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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
2
The fragmentary notes claim George Thomas held a position nine years and was accused of a hastened plan. Mentions of a pedantic editor and postmaster confrontation, a bet over drinking liquor, and alleged sightings near Ballur Creek paint a chaotic scene with unresolved accusations and insinuations.
An erratic notice describes a rise in newspaper ads and reader appeal, noting a man named Mr. James Soest injured near the Star saloon after a confrontation. The saloon owner, Feshee Wan, plans to relocate soon, with criminal or violent context suggested but not detailed. The report mentions promotional overstatement and reader support patterns.
Sorth Mearveems reports Mrs Frank Broom and children visiting Mrs Broom's mother Mrs Punderburk of Concord and Mrs M Broom of Huntersville before returning. Several locals are listed as ill or recovering, with visits among friends and relatives noted. The era's political column critiques Mr Hughes and contrasts him with past Republican leaders, questioning his claimed reform and party loyalty.
Jaele Walt Mason recites that young men leave home for Rathway Nome Boston New York and even Gay Paree Edin burgh or Cork in search of fame and fortune. Eldorados lure them abroad while elders warn of lost loves and safer roots as youths hunt distant abodes and the promise of money and glory.
Multiple property listings advertise 60 acres near Pageland on sand clay road with a modern dwelling and building lots, 128 acres on Davis Mine Road opposite Monroe Insurance tract, 1574 acres near Monroe with timber, 1556 acre stock farm with cattle and goats, 1000 acres or 1160 acres in Chesterfield County offered in whole or parcels, all with terms or easy payments and local contact persons in North Carolina and Georgia.
A vintage travel guide style ad extols Sloan's Liniment to relieve sore muscles after a hard day and ease toothache neck and back pain during vacations. It urges travelers to carry a bottle, claiming it covers cramps bites stings and casual injuries with readiness and no regrets.
Public sale at the Monroe courthouse door on September 7 1916 at noon for two tracts of the Howie Mining property in Sandy Ridge township Union County North Carolina. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance with six percent interest in six and twelve months secured by securities and title retention. Sale subject to bid raise and court confirmation. Commissioners Frank Armfield and W J Pratt supervise for the Superior and Western District courts.
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