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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1914
Page
7
Advice on truthful, thorough product descriptions to win consumer confidence. Emphasizes detailing every merit, avoiding misrepresentation, and using separate ads for each selling point. Highlights how logic and honesty influence purchasing decisions and trust.
Reported remarks at a club reception mix social chatter about last year’s floods with praise for today’s sunny weather. Interspersed are light exchanges greeting the president and vice presidents, plus humorous reflections on social bore and decor, ending with a gold nugget found near Dry Creek after a tire puncture incident.
The Wheeler Bros. Wild West show plans a Monroe appearance on October 3 with a grand parade and afternoon and evening performances. Features include Tango, earths largest living animal, Cossack riders, Paris Hippodrome races, and Mendoza Company bull fighters in a Mexican bull fight. Also notes Indian Army reinforcement plans in Europe and a personal lament on a lost boy.
Mr and Mrs Nububs clash over courting time but Mr Nububs returns home elated promising a theater night. Mrs Nububs pretends enthusiasm while noting tickets are in hand and the date is set for next Tuesday week. The light exchange hints at prior strains and hopeful plans.
A Boston era note cites the New York Tribune expressing dismay over rewards for dead files in Vinahing. The piece warns that such incentives tempt youths to breed burning pests to profit, risking public safety and moral trust.
A sensational beach scene near South Carolina avenue drew a crowd as four demure young women in white bathing costumes entered the surf. Patrolman McDonough quickly assisted one 18 year old in distress, wrapping his coat around her as she walked ashore. Authorities note this was the season’s first white bathing suit on the strand and hope it will be the last.
An ad supervisor visits a daily editor in Indiana to read a bold line from an ad. The editor discovers the copy reads If you want to have a fit wear Jones shoes revealing the advertiser’s frustration with readers reacting to a misprint.
A jumbled report blends a Belgian minister protest over German actions in Louvain with dramatic war imagery. It recounts destruction of the university and St Peter church, describes refugees and executions, and intersperses moralizing editorials about prophecy and astrology, including anecdotes from Africa and Europe.
FABRILINE is a tasteless quinine preparation advertised for children. It claims to calm nerves, ease ringing in the heel, and avoid stomach disturbance. The ad urges asking for the original package and mentions Ferrilink as a bottle label.
An old advertisement notes a tonic named Altme described as strengthening for adults and an audience. The fragment mentions groves tastes and a deep system effect, with price noted as zero cents.
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