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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1912
Page
7
Bank of Union highlights its good service and strong connections for customers. The notice invites business with a cordial approach aimed at mutual benefit and safe places to deposit funds.
Mrs Emma McRae Covington wife of Dr J M Covington of Wadesboro died in Charlotte Tuesday after being pulled from the Parson drug store collapse. She was a leading figure in local religious and social life and perished with her granddaughter in the disaster.
Monroe to issue 30000 in bonds at 5 percent for a sewerage system. Bonds run 30 years, payable from annual real and personal property taxes. Election set for May 7, 1912, with ballots marked Sewerage or No Sewerage. Registration opens six Saturdays before the vote. city officials listed as registrars. Total city indebtedness and tax values shown.
A report from Austin and Correll notes a machine shop in distress as it moves to repair engines and jet machinery, signaling strain at a war depot and urging quick action by known authorities.
Paul Chatham has installed eight vacuum milking machines costing about 1000 dollars each to milk Pr cows in about an hour, reducing eight workers from two to three hours. The devices promise cheaper, cleaner, and more sanitary milking with less labor, and claimed longer shelf life for the milk.
The obituary notes Grandma Moore born in 1825 in Lancaster County South Carolina married to James Moore of Union County North Carolina in 1847. She moved to Russellville Arkansas in 1884 with her children and joined the M E Church in 1886. Her death followed a long Christian life with nine children and several grandchildren.
A little eight year old girl was run down and killed by an automobile in Anderson’s public streets last week. The author argues drivers need training and regulation, noting that cars seem to assume others must yield. He laments that horses still share the roads and calls for cautious driving.
The notice advises readers eager to secure the value of their money for plane purchases to consult firms CHAS M STEEN at West Trade Street Charlotte NC and STIESR NUTDEING at 218 South Tryon Street opposite Academy of Music after June 1 1912.
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