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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1914
Page
4
The Monroe Journal is published twice weekly by G. M. Beasley and J Y Beasley at the corner of Jefferson and Beesley Streets. Subscription is $1.00 per year. This issue notes Tuesday publication and lists a local telephone number.
A fragment argues that royal ambitions drive wars across a thousand years, with Austria as a present hotbed. It laments rulers who sacrifice people for dynastic aims, while condemning socialists calling for peace as the only voices against endless strife.
Movements around New York Harbor show German, Austrian, and Dutch reservists stranded or awaiting clearance papers as British and American authorities coordinate with Washington. The Olympic and Cedric face uncertain fates while battleships guard ports and German cruisers loom. Meanwhile ships depart Naples and Halifax with American sailors for Europe, and local officials prepare to repurpose personnel for foreign service.
The Rex Theatre invites all ages to a Friday matinee at 3 30 with admission 10 and 15. A feature described as wonderful promises a memorable showing and urges everyone to attend rather than miss it.
Tonight J Warren Kerrigan stars in The Call a Book There Was followed by The Man Within with Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenport. Wednesday Fantomas detective drama. Thursday In a Persian Garden romance. Friday Joseph in the Land of Egypt. Saturday The Fox and a big comedy O reels. Matinee 3:30, Admission 10 and 15 cents.
An Atlanta man estimates the size of Servia against Georgia to illustrate the vastness of looming war. He claims three Servias could fit into Georgia with room to spare, while noting Servia’s population at about 3,000,000, roughly 400,000 more than Georgia.
Pauline escapes danger at a coastal inn with Owen and Hicks plotting to entrap her. Harry, tracking a pirate trail, coordinates a daring rescue using a rocket gun and breeches buoy to pull her safely to shore as a lifeboat crew is unavailable. The tale highlights Pauline taking extraordinary risks for thrills.
In Monroe Louisiana a mob of about five hundred dragged Preston Griffin and Charles Hall from the city hall tower and hanged them in the jail yard. Henry Holmes, linked to the crime, was lynched less than a day earlier. An elderly grocer A J Madden was killed during a robbery. Moravian ministers abroad are noted but face no danger. arrival and passage delays affect return plans.
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