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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1912
Page
8
A lengthy appeal urges district residents to campaign for subscriptions with a chance to win $25 in gold Saturday night. It urges readers to recruit friends and relatives, keep persistent effort, and use their subscription books to boost totals, stressing district competition and pride in their child’s potential victory.
The Journal reports district based voting tallies for Monroe with numerous listed children and guardians. Details include district boundaries, route sections, and names with counts such as Master Sam Howle Jr and Miss Christine Wire Belk. prize distribution values of 160 gold to top voter, 125 gold to district runner-up, and 75 gold to district third, plus route-based tallies and participant names.
The document presents bank condition reports for State Bank of Wingate and Farmers & Merchants Bank Monroe, listing resources and liabilities with figures for loans, deposits, and capital. It also notes sworn statements by bank cashiers and notaries, plus early vote results and prizes announced for a district baby contest in Monroe, urging readers to visit early to avoid rush.
A child, Bobby, and his mother relate tales from Aunt Bess about travels in Switzerland. Aunt Bess mentions riding a newspaper boat on Lake Luzerne, prompting Bobby to question if people sail in paper boats, while his mother corrects his imagination with explanations of the story he heard about Lake Lucerne.
A burglar named Albert Bream collapsed and died from heart failure caused by fright after being surprised while burgling a Vienna house. A concierge found a young man searching a cupboard with his back to the door, he shouted and fell, with postmortem noting death from fright.
A humorous court exchange centers on a judge’s remark about love and perception. The dialogue questions whether love can be instantaneous or requires time to reveal true feelings as onlookers witness a lighthearted moment in a courtroom setting.
A northern Missouri justice of the peace proud of his cross state fence tells of a day seeing his son and hired man fight and shouting Cease in the name of the State of Missouri. They crash through the fence and he muses about losing jurisdiction while a teacher tells a roomful of pupils that one may become president. Willie, a Democrat, tearfully confesses he cannot be president.
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