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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
6
Deputy Clerk Frank Wolfe uncovers a major development as road commissioners allocate 5000 dollars to build the Wilmington Charlotte highway through the township. The discovery stands out amid a roundup of minor items and local tales.
A garbled dialogue shows a judge or officer and foreman discussing meals and a bale of hay as the jury remains locked up. The text references dinners, freshmeats, and an ass, but all is nonsensical and unclear.
Parents told to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first signs of croup with adherence to printed directions for rapid relief and surprising effectiveness.
A Cleveland County rustic, Cora Cracker, writes to the Greensboro News blasting area papers as corrupt and lazy. He mocks editors, subscribers, and rural gossip, retelling comic vignettes of local life, preachers, and politics from Skunk’s Valley to Hogwallow, lampooning newspaper power and rural pretensions.
American soldiers and sailors worldwide will receive Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey of the best quality. The War Department is organizing the effort and estimates a total need of about 2.5 million dollars and more than 1,000,000 pounds of turkey for distribution by November 5. Supplying 32 cantonments of the national army, numerous army posts, and Navy fleet and shore stations nationwide.
Mrs A C Kirstein of Grenville Illinois endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a long trusted cure for colds and bronchial troubles. She notes it has been used in her mothers home and her own for years and is consistently effective.
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