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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
6
A city child Tommy laments city life craving a farm and fresh air as sour cream spoils breakfast. His mother consoles him while a dream of Dot Farm forms in a comic strip style snippet from 1914 Wheeler Syndicate.
In a Dilmouth tale from Youth's Companion, Ursula Baynes, a widow, turns a sprained ankle into a chance to prove her faculty. She coordinates Norris Waring Jim Elder and Clem Bidnett to perform needed tasks, mails pies, mends clothes, and enlists others to finish chores, showing resilience and leadership without a husband.
Longtime resident on Monroe route 4, T. L. Hinson, asserts a seed treatment solution can prevent cotton boll rot Anthracnose. He reports one third of his crop saved after three years of experiments, with full seed soaking yielding the best results and plans further testing this season.
Birth notices from Mr and Mrs Latta Baucom Mrs Thomas Herne Ramon Gordon J Lonnie Helms Jackson Knight Lester Griffin record births in Monroe Township North Monroe Monroe Rt 9 8 Benton Heights R F D 5 and dates April 19 20 23 30 May 2 with T L Crowell registrar listed
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a spring laxative to purge winter wastes and revive vigor. It claims to purify blood and brighten the eye while aiding nature’s process. A separate note advises a young man to withhold judgment and give a pretty girl the benefit of the doubt.
The Bank of Union reports a total condition of 496309.66 dollars for North Carolina Union County. R G Laney, cashier, attests the accuracy of the statement, with directors C. Winchester, C. Collins, M. Sutton signing. Sworn before Notary Public Hargrove Bowles on May 6, 1917.
The Journal for Monroe Route 4 notes Rev Mr Meliss will preach Sunday May 13 with invites and 3:30 service, plus a plan for a children’s day. A humorous confession from Peter Segum recounts courting Sal with awkward misadventures and a marriage proclamation, ending with farm notes on sugar peas and vines.
English Drug Company touts Parisian Sage as a guaranteed remedy for dandruff itching and hair loss with a money back offer. The solution, an antiseptic liquid massaged into the scalp, claims to nourish hair roots and stimulate growth while beautifying appearance. A dental anecdote from Lord Cromer’s Quarterly Review follows, recounting Ismail Pasha’s toothache and a laughing gas test on assistants, ending with a tongue in cheek moral.
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