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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
4
The Monrof Journal founded in 1894 by GM Beasley and P Beasley is issued every Tuesday and Friday. The paper lists the address at corner Jefferson and Beasley Streets and a yearly subscription price of 1.00.
Readers are urged to re nominate H B Adams Jr for Recorder. The letter argues Flow attacks on the court were political, praising Adams for fairness mercy and efficiency. It notes annual surpluses under Adams and calls for a sweeping re election on the upcoming primary Saturday.
Reports detail tensions at North Monroe polling rooms as Curtee and Simpson clashed over reading the primary law, voters faced restricted access, and delays stretched hours. Post election chatter noted dog control enforcement and shifts in business centers following a post office move. Mars.
Richmond Dispatch reports E fer Grubb traveled salesman learns his son E fer Grubb dies after being caught between two street cars. A cargo of South American corn lands at Wilmington for the first time. North Carolina’s largest spend is on food stuffs, a heavy financial drain. The Rochester Herald notes great food may follow war savers but warns against home shortages.
Jamaica authorities killed Old Tom a twenty foot man eating shark that haunted Port Royal harbor for twenty years. He fed on fish and once attacked a boy from a warship cutter. Captured near a British war vessel, the carcass will be mounted for Kingston museum.
Albert Richards, a chemist at Roosevelt hospital, was burned in an explosive accident while handling nitric acid. He has endured months of operations and now must wear a mask for life. His wife, unaware of his appearance, later lifted the mask. she fled in fear and never returned.
A Spanish company based in Bilbao with Toronto HQ has Niagara Falls power commission concessions to build and operate an aerial tramway over the whirlpool rapids. The 180 foot span would be the world’s longest for passenger service with a car hung by six cables. A coal vein discovery near Sellersville Valley Pa excites farmers after a plow uncovered a black lumpy substance burning like coal. A mining expert calls the deposit valuable.
California walnut growers project a 1914 harvest of 10 520 tons in the state. The estimate reflects statewide production outlook for the nut.
A moral tale from a schoolroom on the three buttons life liberty and happiness. The piece contrasts enduring ideals with a child’s missing third button symbolizing the pursuit left unfinished. The article also notes political fusion in the tenth district with Britt of Asheville challenging Congressman Gudger and hints at postwar consumer sentiment.
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