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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
6
A collage of scenes and quips spans baseball at Cincinnati, royal chatter about Roosevelt, a prison reformer debating book use, a Southern voter registration remark, Mountain Springs precincts voting quirks, a servant’s sly retort, and a North Carolina hotel mix up. The items read like a humor page of the era.
A vignette of a Alabama itinerant preacher invited to ride with a young man and vanished in a forest. The tale sits among brief comic scraps including a Virginia court scene with a boastful Rastus and a Oklahoma City man eager to dodge service. Also a bricklayer joke about mortar and a line about men dying from overwork.
The author argues that experience is the best teacher but valuing others experiences too. It cites many thousands using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds with reliable results. It calls the preparation prompt effective and pleasant to take.
The Hogwallow Improvement Association held a regular session. Minutes were approved and the weed question advanced. Reports claim fewer weeds due to heat, with quips about fleas, a man trading for a dog, a self winding watch, and a wood dust sermon request. Local anecdotes cover whistling in sleep and stolen schoolhouse steps. The column ends with a sermon reflection on reaching people as Jesus did, urging confronting daily needs to spread the Gospel.
An old style advertisement promotes Parisian sage as a remedy for thinning hair and dandruff, claiming it stops germ infection and stimulates new growth with simple scalp massages. It also touts the product as a preferred hair dressing for shine and softness. A separate magazine quip jokes about English language misunderstandings in America.
In Superior Court Union County, Joe Cunningham sues Anna Cunningham for divorce on adultery grounds. Defendant must appear at the September term in Monroe, North Carolina, to answer or demur to the complaint. Filed August 30, 1917, R. W. Lemmond. Attorneys Redwine & Sikes for plaintiff.
R F D 5 Waxhaw North Carolina notices all claimants to present verified claims by August 29 1918 or be barred from recovery. Creditors urged to pay promptly. A M Eubanks administrator. W B Love attorney dated August 29 1917.
Having qualified before R W Lemmond Clerk of the Superior Court of Union county N C as Administrator of the estate of I A Fitzgerald deceased this is to notify all persons indebted to the said estate to make prompt payment and notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the estate to present them duly verified on or before the 1st day of September 1918 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery on said claims This Aug 1 1917 W B Houston Admr of I A Fitzgerald deed Frank Armfield Atty
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