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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
2
A compendium of social maxims warns how flattery and false praise can mislead. It covers telling a mother her children are lovely, a liar he is truthful, a conceited person he is smart, and other prompts that reveal others’ weaknesses or prompt caution in praise and judgment.
A Canadian bar member recounts a farmer’s son who seeks legal glory in the city. He works briefly for a well known attorney, then returns to the farm. The farmer asks how the law was, and the reply is bluntly that it isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, a sentiment echoed by the Presbyterian Witness about making the times.
An essay argues cigars and cigarettes wreck youth and health. It traces nicotine's effect on nerves and heart, links smoking to poor school performance, moral decline, and dependence on alcohol and opiates, and urges discipline, responsibility, and polite conduct to build character.
Advertiser touts MI-DNA Stomach Tablets from English Drug Co as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach misery. Claims promise relief in days or hours with a 50-cent box, money back if not splendid, and urges women to urge husbands to try the product, noting Booth's MI-ONA in Buffalo, NY as the source.
Richmond March 15 Governor Mann published a March 7 letter from Rev Edward T Carter pastor of the Newbern North Carolina Baptist church. The note recalls the Allen gang and recounts Sidna Allen’s acquittal and a claim that if convicted his brothers would have shot the court and that an agreement barred any of them from the penitentiary.
A dramatic relic story about the sword of Balboa now in U S Marines Chicago headquarters. Major W N McKelway details its crimson journey from Granadas revolutions to a Managua museum and its capture again during a Nicaraguan uprising. The rusted blade, forged in Toledo, survived four centuries and a changing world, ending as a harmless relic on a trophy table.
Gladwin Michigan resident John Deye suffered twelve years with a skin ailment and $400 in doctors bills before Bucklen’s Amica Salve cured him. The ad claims the salve heals skin conditions quickly and permanently and warns against smoking cigarettes. English Drug Co recommends it at 25 cents.
For forty three years Dr. King s Discovery has been known worldwide as the most reliable cough remedy. Over three million bottles were used last year. It promises a refund if it does not rid your cough. J J Owens of Allendale South Carolina endorses it after twenty years of use. Applicable for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. Available at English Drug Company for 50 cents and 1.00.
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