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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
2
Aged individuals seek a safe painless laxative. Dr King’s New Life Pills are praised for prompt, easy action and are recommended by English Drug Co. Price 25e. The text counsels self counsel as the best way to handle legal matters.
During a Thursday afternoon thunderstorm lightning hit the Rodman Heath Cotton Mill smokestack. Small damage occurred with bricks toppled. The bolt struck the top and ran into boilers, blew open fire box doors, and traveled to the engine room setting waste packing on fire and briefly shocking several workers.
A local farmer advertises Jersey cows for sale or swap in Union County. He promises truthful cattle dealings, refunds if unsatisfied, and a humorously blunt assurance that honesty is scarce in the business. He notes his farm is three miles north of Monroe on the Monroe and Charlotte road, Route 6, phone Baker's.
An elderly man near death reflects on a life of failed attempts from ministerial ambitions to medical practice and business losses. He endures poverty and a wrecked dream, while his children pay his debts and later support him through recovery. His funeral draws a debt-laden but grateful community remembering his integrity.
Bath Hl resident J C Eve land credits Dr Hobson s Kezema Ointment with curing a twenty five year case of eruptions after prior failures. The firm claims a physician created formula in use for years and offers the 50 cent remedy via Pfeffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis. The item also notes a trivia claim about a renowned Chinese scholar named Hoo.
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