Hogwallow News Laughs and Local Tales From Tickville
Hogwallow reports from Dec 10 recounts a mix of small town happenings. Atlas Peck guides his owl at night, barrels get refused when empty, and moonshine rumors swirl around Musket Ridge. A preacher warns, a fiddler is critiqued, and a potato appears on a rural road as town life buzzes with humor and small concerns.
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Hogwallow News
Hogwallow
Tickville
Opera House
Peck
Bat Smith
Musket Ridge
Ran Barlow
Dog Hill
Board of Stewards
Jefferson Potlocks
Excelsior
Society
Atlas Peek
Yam Sims
Sidney Hocks
Rosy Moseley
Tobe Moseley
Cricket Hicks
Notice to Tax Payers on City Improvements
A 1917 tax collection notice from Monko warns citizens to pay taxes promptly under the Zen Pal Finance Act. The city undertakes water and light system improvements and extensions are limited to 18 days. City tax collector A L Crow, by order of the Board of Aldermen, will proceed to collect without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monko
Nancing
ZEN Pal Finance
A. L. Crow
the Board OF Aldermen
Law Notice by W C Lemmond Attorney at Law
W C Lemmond attorney at law announces practice in all United States Federal Courts with emphasis on collection of claims and estates settlement by administrators and executors at Office in Law Building old Library Room Monroe N E.
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W. C. Lemmond
Officina Law Building
Old Library Room
Monroe
N. WE
Holidays Bring Guests From Va and Nc Town
Marshville residents read of visiting relatives from Princetown Virginia, Charlotte, Petersburg, Newport News, Albemarle, Concord, and Akron Ohio. Army callups affect Claude Griffin and Lee Hallman while others like Doss Griffin F. H. Dahlman and J Z Green return home for the holidays as snow remains and people cope with icy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshville
Doss Griffin
Princetown
F. H. Dahlman
Charlotte
D. Moore
Dahlman
Montrose
Baxter Smith
Petersburg
Smith
Frank Smith
Lanes Creek Township
Beever Harrill
Shelby Graded School
M. Harrill
Harrill
Onone
Roy and
Jessie James
Newport News
D. M. James
Vance James
Albemarle
Lillie Price
Bessie May Hallman
C. B. Williama
Tampa
Fla
Kemp Armfeld
Mt. Pleasant Military School
John McBride
Concord
Grove McBride
J. Z. Green
Washington
Baltimor
Richmond
Benson Marsh
Akron
Ohio
Claude Griffin
Lee Hallman
Income Tax Officer to Visit This County
Collector Wetts announces a federal income tax officer will visit Marshville Waxhaw Monroe from January 2 to 3 4 to 5 7 to 12 and February 18 to 21 1918 to help residents file 1917 returns at no cost. Returns must be filed by March 1 1918 and penalties from 20 to 1000 dollars apply for noncompliance. Citizens should prepare figures now including expenses such as interest taxes paid hired help and goods sold while income includes nearly every dollar.
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Wetts
Marshville
Waxhaw
Monroe
Tax Delinquency Warning for Monroe Businesses
The city of Monroe Union County warns that any person firm or corporation failing to pay taxes by February 1 of any year will be deemed delinquent tax payers.
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Monroe
Union County
Generous Fees and Ancient Dental Ways
A humorous look at old time dentistry contrasts with modern methods. anecdotes recount a Khedive Egypt testing laughing gas and a missionary extracting a chief’s tooth using improvised tools, culminating in a quirky reward and a goat preference. Separate note reports James Canter’s sixth trial conviction for murder in Abington Virginia with prior related executions and hung juries.
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Lord Cromer
Egypt
Missionary
Abington
James Canter
Maude Wilson
Bristol
Luther Canter
Luther
James
Confederate Memorial on Stone Mountain Carved by Machines
The Confederate Memorial on Stone Mountain near Atlanta will depict an army marching across the granite cliff. Engineers divide the face into sections and build horizontal tracks with electric hoists to lower carvers. Life size models and varied relief will guide a monumental carving with top drainage and favorable lighting.
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Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Wife Purnished the Will and a Smokers Change
Mrs. Binks recalls her husband’s smoking habit before marriage and notes he no longer smokes. The exchange highlights a strong will to break a lifetime habit.
Parisian sage hair invigo rator promise and cold remedy
An advertisement touts Parisian sage as the ideal hair growth product promising to stop falling hair dandruff and scalp problems with a fragrant non greasy formula. It urges trial without risk and claims strong demand among women. The page also promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy to ward off croup in hoarse children.
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Chamberlain
Mortgage Sale of Land in Union County North Carolina
Mortgage holder Z A Presley via power of sale will auction the Goose Creek area tract of 27 acres in Union County on December 27, 1917, at the Monroe court house door. Property links to L C Simpson and M L Simpson, with prior deed dated August 12, 1911 and recorded Book 46 page 317. Mortgagee A Presley. Attorney W C Lemmond.
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L. C. Simpson
M. L. Simpson
Z. A Presley
Court House
Monroe
N. C
Union County
Goose Creek
Presley
J. C. Simpson
Z. A. Presley
Office of the Register of Deeds
N.C
A. Presley
Mortagee
W. C. Lemmond
Jewelry gift display from holiday stock lineup
A retailer promotes a robust selection of solid geld jewelry suited for holiday gifting. The notice emphasizes a complete range from moderate to luxurious pieces and invites customers to view the display of illustrated items.
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Superior Court
Bessie Austin
W. BE. Cason
Redwine & Sikes
Attys
North Carolina
North
Carolna
T. L. Crowell, Colle
R. L. Payne
Monroe, N
Union Drug Co
B. C. Redfearn
Dentin
Bruner
Mathews
W. B. Houston
Monroe, N. Y
Fitzgerald Building
H. Smith
Dimities Nainsook
Batiste
Cooperative Mercantile Co
THE
W. J. Rudge
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