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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1915
Page
5
In Monroe this week many social notes, visits, and travels are listed. Vann Funderburk advertises Hudson watermelons with quick service. Numerous mentions of family visits, marriages, reunions, and church events fill the town scene alongside sports results and local road measurements.
A sprawling verse lament laments war’s toll on laborers from Norfolk to Decatur and the nation’s farms. It calls for returning to simpler times and urges thrift as households face credit strain. Social notes follow with engagements, weddings, and local notices about gatherings and farewells.
A theatre program lists multiple pieces including You Cant Always Tell a comedy in two acts starring Wo Gar wood and Violet Mersereau Nestor Comedy With Fathers Help featuring Billie Rhodes and Jack Dillon Their Golden Wedding with Daddy Manley and Mother Benson The House of a Thousand Relations a two act comedy starring Harry Merys Rosemary Thelmy and Brinsley Shaw The Alibi a thriller with Wm Garwood and Violet Mersereau Hearts and Clubs featuring Ernest Shields and Eddie Boland
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