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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1911
Page
2
Recommendations from the New Orleans Congress of Governors urge planters in Southern states to diversify crops toward on farm consumption with cotton as a surplus. They seek reliable cotton statistics, enhanced reporting, warehousing, and regulated futures trading to stabilize prices and aid producers.
In view of rising demand for cotton over the next thirteen months, the unsold crop should be withdrawn and disposed of via a radial marketing system. Bankers and business men are urged to cooperate with farmers. Proposals to buy about 2,000,000 bales are being developed by financial interests. The plan calls for acreage reductions of 25 percent below 1911 levels, with governors appointing county representatives to obtain binding pledges from farmers. Emergency currency proposals should exclude commercial paper linked to cotton goods. The group believes prompt action can save the crop from sacrifice and stabilize values, with future renewals as needed.
A wartime style sales notice urges buyers to insist on the Stieff name when purchasing pianos. The ad touts direct-from-maker sales by Charles M. Shieff, with Southern Warerooms at 5 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N.C. Manager C. I. Wilmoth promotes low-cost two cent price to avoid dealer risk.
An old advertisement promises a spray for catarrh asthma bronchitis and related ailments. It touts HYOMEL as a direct reach antiseptic treatment with eucalyptus thymol and other ingredients. The company claims no opiates and offers a one dollar price with a money back guarantee.
The fragment touts Life Pills as a safe cure for bile disorders headaches dyspepsia chills and debility. It hints at drastic results from neg tion and digestion claims and mentions a price of 25 cents. The text references Dr. King's life pills and implies dramatic health outcomes.
An unreadable OCR fragment touts Hall's Catarrh Cure offering one hundred dollars reward for incurable cases and mentions Cheney & Co and a National Bank of Commerce. The text is garbled but references internal use and treats various remedies.
The provided line does not contain a discernible news event, person, or organization to summarize into a headline and card. It appears to be a generic or garbled sentence lacking factual details.
An advertisement urges readers with upset stomachs to visit English Drug Co for a box of MIDNA tablets. It promises relief from indigestion, nervousness, dizziness, biliousness, and sleeplessness, with a 30 cent refund if misery persists. A large box costs fifty cents at the English Drug Store.
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