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Newspaper

The Monroe Journal

Location

Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1917

Page

5

Local and Personal notices blend in December column

Community items report fire company plans for Christmas night, services at Brown's Grove and Union Grove, a December 24 Christmas tree at Center Grove schoolhouse, illness notes, a charity theater at Jerome school, a fox hunt exhibition in Buford township, Woodmen of the World election in Wingate, a postponed 600 acre estate sale, a Pageland obituary and student press staff change, a $500 two year old heifer sale, parish church notes on the birth of Christ, and a pastor's thematic sermons at First Baptist focusing on the nativity.

Brown's Grove W. C. Edwards Union Grove Center Grove School House Clifford Fowler S. H. Rogers Jerome School House Ed Griffin Buford Township Otis Sanders James C. Sanders Pageland Charlotte Pageland Journal R. H. Hargett Hayden Shepherd Richmond County Joseph Reynolds Marshville J. C. Austin Hugo Hinde India Camp Jackson War Department Hinde Ogelthorpe Myron Green J. Z. Green State University Branson Green First Baptist Wray Christ

St Pauls Church Services Today at 11 and 430 PM

St Pauls Episcopal Church holds morning service at 11 o clock and an afternoon service at 4:30 in the chapel. Sunday school meets at 3:30 with Rev Thomas L Trott as rector.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church Thos. L. Trott

Personal arrivals brighten holiday homecomings

Miss Eleanor Gurney returns from Flora Macdonald College to celebrate Christmas with family. Miss Lillian Cuthbertson teaches in New London and stops in Monroe to visit relatives. Many locals and students arrive from various schools including Flora MacDonald, Converse College, St. Mary’s, and GMA to spend holidays, with several visiting relatives. Ernest Krauss is charged with entering Monroe Hardware and stealing pistols and knives. he posted bond and faces trial December 28.

Eleanor Gurney Flora Macdonald College Lillian Cuthbertson New London Monroe A. L. Cuthbertson Waxhaw W. S. Blakeney Alex Cole New York Faye Helms Carmel Claudia Sanders Maude Sikes Helen Wray John A. Wray Greenville D. C C. B. Hipp Abbevilles G. B. Nance Raymond Baggan James Nance Baggan Pee Dee S. A. Stevens Ernest Krauss W. B. Krauss Monroe Hardware Company Young Krauss

Presbyterian Church Notes Service Schedule and Offerings

You are cordially invited to attend worship at 11 a.m. with sermon. Sunday school at 3 p.m. Young peoples meeting at 7 p.m. Praise service and sermon at 7:30 p.m. Morning offering supports Christian Education and Ministerial Relief. Woman's Missionary Union members asked to mark envelopes "W. M" and include the community Christmas appeal.

Presbyterian Church Young Peoples Woman's Missionary Union

Montclair Garage Sign In Breathing Air Free Me

A fragment notes a sign in a Montclair New Jersey garage offering air for free. The readable lines mention breathing and a prompt to sign in, but detail is limited and unclear.

Montclair N. J

A Christmas Fairy and the Gift of Sharing

Una Ross a seven year old in a gauzy fairy dress becomes the Christmas fairy for a sick girl Nell. After a staged reveal Una gives up her fairy doll to Nell, inspiring Nell to improve and bringing joy to both families as Una’s sacrifice heals Nell’s spirits.

Nan Carlile Una Ross Una Mother Father Nell Mrs. Clifford

Quinine Product Promises Gentler Tonic and Laxative Effect

An advertisement extols LAXA SOMO QUININE as superior to ordinary quinine for a tonic and laxative action without head sensations or nervous effects. It references the signature of Ht. W. GROVE and urges readers to note the full name.

Ht. W. Grove

Polite Note About Neighbors Dealing With Noise

A Tit-Bits verse describes a polite note from a neighbor to a lady next door. The writer asks for quieter children, noting that their nerves are weak and suggesting a gentler, neighborly approach instead of anger. The piece underlines civility over passion in domestic disputes.

Thought He Was Three Friends in a Ravine Accident

A reminiscence from the Minneapolis Tribune tells of three intoxicated friends crossing a deep dry ravine with precipitous banks. One slips from an incline and falls to the bottom while the others, thinking him hurt, rush to help. The fallen man then begs for a match as he feels faint.

Peter Minneapolis Tribune

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