Local Notices and Ads From Monroe Listings 1917
A collection of small ads and notices includes McCall Jewelry sale promise, magazine subscription handling by Miss Hattle Belk, cash sale warning by J H Myers, farm calls by W Rt Outen and Henry Lily hack services. City ordinance sets parking rules near hydrants and intersections. vehicles must face curb. Mayor John C Sikes signs the ordinance effective December 4 1917.
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Board of Aldermen of
City of
Monroe
John C. Sikes
Local Market Prices For Farm Produce And Livestock
Market notes show rest short cotton and long staple items priced around 20.75 inches. Hens priced at 50 to 60 cents, young chickens 26 to 40 cents, sweet potatoes 90 cents to $1.00 per unit, potatoes 12 to 15 cents, onions eight cents, cured hams and reef cattle listed with approximate values, eggs around 42 cents.
Poisonous snakes in kraut barrel alarm Pageland readers
In Pageland Journal notes a cabbage discovery of threadlike snakes about 10 to 12 inches long found in kraut. claims poison enough to kill several people. Also reports eye injuries from rock throwing near Mount Croghan and a local obituary-like tribute to Dr. John Blair of Union County.
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Pageland Journal
M. L. Sweat
Sweat
Sarah Hendrix
Ur J.D. Hendrix
Pageland
Palmer Hendrix
Pageland Road
Mt. Croghan
Minnie Oliver
Mount Croghan
A. G. Anderson
John Blair
Monne
White Plains
Union County
Union
Doc
R. L. Stevens
William
Doc John
Hayes Sees Billy Sunday Sermon and Village Notes
Mr. W. T. Hayes visited Atlanta to hear Billy Sunday and reports it worth the trip. The village records guests and events including visits by Mrs. Mary Yandle and family, Miss Minnie Hill, Miss Ethel Sprouse, and others. The school progresses, the Sunday school grows, and repairs to the organ are noted with gratitude to Sir John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hayes
Billy Sunday
Stouts
J. Fred Stilwell
Mount Pleasant
Towa
Mary Yandle
North Carolina
Asheville
Minnie Hill
Frank Ballentine
Atlanta
W. T. Ballentine
Miles Arlie Conder
F. M. Yandle
C. M. Boyte
Monroe
T. G. Keziah
Ethel Sprouse
Dock Watkins
Sir John
Lou Hargett
Albemarle
John Sutton
Charlotte
W. T. Sutton
Clyde Ritch
Mt. Holly
J. P. Hargett
Murphy Conder
W. T. Hayes
Death of Doctor John Godfrey at Waxhaw
Funeral services for Doctor John Godfrey known as Doc tor John were held at Old Waxhaw Baptist church after his death on Monday following a stroke. He leaves a wife, one brother and sister, and several children. The report also notes bridge repair delays on Providence road near Twelve Mile creek and a hospital update for Mary Lee Guion recovering from appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxhaw
John Godfrey
John
Old Waxhaw Baptist Church
K. W. Hogan
Godfrey
The
Baptist Church
Providence Road
Bivens Mill
Bond's Grove
Rogers Bridge
Marvin Road
Twelve Mile Creek
L. E. Guion
Mary Lee
Pryor's Hospital
Chester
North Carolina Day Speakers Named for School Addresses
County Superintendent R. N. Nisbet lists numerous local speakers to present on Friday December 1 at various schools. The plan aims to discuss national and world issues and guide public thought, with specific times and locations for each speaker across Union Lanes Creek township to Bakers and Olive Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
B. C.ashcraft
Union
Lanes Creek Township
Rock Rest
W. J. Pratt
Heaton Heights
Iee Park
W. O. Lemond
Fowlers
Ebenezer
R.B. Redwine
Wingate
J. J. Parker
Unionville
J. (. Sikes
Carmel
MA. Osborne
Prospect
Trinity
G. L. Nisbet
Weddington
HW. B. Gurney
Waxhaw
Stouts
J. E. Abernethy
Wealey Chapel
John A. Wray
Bakers
R. N. Nisbet
Journal Subscriber Renewal Urged Before Deadline
The Journal will drop unpaid subscribers after the due date as it switches to a cash-in-advance system starting the new year. Renewal requests should be sent immediately to avoid losing service and stay in good standing with the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Myers
Washington
Crowder
Eee Eenes
Sailor’s Quip on Remedy and Torpedo Toll
A humorous exchange in Punch features a doctor advising salt water gargles for a sailor’s sore throat and the skipper replying that he has been torpedoed six times, riffing on wartime hardship with wit.
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Skipper
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McCall
H. D. Stewart
St. Louis
Ford
Fowler & le
Broadus Usher
F. Terl
N. Wolfe St
Baltimore, Md
W. F. Robinson
Goose Creek Township
Dcc
Bland H. Robinson
Adimr
W. P. Robinson
Deceas
McCall's
Bibbe
John C. Smith
N.C. Rt
Plymouth Rock Cockerela
W. R. Cooper
Connellys Springs
N.C
Lancaster Road
J. &. Brown
D. Helms
Jersey
Charleston
Wakefield
Express
Youngs Island
Enterprise Company, Inc
Sumter
8. C
B. C. Holmes
Mt. Olive
Armfield Bros. & Co
Seaboard Turntable
C. P. Snuggs
E. L. Propst
Charlotte, N. C
J. L. Winchester
Sanford St
M. L. Flow
Perry Mill Co
Wingate, N. C
W. J Rudge Co
Watt Ashcraft
Franklin Street
John McCall
Re- Mable Pressing Club
W. O
Journal Office
H. E. Copple
Florida
Big Lake
Okeechobee
Palm Beach County
Frank Lee
Charlotte, N.C
Parcel Post
Mt Prospect Plant Co
W. P. Plyler
Mineral Springs
N. C
E. Copple
Corinth Church
Rocky River Road
McCormick
J. EB. Crook
Miss Hattle Belk
West
Houston St. City
W. Rt
Henry Lily
Prospect School
M. A. Osborne
8. A. Lathan
Motes
Parker
Bible Land Ve
America
France
England
Germany
Alexander
Napoleon
Belgium
United States
Kaiser
Europe
Gerard
Vicinity
C. C. Mullis
Bettie Baucom
E. B. Pusser
W. Mullis
Goose Creek
Hampton Baucom
New Salem
Franklyn Farnum
Agnes Vernon
Mr. Farnum
Farnum
Vernon
Union County Folks
Monroe Iron & Metal Co
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