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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1914
Page
8
Washington dispatch reports Postmaster General Burleson announces a farm products post by amending parcel post rules. The service lets farmers ship crates of food to city consumers, aiming to cut costs and boost farm income, with crates up to 30 pounds and certain packing rules.
A long tribute profiles Mrs. Evelyn Turgett Funderburk, widow of Owen B. Funderburk, detailing her Civil War era life in North and South Carolina. The narrative praises her role raising children and aiding soldiers, her church work, resilience, and the enduring legacy of Southern womanhood amid hardship and wartime supply scarcities.
An illustration shows a popular man praised as a jolly fellow by friends while his wife waits at home. The piece argues that his desire to be seen as a good fellow leads to selfish neglect, loneliness, and weakened manhood, warning against mere social approval at another's expense.
Mrs. Arthur Davis, holding her infant in the arm, fell 12 feet from the back porch while cleaning an oil lamp chimney in Nash County. Both she and the baby suffered serious injuries as the lamp chimney broke and cut the child.
A mistress consoles her Swedish maid with praise of wages and kindness, while the girl confesses homesickness for a place she cannot name. The exchange highlights longing for home rather than current comfort.
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