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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1912
Page
5
Local markets show cotton prices for seed at 1388 and futures noted. Market activity hints at changes tomorrow or on a nearby date. readers urged to check prices and report.
A cluttered special notice highlights Polk Bros Handbags at Union Drug Co and a string of local merchants pushing Christmas goods, harnesses, turkeys, seeds, organs, furniture, and toys. It touts discounts, draws attention to shortages and asks customers to pay bills, with various contact points and store references across Monroe and nearby towns.
Local and personal notes summarize marriages and illnesses in Monroe and surrounding areas. Highlights include weddings of John Bunyan Whitley and Mattie Simpson, and the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Copple and Mr. T. D. Medlin and Mrs. FD. Rowell. Death of John H. King of West Monroe is noted, along with visits by Mrs. Grady Bird and Dr. W. D. Simpson. Community notices cover church sermons, charity work, and local business ads.
The document records a dissolved partnership with W O Lemmond handling collections and notices to creditors in Union County North Carolina. It also details an action by Alice Smith for divorce from bed and board and alimony pendente lite, with John A Smith and R L Smith as administrators of Dr W H Smith, deceased, warning property transfers and setting court appearance for January 27, 1918.
Miss Beulah K Stowe daughter of Herbert Stowe of Mecklenburg county and Mr S B Thompson of York county S C were married Dec 19 at 2 PM at the bride home by Rev Dixon They began housekeeping in York county and received many presents Attending were Mr J P Boyd and daughter Martha Leslie of Indian Trail and others from York county
A long list of courtroom items includes Perce McRae Babe Crowder Neal Williams Hugh Billingsly Merle Walsh John Gladden Frank Catereck Gus Wigh Sant R Holden Will Pethel Joe Helms Will Hood Jarvis Pyron Hamp Atsobrooks Ernest Moore Oscar Bridges and others facing assault and battery violations breaking and entering resisting offenses and unrelated notices. Also mentions stockholders meeting at Bank of Union and local real estate sale with farm details and advertisements for used typewriters.
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