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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
8
Several Small Farms ranging from 20 to 60 acres offered for sale with a small down payment and long-term balance. Buyers will receive ready-to-use tracts with all buildings cleared and the land prepared for immediate use.
Correspondence from Indian Trail details visits and jobs, church events, and a community letter urging self sufficiency in food production. It notes deaths and accidents in nearby towns, a fire at Chesterfield resident Rayfield, a teen’s accidental death in Mt Gilead, and local Weddington school closing with awards and medals won.
Anson County Sons report Mr John D Leak undergoing an operation at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore with a serious condition as friends in Anson await news. The gallon to quart law change arrives at midnight as South Carolina’s General Assembly enacts the statute. The Little residence, damaged by a fire from a defective flue, is saved mostly with only furnishings moved by Huntley household. Frank Flake, a Florida conductor, reports his train carries potatoes grown by his brother Fred.
A column of humorous vignettes from Hogwallow recounts quirky locals and light mishaps. Sile Kilden buys a hand organ and rides a mule down Gander Creek road. Miss Flutie Belcher doubles chin with pillows. Ellick Hellwanger and Frisby Hancock figure in local diversions. A store opens at Musket Ridge, the Hogwallow Improvement Association aims to curb nightly frog calls, and a book agent tours the area. The piece closes with political anecdotes from Kentucky’s past and a White House anecdote about President Tyler.
Two farmers in Little River town, Caldwell county, faced a violent dispute over a boundary line and a fence. Hil Blair was battered and required medical attention, sparking a warrant for his assailant, Fred Deal. The article concludes with a wry remark about love and birthplace.
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