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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1912
Page
6
A bookkeeper recounts a moral tug of war with a country guest who tested his resolve not to feel or show repentance. Misfired politeness, a church morning, and a sobbing companion collide with his vow to stay emotionless as he ends by tallying his eighth balance.
Mia Harlow uses matchmaking zeal to tie her bachelor brother Tom to two wealthy women, Miss Robbins and Mina Trotter. He remains amused and then accidentally proposes to both, declaring impartiality as he ends up with both women. The beach party ends with Tom’s spontaneous double engagement and social upheaval in the Barrows’ seaside gathering.
John B. Ray, Principal State School for the Blind in Raleigh, urges mothers to prevent infant blindness with immediate birth care. He cites ophthalmia neonatorum as a curable germ disease and recommends washing eyes, nose, mouth, and ears of every newborn with boracic acid solution and silver nitrate drops to reduce child blindness by about a quarter and save state funds.
A clipped note from the Pal Mati Gazette claims King George VIII shows interest in growing tobacco on English soil. It recounts a years old Irish member proposing to urge the prince of Wales to smoke Irish tobacco, but John Mures reportedly dismisses it as a threat to the throne from assassins.
To Mothers and Others the advert promises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures eczema rashes totter chafings scaly crusted humors and accidental injuries such as cuts burns and bruises with perfect safety. It claims faster healing than any other product for boils wheals sores or piles at 26 cents through English Drug Co.
An old newspaper ad touts MLONA tablets as a cure for stomach distress and related ailments. It claims magical relief from indigestion, headaches, nervousness, poor sleep, and hangover effects, urging readers to buy a large box at English Drug Co. and local druggists.
Stillman Green of Malachite Col. recounts doctors giving him two years to live from consumption. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his life and urges others not to suffer throat and lung troubles. Trial bottle offered free at English Drug Co.
Fragmented OCR notes describe F. J. Chenzy & Co Toledo facing investigations by a national bank and others. Details are unclear, but mention of internal inquiries and potential financial actions against the firm appear in the garbled text.
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