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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
2
Neighborhood notes and city gossip recount small town life. Braswell mocks Sells for sleeping late while Cunningham handles World Series buzz at the Union drug store, and Tucker’s South Carolina vs North Carolina barb adds regional banter. The piece also defends South Carolina seed and feed inspections against a Pageland editor’s critique.
In Marshville a house burned, a young man saved belongings as the building neared collapse and answered a final phone call. A woman from another town spoke at length, but he stayed at work until flames scorched his clothes and he cried that it was hot as hell inside.
Dispatches from Athens indicate Greece is nearly ready to deploy a sizable effective army to cooperate with the allies. Lack of equipment is being addressed rapidly with assistance from allied nations.
Mrs A C Kirstein of Grenville Illinois praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the most reliable for years citing its quick cure for colds and bronchial troubles. She notes it has long been used in her family and her mothers home with positive results.
Masses are urged to start mornings with hot water and lime stone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The push claims internal sanitation prevents headaches bilious attacks foul breath and other ailments by removing waste and toxins before absorption into the blood.
O W Receipt Books at The Journal Office announces startup of new machinery and finishing mill. 125 operatives needed within four weeks. jobs open to experienced or learner applicants at Thomasville Hosiery Mills in Thomasville North Carolina. 200 colored laborers wanted for Worth Brothers Company in Coatsville Pennsylvania with wages from 25 cents per hour and long shifts. advancement possible. Apply Southern Labor Agency 324 North First Street Richmond Virginia.
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