Leopold Left Much Wealth From King’s Estate
Government memo outlines King Leopold’s private fortune at 21 million dollars plus about six million given to Baroness Vaughan and other gifts. He held 12 million in world company shares. Belgium plans to pay his three daughters 1 million each and Empress Charlotte of Mexico 700 thousand for royal properties. Additional settlements total around 4.2 million plus shares and furnishings for various heirs.
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Charlotte
Mexico
Cleignon
Ardenne
Congo
Leopold
Niederfabbach
Clementine
Victor Napoleon
Nature Study Promotes Direct Observation and Spring
Henry Gar mon and Isaac Olis a foreigner employed in cutting timber by the Champion Fiber Company in Haywood County were hurt when a tree fell in the forest near Sunburst and Olis died days later in an Asheville hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Olis
Champion Fiber Company
Sunburet
Haywod County
Asheville
MATURE AT KOGAN AT REX THEATRE THIS WEEK
The Rex Theatre presents nightly shows this week with a mix of dramas and comedies. Tonight features A Romance of the Sea and Little Billy's Triumph, plus Keystone comedy. Wednesday offers Just a Song at Twilight Percy’s First Holiday and The Colonel’s Adopted Daughter. Thursday highlights Pat Fannigan’s Family and Ticket to Red Hare Gulch with Boss the Outens. Saturday showcases Divorce Fate’s Decree and two other features, with Margaret Fisher and Thanhouser stars and Monroe Orchestra accompaniment. Proceeds support Soldiers’ reunion expenses in Jacksonville.
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Percy
Beneft Unt Soldiers
Pat Fannigan
Red Hare Gulch
America
Margaret Fisher
Jacksonville
Squire Henry McWhorter A Waxhaw Leader for Democracy
The Charlotte Observer profile paints Squire Henry McWhorter of Waxhaw Creek Union County as a candidacy rumor with a steadfast, independent Jacksonian streak. Born 1853, he became a magistrate in 1887 and a long time fixture in local politics, famed for honesty and a sharp memory.
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Chart Observer
Squire Henry McWhorter
Charlotte Observer
Squire ‘Howdy
Squire
Henry McWhorter
Waxhaw Creek
Union County
Andrew Jackson
Sam McWhorter
Lacy Richardson
Mace Richardson
Scales
Sauire
House of Representatives
Raleigh
McWhorter
Capitol
Mr. McWhorter
Progressives Set Convention After Unity Rift With Buncombe Republicans
At a Asheville meeting of the Republican Progressives a cleavage appeared between Buncombe Republicans and Progressives. The Progressives decided to call a convention and issue a ticket.
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Asheville
Government insect budget hits eight hundred thousand in 1915
The U S agriculture bill before Congress lists an $800000 appropriation for 1915 to fund the entomology bureau s pest control campaigns. Dr L C Howard notes that pests including boll weevil gypsy moth horn worm and codling moth cause far greater crop losses across cotton corn wheat and forests. The bureau also studies house flies cattle ticks and malaria mosquitoes to protect health and plantations especially in the Mississippi delta.
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Ashington
L. C. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Sam
Dr. Howard
Bureau of Chemistry
Mississippi Delta
Townsend Speech read from Congressional Record at Newark dinner
A Newark audience heard Ned Townsend recount a tale that he wrote notes on a train and a bank examiner accused him of reading from a Congressional Record proof. The anecdote contrasts the rushed newspaper proof process with the illusion of careful drafting.
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Chimmie Fadden
Ned" Townsend
New Jersey
Ned” Townsend
Newark
Townsend
Congressional Record
Ned Townsend
Mosquito Control Battle in Panama Canal Zone
L William L Sinert discusses a 1912 Panama Canal mosquito control effort in Gatun. A Jamaica negro worker was used as bait in mosquito catching bars, earning ten cents an hour for inviting mosquitoes in, in a controversial anecdote from Colonel Sibert.
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L. William L. Sinert
Gatun
Colon Harbor
Gatun Locks
Atlantic Ocean
Panama Canal
National Geographic Society
Sibert
Canal
Sanitary Department
Sant
John
No Secret in the Manufacture of Money Paper
The article debunks the belief that money paper is made by a secret process. It notes lawful paper houses can produce the same material, warns against counterfeit shreds, and explains how photo engraving and mechanized duplication challenge detection. It contrasts past expert scrutiny with modern easier counterfeiting methods and stressed the need for expert recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Social Event Reflects Unemployed Women Crisis
A New York tableau staged by society figures features Mrs Allan Campbell Milo de Gonzales and Tiger the lion to highlight the unemployment of more than a thousand women after two large department stores failed. The event supports the Conference on Unemployed Among Women with backing from Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt and Barnum Halley Circus management.
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New York
Allan Campbell
Milo
de Gonzales
Ciety
Barnum & Halley Circus
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Waldorf Astoria pageant dazzles with Ve nt ras Venetae spectacle
The financial success of a mid Lenten pageant at the Waldorf Astoria surpassed prior shows. The feature Ventras Venetae presented The Temple of Love tableau with Mrs Hewitt coordinating playwright F H Markle and architect Albert Herter. Prominent figures from the Blue Book and Who’s Who attended to boost funds for unemployed women.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Hewitt
F. H. Markle
Albert Herter
River Poet Sheridan Drowned In Kansas River
Andrew Jackson Sheridan, 74, famed eccentric and wealthy riverfront resident, was found drowned in the Kansas River near his concrete riverside home. He had edited a magazine dedicated to poetry and health and often memorialized the river in verse.
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Kansas, City
Andrew Jackson Sheridan
River Front
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas River
Sheridan
Candidate announcements list for Union County offices
The Journal will publish free one card per candidate under his signature to inform readers who are running for offices. After each card appears once, further insertions incur standard rates. The text includes a sheriff and a state senator candidate, announcing intentions subject to the Democratic primary and referencing Union County.
Por Sheriff Candidacy Announcement
Union J.V. Griffith declares self as candidate for the office of sheriff outlining aims and qualifications for the role. The notice signals an unofficial campaign launch and willingness to engage with voters.
Robert N Page Seeks Democratic Nomination for NC Seventh District
A candidate announces his bid for the Democratic nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress from North Carolina Seventh District, with the primary set for May 1914. The message endorses Jerre C Laney for Union County commissioner, noting Laney’s four years of service and urging voters to nominate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Robert N. Page
Houston for Representative in Union county race
The letter endorses Dave Houston as the best man to represent Union county in the North Carolina General Assembly. It notes he knows the law and has been tried and made good. If he consents his name will be used for nomination and election to the District’s Clerk of the Court post remains under consideration.
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Mture
Forlag le
Henry Garmon
AL Houston
Union County
General Assembly
North Carolina
Dave Houston
Houston
Dr Houston
Lemmond Seeks Re-Election as Clerk of Superior Court
For Clerk Superior Court date for re election to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court subject to the action of the Democratic primary R W Lemmond
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Superior Court
R. W. Lemmond
List Takers Appointed in Union County for Tax Return Dates
Notice lists the designated places and dates for Union County property owners to return their property for taxation. May 2 Howie Mine May 5 Clark's Store May 15 Mineral Springs May 26 Prices Mill May 23 Marvin May 20 Weddington. Signed by RE B Cuthbertson list taker. Also announces sale for taxes due 1914 on May 4 at noon at Monroe courthouse for delinquent parcels.
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Union County
Sandy Ridge Township
Howie Mine
Clark's Store
Mineral Springs
Prices Mill
Marvin
Weddington
RE. B. Cuthbertson
Court House
Monroe
N. C
Savant
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King
Fortune
Nature
Bindstudy
Kogan
REX Theatre
Lfe
Little Billy
Keystone
Hell
Thanhouser
Margaret Snow
Thanhouser Kidlet
Mabel
Fate
Fackson
Wistincghy Goss
Bugs
Uncle Sam
Congressional
Canal Zone
EBBER
New York Society
Society
Sherif
Price
State Senate
J.V. Griffith
Jerre C Laney
Eart
Wees Ored
Junious Alston
Will Cauthern
iHenry Crowell
Wm. Hasty
John L. Massey
Jas. Michell and Wife
Dock Rorle
Sol Starnes
Hite
D. F
H. B. Peach
Suy
T. L. Crowel
Geo. M. Aldridge
Black Mountain
Aldridge
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