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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
8
A Harrodsburg Ky Herald editorial argues against attacking Santa Claus, asserting the enduring, universal belief in him as a guardian of childhood wonder. It defends the myth as a truthful, lasting presence cherished by millions of parents and children across social strata.
A mosaic of clipped dialogue and moral judgments unfolds around a wartime scene. The mother contemplates discipline and the gravity of their task as a child pleads for mercy. A South American commander boasts of taking a general, while an insurgent leader half-jestingly claims victory.
A discussion of Greek home life based on Ferriman’s Greece and the Greeks describes Athenians as home less, preferring cafes, moving yearly, and lacking domestic interiors. It covers wedding practices, that Sundays are favored for marriage, ceremonies at the bride’s home, and heirloom customs guiding who marries first among siblings. Emigration is noted as a dowry strategy among poorer families.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt shows a hobo seeking medicine and asking for water, insisting the medicine must be taken before meals. He asks if a meal is available, while the caretaker offers no guidance and the hobo declines to trouble the caretaker.
A concise maxim on achieving fame by being in the correct place at the correct moment and performing properly with effective advertising. The quote emphasizes timing action and self-promotion as key factors.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt riffs on ennui as a moral disease of the idle who tire from rest while contemplating mortality. The quip blends literary allusion with a cautionary tone about life, death, and vigilance.
St Peters in Rome will close next summer for paving replacement. The project, tied to Rome's fiftieth anniversary as Italy’s capital, aims to use identical stones. Work began near the altar and right aisle. further archaeology uncovers papal epitaphs and pagan tomb artifacts.
On Thursday December 28 at the seller's home nine miles south of Monroe a public sale will offer cash items including three head of good wales one milk cow farm tools two horse plow riding cultivator disc harrow and other minor tools plus wagons a buggy harness corn fodder hay and home goods such as cooking stove beds dressers tables chairs pictures and furniture. Also a brick Yauune printing machine lumber shop tools bellows anvil and workshop items. Ten o'clock arrival urged by W T Laney.
A late week report describes a man cutting glass with water and scissors in a yard to amuse onlookers. In Falls, Clifton Brown and Marshall Curry argued over a wound. Curry shot Brown, killing him. The coroner declared Curry mentally competent and released him after the shooting. A Carmel meeting is scheduled for December 15 to discuss important business, and officials warn residents to avoid inflammable materials on Christmas trees.
Caution against catarrh ointments containing mercury. Advertises Hall Catarrh Care by Pod Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and orally administered. Claims genuine Hall Catarrh Care is sold through druggists with testimonials and price ten cents per bottle.
In a plea for cash in advance subscriptions the newspaper urges readers to pay overdue balances or prepay for a year. The editor casts those current on accounts as part of an honor roll and invites readers to advance their date on the label, offering a first class premium for year ahead payments.
A Wihnington resident, Mr. W. K. Dowdy, aged and respected, was killed by an axe on the street while en route to church Sunday night. His own son is charged with the murder. The grandson witnessed and claimed a negro committed the deed.
A West Virginia blacksmith proclaims dissolution of a partnership with Mose Skinner. He states that all debts owed to the firm will be settled by the respective parties, and those owed by the firm will go to Skinner. The informal notice clarifies the severance of business ties.
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