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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1912
Page
5
Local market report shows cotton trading at around 13.00 dollars per 100 pounds with futures and spot listings including bale values and basis shifts. Traders note steady demand and limited supply affecting prices.
Advertisements show a payday notice, a hardware store opening, and sales offers from W. R. Outen Co. plus Polk Bros. and other local merchants. Dr. H. Smith will be in Monroe for several weeks starting December 9 to examine eyes. Various buy and sell ads include turkeys, candies, coffee and tea, seeds, and repairs.
Mrs Page and her sisters announce gifts of ten thousand dollars each to build Methodist churches in Biscoe and Aberdeen in memory of their father ALP Page the pioneer railroad builder who opened up Moore Montgomery and Randolph counties. The gifts honor his Christian character and public spirit as well as his extensive industrial impact on the region. Also noted are local notices including auctions, hardware ads, school programs and miscellaneous farm and business items from Monroe area.
Thanksgiving visits fill the week as Misses and Mrs. residents meet relatives from Hamlet Wadesboro Camden and Marshville Stories note weddings engagements and moves including the Wests at Crawford Lookout Shoals power plant plans and a fire near the cemetery Also reports on hospital stays church events and a social bazaar with few graphic details
The campaign broadens in the South with free dispensaries planned for Monroe Waxhaw Marshville Unionville and Alton. County commissioners will fund local costs while the general board covers major expenses. In Richmond Anson and other counties many residents were examined with notable infection rates reported.
Red Cross Seals will be sold in Monroe led by Mrs Frank Armfield and Mrs F B Ashcraft. Proceeds support tuberculosis prevention work nationwide. Citizens urged to buy seals and affix them to letters and packages during the holidays.
The Journal notes a grand Thanksgiving Day at the County Home for the Aged. The Indies of the Rapist church served dinner, with extra contributions from Armfield and Caldwell. An old widower, Mr Lathan, reports a special dinner by Cason, daughter of Jerney, and expresses gratitude for the meal.
The text records a fragmented wartime dialogue mentioning a governor and a guard house possibly in relation to a pardon or military service. It references walking routes between places, a Mrs Pipes, a cousin in regular service, and an officer with an uncertain position. The overall meaning is unclear due to illegible OCR.
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