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Newspaper

The Monroe Journal

Location

Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1915

Page

7

Bank Ad Promises 4 Percent Interest Compounded Quarterly

A promotional notice assuring customers of 4 percent interest on deposits and quarterly compounding outlines a straightforward savings option. The ad emphasizes steady growth and reliability of returns, urging readers to consider placing funds in the bank.

Corporal Angus Wins Victoria Cross In Heroic Rescue

Edinburgh report says Corporal Angus of Carluke Lanarkshire, first Scottish Territorial VC, saved Lieutenant Martin of the 18th HLI at Givenchy on June 12. Wounded about 40 times, Angus crawled through German fire with the officer, then back to British lines amid a hail of bombs and bullets. Over 25,000 welcomed the return despite Carluke’s 5,000 population.

Orporal Victoria Crosby London Daily Telegraph Edinburgh Angus V.C Carluke Lanarkshire Fror al Clyde Valley Ankus Givenchy Martin Eighteenth Highland Light Infantry Mar- Nin Germats Lileu Germany Great Pill Corporal Angus Rising Ancus

Hog Ford notes mix oddball town chatter and warnings

A garbled town column recounts local doings from Hog Ford and Tickville, mentioning a Post Office sweep, a deputy patrolling Musket Ridge, a fiddling band serenade, items sold or traded, and residents like Raz Harlow and Atlas Peck in a collage of village life and rumors.

Boek Fit Smith Dack Hocks Raz Harlow Tickville Fletcher Henstep Engley Dog Hill Tobe Moseley Washington Hocks Hog Ford Frdity Flinders Cox Hil Flutie Belcher Chicago Raz Barlow Excelsior Gimlet Creek Atlas Peck Rye Straw Atlas Luke Mathewson Jefferson Potlocks Slim Pickens

Cause of the War according to Dr Sikes at Wake Forest

The Greensboro Record reports Dr. BE W Sikes of Wake Forest college argues war stems from division of land into small tenanted plots. He asserts inherited Enghi soil and entailed estates fuel greed and predatory conflict, while steady laborers owning small plots are less warlike.

Greensboro BE. W. Sikes Wake Forest College Dr. Sikes Enghi Wake Forest

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertisement Claim

An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria fighter and iron builder. It touts a tasteless formula with iron and quinine and claims nine drives out malaria while boosting the system for 0 cents.

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the Savings, Loan & Trust Company R. B. Redwine H. B. Clark Cashier Henderson Transit Co Henderson Garage and Machine Co Monroe Coca-Cola Monroe Coca-Cola Company F.N. Snyder Monroe, N. C Oxfords Co-Operative Mercantile CO Dover Dover, N. C Brooks Bros English Drug CO The Henderson Roller Mills Union P. S Invincible McCall McCall Book of Fashions LEE & Lee CO Monroe, N.C
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