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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
5
Local notes report church meetings in Atlanta and a silver wedding in Monroe, with residents visiting relatives in Buford township. A hospital effort gains support, a public building contract is awarded, and a beaver sighting is noted. The Journal covers school events, a bearded gold nugget find, and upcoming creamery plans in Monroe.
A summary of assorted court outcomes including Jake Simpson for assault and battery with costs, Oscar Jordon and Mattie Connor both colored for assault and battery with costs, Dock Yow for assault and battery with $4 costs, Will Hontey for beating on a train with $10 costs, Arthur Haley for violating ordinance 80 with costs, Roy Smith for carrying concealed weapon with $15 costs, R H Holdbrooks for disposing of mortgaged property with judgment suspended on payment of costs, Wallaco Lawson for ordinance 86 violation with costs, Rob Perry for larceny with a jury trial and five months on roads plus costs, and related note about seed cotton theft by Perry from S L Hinson in Buford township on Nov 28.
The Interstate Commerce Commission today approved reductions in parcel post rates for the United States in zones three through six, with the heaviest cuts for the first pound and each additional pound. Weight limits were raised in the first eight zones. Transients advertise rooms for rent and local business notes appear, including tax collection notices and bicycle shop ads. The market section lists cotton prices and a farm for sale or rent near Monroe.
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