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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
3
Oscar C Porter reports from Camp Logan Houston Texas where Company L 129th U S N G Inf trains. He describes camp layout and routines, transport crowds, daily drill schedule, dining facilities, and morale boosted by Y M C A activities and mail, with regular bond sales and upcoming drafts.
News from the North Sea reports German raiders sinking two British destroyers and nine merchant ships during a convoy engagement. In France Zeppelins returning from England were shot down. several airships and crew were lost, with Germans claiming a heavy air reversal despite some ships reaching safety. The piece also covers a disbarment case of attorney James H. Johnson and local notes on Sea Island cotton trials and Union syrup production.
The Greensboro News reports a Monroe Journal quote claiming county prosperity due to high farm prices. Yet in Rowan county a young man killed himself, leaving a wife of five months, as he could not make a living or cover basic needs.
Official British government report records 4 802 vessels totaling 19 409 495 net tons in 1914, 3 708 vessels at 15 266 155 tons in 1915, and 3 110 vessels at 12 325 347 tons in 1916. American ship passage: three in 1914, one in 1915, sixteen in 1916.
An article cites a well known authority warning that meat raises uric acid, overworks kidneys, and causes backache, headaches, and bladder irritation. It recommends Jad Salts with water before breakfast to restore kidney action, and mentions lithia lemon juice blends as a traditional flush for bladder issues.
Raymond T. Baker director of the mint reports demand for silver coinage is running 24 hours a day and has produced $16,551,000 in subsidary silver coinage so far this year, over eight times the $1,769,000 of the same period last year, a new record.
World series players shared 152858.58 with 60 percent to Chicago winners and 40 percent to New York losers. The six game receipts total 425878 and after payments, Chicago and New York gain 115200.81 each while the National Baseball Commission earns 42587.80.
From a fragmentary ad the text promotes a fast cold cure claiming laxative bromide and quinine stop coughing and clear symptoms. It mentions gloves in each box and urges purchase, reflecting an old newspaper style patent medicine pitch with limited legible details.
Mr M M Tillman displayed stalks of corn from his river bottom plantation at D S Daviss store. Each stalk bore three ears and one reached over seven feet high. He grew about 35 acres without fertilizer, claiming the corn was made with elbow grease.
Monroe readers learn of kidney pain relief with Dean's Kidney Pills endorsed by K Levy of 603 W Jefferson St Monroe. He reports backache relief after using one box and no kidney trouble since. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY promotes the remedy priced 60 cents at dealers.
An East Union County farming community near Marshville drives a shift from scrub to Guernsey and Hereford stock. Local breeders emphasize sire quality, cooperative breeding, and planned importations to boost high-grade herds. Union County Fair runs October 25 and 27 highlighting the movement.
A concise proverb notes wisdom lies not only in intellect but in moral character. The phrase urges practical virtue and helpful conduct as the true mark of wisdom.
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