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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1914
Page
5
Local notes report visits by Miss Grace Grattick and Velma Morrow of Albemarle to Miss Kathrine Whitfield. many relatives travel, shop, and attend services. Notable items include a Wrightsville Beach trip, a singing at Crooked Creek, school opening details, and a Typhoid illness affecting William Bickett’s family.
Judge Lane presides as Solicit or Brock prosecutes a sift of minor cases. Lonnie Tucker case set for tomorrow. A 65 man grand jury is summoned. Will Blount case for Thursday. Judge Lane denounces money in elections. Grand jury roster lists Collins as foreman and others including Funderburk Horton Helms Staten Brantley Billue Shute Brooks McDonald Starnes Simpson Grads Pusser Biggers Lartha Belk Plyler Lathan.
T L Crowell argues against epidemic fears in Monroe noting only seven typhoid fever cases among about 5000 residents after consulting every local physician. He states the figures contradict circulation of a citywide health crisis.
W. H. Pressley announces candidacy for re election to the office of constable of Goose Creek township subject to the Democratic primary.
Mr. Cade Sell traveled with his family to the country and carried a bottle of carbolic acid in his hip pocket. The bottle crushed, his fingers blistered, and acid soaked through clothing injuring a two inch by two and a half inch skin area. A physician warned the flesh may slough and form a deep running sore.
A newspaper item warns parents after a young boy stealing a ride on a Ford running board was thrown from a car driven by A M Secrest. Traveling about ten mph, the boy fell headfirst and was unconscious for minutes, risking fatal injury if he hit a rock. Parents are urged to keep children off running boards.
County Commissioner candidate J C Laney visited Belk Bro on the Fourth of July and asked a clerk if she had seen a good looking lady in a clerk’s outfit. The clerk allegedly replied about Twit Know th Wall, and Laney claimed she might be his wife.
Ford announces a profit sharing program for buyers of 1915 cars, promising refunds of 40 to 60 dollars if the 300000 car output between August 1, 1914 and August 1, 1915 is reached. Other automakers like Maxwell Chandler and Franklin follow with similar pricing ads.
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