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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
8
Mrs. J L Hoyle and baby Charlotte visit Mrs. J W Yates while Mrs Martha Burns of Pittboro visits daughter Mrs E C Winchester. Marshville guests, club entertainments, high scores, and floral decorations noted with names of many attendees and hosts.
Sanitary inspector Mrs H R Laney reports the Third Ward faces blocked ditches and improper privies forcing renters to use neighbors toilets. Slaughter pens are filthy with carcasses, maggots, bones, and odors. cows and calves may be diseased and slaughtered for public sale. Calls for meat inspector, abattoir, cleaner markets, and regular inspections.
A Union County parade feature names William Howard Taft as the town dog who will roll a hoop down the street in Monroe on the Fourth. The dog, owned by C F Yandle of Monroe Township, is named after the former president. Also appearing is Hurricane the ostrich, famed for racing.
See T. V. Redwine for seed trish potatoes for fall crops and stop waking butter. If butter prices stay low this season, investigate our cream buying proposition and high quality cream market. We handle unlimited quantity year round at top butter fat prices. Caroling Creamery Co urges individuals to start cream routes. W. J. Rudge Co promotes Victor Talking Machines on installment plans.
A historic ad touts Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a general tonic. It claims quinine and iron improve the liver drive malaria enrich blood and build up the system, noting the price in cents.
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