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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
5
Local notes report visiting relatives, dairy farming concerns, and community support. Neighbors helped a sick resident with crops and raised funds, while dairy and feed costs prompt calls to retain cows. Socials include theater, travel, and visitors from Atlanta, Charlotte, and Georgia amid daily town life.
The case against J. Plyter Randolph McLarty and Horace Williams for stealing two bales of cotton from Crow Brothers last fall ended in a mistrial. Williams pleaded guilty to his part and a petition to suspend judgment circulated. Williams, a member of the Bickett Battery now at Wadesboro, had bond renewed to January term. he may depart with the battery to France if out of jurisdiction.
A lighthearted note from Bru-Ne Theatre recalls a joke about husbands who keep the final say, highlighting playful gender banter in a local entertainment blurb.
A farmer observes a frog near bee hives that rapidly eats honeybee morsels. He kills one frog and finds bees in its stomach, then another frog appears doing the act. The incident prompts warnings that frogs may prey on bees and urges hive owners to clear premises.
Health notes by H. D. Stewart explain typhoid can spread via water or food or through flies. The bacilli enter through the mouth and about a thousand people have contracted the typhobacteria, gaining protection for roughly two years. The virus appears to inhibit other gut bacteria, giving temporary relief from indigestion and autointoxication.
To Mr. and Mrs Vernon Griffin Monroe township a son June 29. To Mr. and Mrs J Vann Trull Wingate R F D a son July 2. To Mr. and Mrs Clyde Nash Wingate R F D 1 a daughter July 4. To Mr. and Mrs William Harper North Monroe a daughter Annate Lee July 22. To Mr. and Mrs Jas Franklin Helms Monroe Rt 6 a son July 22. To Mr. and Mrs S W Helms Monroe township a son July 24. T iL Crowell Registrar.
A Scottsville New York user credits Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for relief during a severe summer illness. She says the medicine helped once five years ago and has since aided other family members, stressing prompt treatment and keeping the remedy on hand during hot months.
Notices call Monroe township overseers to report on roads and appoint new overseers at 11 o clock next Saturday August 4 with Helms as Chairman and M H Richardson as Secretary Goose Creek township overseers to meet August 13 at Unionville to organize sections and report specific orders from I A Clonta chair FARMS FOR SALE Seven horse farm fenced in South Georgia near Pur don Stock Farm Sparta Ga suitable for livestock and dairy plus two packing plants and creamery FOR SALE 161 acres grain and tobacco land with dwelling barns pasture timber in Timberlake N C suitable for home seekers or investors FOR SALE Registered Angus bulls heifers and Hampshire down sheep by J M Allen Kingston Teno
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