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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
7
Washington dispatch notes that one cent postage is poised to dominate the new congressional session. Lawmakers debate postal reforms, plus government control of telegraph and telephone networks, special weight-based postage, and railroad gratuities, with Senator Burton leading the penny rate push.
A Wentworth county court tale recounts a deputy sheriff losing a juror at dinner with the jury. The eleven jurors were found safe, and Judge Lane urged lawyers to overlook the lapse. The incident, never seen before locally, sparked amusement and discussion among court staff and residents.
The piece mirrors a New York Merald tone praising the president's annual address to Congress. It highlights faith, knowledge, and possible reforms including tariff revision, income tax, currency changes, and antitrust tweaks. It notes supporters and critics and compares the approach to a mariner navigating a voyage.
Thought himself a burnt offering Day, a patient at Oakwood sanatorium near Smyrna, set fire to his cottage and perished in the flames about 2 30 Thursday morning. Dr J N Brawner, head of the sanitarium, said Day suffered delusion he had to offer himself as a burnt sacrifice, and the fire was the result.
General Hugh L. Scott, U.S. Army, bid farewell to Navajo leaders including chief deBe-Sho-Sho in Gallup New Mexico. The handshake signified their confidence after he quelled a recent uprising on the Navajo reservation. Scott then returned to El Paso to resume Cavalry command on the Mexican border.
Trustee C N Simpson will auction on a Saturday in January 1914 a 137 7 10 acre tract in Union County waters of Brown Creek described by metes and bounds to secure six bonds to M K Lee. Sale at the county courthouse, highest bidder, cash, with specific boundary lines and corner markers listed.
Vague OCR text promises a one day cure with laxative bromide quinine but contains garbled phrases and lacks clear facts or verifiable entities. No identifiable persons, organizations, or locations are legible.
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