Notice in Union County Superior Court case Conder v Conder
In Union County Superior Court Mary L. Conder seeks support from the estate of her husband J. Frank Conder. A receiver was appointed and is to preserve his personal property. the defendant must appear May 4, 1914, in Monroe, N C to answer and show cause why the receivership should not continue and why the restraining order should not be extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
18Th Judicial District
Court House
Monroe
N.C
Thos, J. Shaw
Stack & Parker
Attys
Notice to creditors for Lula Funderburk estate
Appointment of administrator for Lula Funderburk deceased warns all claimants to present debts by March 25 1915 or risk losing recovery. Owing intestate must pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated March 24 1914 by J B Funderburk administrator Stack Parker attorneys.
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Lula
Funderburk
J. B Funderburk
Adir
Stack & Parker, Attys
Father Great Pipe and the Will of the Dutch Smoke
Demet rius Rentiger recounts the tale of Pether Great Pipe a legendary Dutch smoker known as Van Kia of Kottentam. The story details his daily tulwer use his coffin plan for a funeral and the strange condition that mourners must smoke without interruption to honor him.
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von Klaes
Holland
Demetrius Rentiger
van Kia
Kottentam
Pether
von Klaes Stokes
Rlazself
Telmeca
Tun
Euries
Whistler’s Portrait Painted Then Destroyed by Artist
Lord Redesdale recalls Whistler describing his method as he stood at one end of the room with a large brush and smashed color into a sitter’s portrait from a distance. After completion the bailiffs entered, and Whistler later destroyed all his canvases with a knife, including that work.
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Redesdale
Whistler
London
L Lord Redesdale
Dandee Advertiser
Banquets In Beth’s Time During Queen Elizabeth’s Era
The article outlines a multi course banquet from Elizabethan times. First course features wheats and broths, second course includes lampreys and stock fish, with many puddings in the third. Subsequent courses offer meats, fowls, and a wide sweets section. Drinks include beer wine sack and mead.
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Beth
Duke of Sutherland’s private line and a tale of reverence
An anecdote from the late Duke of Sutherland, Europe’s largest landowner, who ran a private Denrobin castle railway. He once ran down an old woman, who calmly asked if he was angry. The exchange reveals tenant respect and a humorous miscommunication about “financial rabies” and money obsession.
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Duke of Sutherland
Europe
Denrobin Castle
Woman Declares Independence in Frugal Living Quip
A brief exchange from the St. Louis Republic features a woman asserting independence and humor about money while a young man negotiates finances. The dialogue contrasts desire for a richer life with a wish to avoid living cheaply.
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St. Louis Republic
Belated Remarks Quip on Evenings at Home
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript with Dix quipping that his wife saves most remarks for him at home while Rix notes his wife says little when he goes out in the evenings. The exchange underscores domestic humor in a local paper.
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Rix
Dix
Boston Transcript
Paw Knows Everything Willie-Paw and The World A Stage
A terse quote laden fragment in which a character named Enqulrer cites Paw Knows Everything and Willie-Paw debating why the world is a stage. It links critics to those who cannot act and echoes Cincinnati phrasing.
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Paw
Willie
Clocinnat
Ants as disease carriers tested in Panama Canal Zone
Experiments by Dr. L B Bates in 1912 used large yellow ants to test transmission of typhoid fever and bacillary dysentery. In feeding trials the ants did not harbor typhoid in their intestines, but when ants crawled over dishes after being coated in typhoid cultures their footprints carried the bacteria, yielding positive results in many trials.
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Man
London Lancet
Tropics
L. B. Bates
Ancon
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Rising Generation and the Capacity of Youth Today
Panel H Eckstorm in the Atlantic argues that the current young generation is as capable and earnest as the past, challenging the view of older generations that youth are inferior. He questions memories of the past and asserts that many elders lack honesty, courtesy, and humanity, while urging a fair assessment of sons and daughters.
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Buckrum
Pannle H
Eckstorm
Atlantic
Foreign fashions and goods boost market in China
Chinese provinces adopt foreign dress cuisine and housing and push for more foreign merchandise. Foreign clothing shoes hats and jewelry rise rapidly as furniture hardware and locks become popular. Foreign foods gain share, cann ed provisions expand while Chinese delicacies lose foothold, affecting the Chungking guild selling sharks fins.
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China
Chungking
Eat Less and Be Happy
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison and her husband reduce their meals to about half their former portions and report clear health gains. She claims to have improved sleep, clarity, and energy, even noting a possible weight gain from the new eating plan while admitting the old regimen was excessive. The couple credits disciplined dieting with better overall well being.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Real Estate Sale Ordered by 1914 Superior Court
A public auction of 79 acres in Buford township Union County North Carolina will occur May 9 1914 at 12 oclock at the Monroe courthouse. The sale follows a judgment in special proceeding No 678 The Sikes Co Inc vs Ethel Hateh Daniel Hateh Beasie Collins Marshall Collins. Land surveyed prior. deed to purchaser. Commissioner M H Richardson announces.
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Superior Court of
Union County
Sikes Co., Inc
Ethel Hateh
Daniel Hateh
Beasie Collins
Marshall Collins
Court House
Monroe
Buford Township
North Carolina
M. H. Richardson
Ben
John Griffith
Reece
Superior Court
Notice of sale in Union County heirs not found
In the Superior Court Union County The Savings Loan Trust Company administrator of Sallie Ghent vs James M Baker et al. an order directs publication in Monroe Journal for four weeks. Defendants not found residing in the state must answer by May 2, 1914. Judge R W Leymond C S C.
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North Carolina
Union County
Savings, Loan & Trust Companny
Sallie Ghent
James M. Baker
John C. Sikes
Acton
Jas. M. Baker
Sidney Baker
Julia Baker
Alex Baker
Mary Jane Reeves
Jef Reeves
Billie Baker
Sam Baker
Rose Baker
Tremble
James Baker
John Baker
Nettle Baker
Sarah Wells
Daniel Wells
Jack Baker
Tom Baker
Curtis Baker
Mattie Catoe
Tom Catoe
Nathan Baker
Jim Ivey
Matthews
N.C
Bill Ivey
Robin Ivey
Josie Baker
Taylor Baker
Marie Baker
Tom Ivey
Susie Taylor
John Taylor
Lou Ladd
Geo. Ladd
Joe Funderburk
Betsey Baker Phillips
Jon Taylor
Geo. Taylor
Tom Taylor
Sallie Templeton
Hope Templeton
Susie Baker Taylor
Sallie R. Ghent
Union
Towit
Monroe Journal
Superior Court
Petsoner
R. W. Leymond
W. J. Gordon
Jote Howle Et
Land at Twelve Mile Creek auction in Union County NC
A special court sale in Union County North Carolina offers the W. J. Gordon land tract of 67.87 acres on Twelve Mile Creek in Jackson township. The property lies partly within Waxhaw city limits and will be sold in two lots then as a whole, with half cash and the remainder on credit due December 1 1914, secured by note and mortgage. Commissioner W J Gordon and counsel Redwing and Sikes announce the sale details.
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Monroe
N. C
Twelve Mile Creek
Jackson Township
Upton
North Carolina
P. Gordon
J. W. DeLaney
J. L. Rodman
Davis
W. W. Norwood
John Graham
Mellwaine Road
T. W. Secrest
Waxhaw
W. J. Gordon
Redwing & Sikes
Attys
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T. P. Dillon
Baker's
Monroé Insurance & Investment Company
B. Caldwell
Bank of Union Building
Heath Hardware CO
Tholesale
Father
Detroit Free Press
Panama Canal Zone
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