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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
5
Vann Funderburk, a one price cash grocer, touts old fashioned New Orleans and Muscavado molasses, Union county molasses, home-made Kraut, and top prices for box caught rabbits. Five minutes delivery advertised.
About three fourths of Union county cotton crop sold by a local buyer amid low grade stock. Speaker L L Parker to address Snyder school house Friday at 3 PM December 14. Salt and salt famine due to freight congestion noted. Mountain apples sold on Monroe streets with many wagons observed. A World War I letter says Lieut Andrew Monroe ill in France hospital but not seriously. Rev B T Rape and wife escape train crash in Florida. The sugar famine relief arrives, alleviating coffee sweetness shortage. Superintendent Nisbet to speak at Cedar Grove school for North Carolina Day program. Police Chief Christenbury urges careful driving after curb damage on Franklin Street. Burglars hit Belk Bros and Tharp Hardware. pistols and small cash stolen, four suspected. Local buyers receive crop estimate 10 449 000, below original. Wedding: C B Robinson and Sallie Stewart unite in Buford Township. Shrine degree earned by local men. large county attendance and honors listed.
Rogers Bros. auctioneers start at eleven o'clock selling about 600 acres of Fitzgerald estate lands near West Monroe and Benton Heights. Farms range 11 to 43 acres with terms one third cash one third in 12 months and balance in two years. Music by a band. large crowd expected. Also Royal Arcanum meeting Wed Dec 12 at 7:30 p.m. for electing officers.
Ann Kroman supports Jack Mulhall in The Midnight Man arriving at Pastime theatre Friday December 14. She balked at the director insisting she share a bed with three kittens for a scene, a detail she dislikes as she hates cats.
Purely Personal lists weekend and current travels of residents and visitors. Notable mentions include Charlie Bundy visiting his parents, J B Doster in Aberdeen, L D Husbands from Hamlet, trips to Baltimore by several, and Yandle family furlough from Watertown. The column records the social movements of Monroe area residents and relatives.
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