D. notices and local anecdotal content conclude with a Doan’s Kidney Pills endorsement from J. B. Sturgis of Monroe.
An English Drug Co advertisement touts Parisian Sage as an inexpensive cure for falling hair and itchy scalp. It claims dandruff disappears after one use, roots are nourished, and hair grows thicker and more radiant, regardless of prior damage.
The letter mocks Mr. Rockefeller and his thrifty gospel, arguing that if all workers saved one dollar weekly for a year the nation would drain into stocking money and leave little for circulation. It questions the feasibility of universal wealth and blasts grand claims of endless riches. It notes the improbability of universal millionaire outcomes and dismisses the press’s golden-horse rhetoric.
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It asserts it improves liver function drives out malaria enriches the blood and strengthens the entire system at 50 cents.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming to drive out malaria and build up the system with quinine. The copy asserts the formula bears the Bevin and Tron marks and emphasizes a tasteless form, priced at 50 cents.
A dubious remedy advertises a six to fourteen day cure for piles and related conditions. The product claims rapid relief with a promise of money back if the ointment fails to cure ceretsing, popies or protruding piles. Details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR.
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