Notice in Union County NC court actions 1914
In 1914 Union County Superior Court proceedings plaintiff Mary L. Conder seeks support from J Frank Conder estate and a receiver is appointed. defendant must answer May 4, 1914. Separate action Minnie Marine sues James Marine to annul marriage alleging a prior wife. answer due May 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Union County
Minnie Marine
Va. Jamey Marine
Puperlos
Lome
Superior Court
Salt County
Sali Tne
Monroe
R. W. Lemmond
The Blue of the Sky Explained by Oxygen Theory
A New York World summary notes Professor Spring of the University of Liege proposes that sky blue arises from oxygen in the air. He rejects dust and polarization explanations and argues liquid air and condensed oxygen account for the color, contrasting with earlier theories by Da Vinci and Niters.
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Spring
University of Liege
Dave
Leouanle da Vinci
Isage Newtes
Tyndall
Professor I
New York World
Ingenious Frenchman Ends Life With Improvised Guillotine
A fragmentary report describes a Frenchman who planned his death using a balloon attached to a neck collar and a window cord weight. He released a clamp, causing decapitation, with the body and head later found away from the scene near a peasant’s field eighteen leagues from Paris.
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Paris
Cornish Humor in Liskeard Courtroom Tales
A Cornish newspaper row recalls a magistrate laughing at a police witness who claimed a man was drunk and unable to stand, and a solicitor’s sharp rebuke in a separate case. A councilor’s tangled street metaphor about dust bins sparks further amusement.
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Liskeard
Buried Upside Down at Leith Hill Tower Tale
The London Chronicle notes a tale that an eccentric farmer was buried on Leith Hill summit head downward so the tower work would turn and he rise upright. It links this Leith Hill legend to Hall of Leith Hill, who may have died around 1707 and been buried there, with the earlier tale possibly transferred from nearby Box Hill.
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Hall
Leith Hill
London Chronicle
Chief Justices Antecedents Mentioned By Verger Tale
A London Chronicle tale recounts a Sunday at St Mary Abbots Kensington where an American lady asks which chorister is the lord chief justice. The verger deflects, saying the choir does its duty and their antecedents need not be inquired into, while naming roles of vicar, curates, and verger.
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S “Hantecedents
Lord Alverstone
Xong
St. Mary Abbots
Kensington
Thes
London Chronicle
Prideful Father Faces Envy After Baby Show Win
A father in the Washington Star piece reveals pride and concern after his baby wins a prize at a show. He fears neighbors will envy and resents the win, and wonders about moving away due to jealousy. The exchange highlights community tensions around a child’s achievement.
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Washington Star
Ears Draw Witty Exchange At City Corner
A London Telegraph snippet records a man warning that Smithers must not pull his ears or face trouble. The crowd gaze at the ears and smile at the jest, capturing a brief street corner moment.
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Smithers
London Telegraph
Pull man porter chooses upper six tooth
Quotations from the Lowlaville Courier Journal reveal a Pullman porter selecting an upper six tooth for extraction. The exchange shows a casual, local voice reflecting everyday life in the era.
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Lowlaville Courier Journal
Toothbrush Etiquette Ends Brief Flat Romance
A tall girl discovers Mary has left after a dispute over toothbrushes in a six room flat. Mary showed unusual interest in toothbrushes, causing a conflict that led to a sharp confrontation and their eventual severance of relations.
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Mary
Alt
Frequent Forget Ring Warns Nervous Bridegroom
A humorous warning about grooms forgetting the wedding ring. Clergy members have helped by substituting items like a key ring or a lone eyeglass lens, prompting the bride to proceed with the ceremony. The anecdotes highlight quick thinking to avert a potential mishap before the vows.
Day of Living and the Joy of Sanity and Sympathy
The text extols living joy as a path to sanity courage and sympathy. It notes that avoidable calamities gloom the day yet cheerful souls bring blessing to the disconsolate. Happiness is a right and obligation guiding others toward liberty and comfort for the downtrodden. An innocent happy child comforts sorrowful hearts and inner peace enables service to others.
No Race of Giants and human height variation
A discussion rejects the idea of extinct giant races or living humans greatly taller than the typical population of northern Great Britain. It explains that while normal height varies, a third more or less than average is exceptional and not evidence of giants or dwarf races.
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Great Britain
First Civilization Debate Places Egypt at Civilization’s Dawn
The article weighs who first bore civilization arguing that writing and orderly society began in Mesopotamia, with supporters increasingly favoring Chaldea or Babylonia. Yet Egypt still lays claim to an earlier, sovereign emergence.
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Egypt
Chaldea
Babylonia
Land of
Don’t Neglect Your Stomach Mi o na Ad
An early 20th century style ad promotes Mi o na Stomach Tablets from the English Drug Company. It claims relief for indigestion appetite loss sour or gassy stomachs and headaches. It promises quick relief and stronger digestion with a money back guarantee.
Notice of administration and sale in Union County court
In Union County Superior Court before the Clerk The Savings Loan & Trust Company administrator of Sallie Ghent sues James M Baker et al. The defendants are unknown in Union County. Plaintiff seeks to sell child real estate to pay debts and asks publication of notice weekly for four weeks in The Monroe Journal Valon County. Appearance required May 2, 1914 at the Clerk of the Superior Court office.
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North Carolina
Union County
Superior Court
Savings, Loan & Trust Company
Sallie Ghent
James M. Baker
James Baker
John Baker
Nettle Baker
Sarah Wells
Daniel Wells
Jack Baker
Tom Baker
Curtis Baker
Matte Catoe
Tom Catoe
Nathan Baker
Jim Ivey
Matthews
N.C
Bil Ivey
Ivey
Josie Baker
Taylor Baker
Ke Ht
Ghent
Union
Salle R. Ghent
Towit
RW. Lemmond
Commissioner's Sale of Land in Union County
A Special Proceeding in Union County Court offers the Mary Mills tract of about 100 acres near Mills school house for sale by commissioners. Sale at Monroe courthouse on April 11 1914 at 12 noon, one third cash, rest in six months, highest bid, land surveyed prior, bids held twenty days. See Love McNeely offices for survey plats.
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Superior Court of
Union County
Ellison Mills
Andrew Mills
Monroe
North Carolina
Lanes Creek Township
Mills
Mary Mills
A. Jackson Mills
Love & McNeely
A.D
W. B. Love
J. J. Parker
Notice to creditors in Lula Funderburk estate
Having been appointed administrator of the estate of Lula Funderburk deceased this is to notify all persons holding claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned duly authenticated on or before the 25th day of March 1915 or this notice will be pleaded in that of their recovery Those owing the intestate will make prompt payment and save rs costs This 23rd day of March 1914 J E FUNDERBURK Admi Stack Parker Attys
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North Carolina
Caso County
Mary L. Conder
J. Frank Conder
Superior Court
Union County
18Th Judicial District
Court House
Monroe
N.C
Momtay
Maren
Thos. J. Shaw
15Th
Stack & Parker, Attys
PHT
Lula
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Formula
An advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a reliable remedy for preventing blood poisoning. It claims quick relief of pain and simultaneous healing as a liniment and dressing, priced at one dollar.
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Bank of Union Building
Monroe Insurance & Investment Company
J. BL Caldwell
Shriners
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlanta, GA
Raleigh
Wilmington
Charlotte
Fayetteville
Hamlet
Wadesboro
Winston-Salem
W.S.S.B. Ry
Inman Park Siding
Seaboard
Atlan
Pullman
F. A. Fetter
John T. West
Sportincsas
Reach
Heath Hardware CO
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