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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1912
Page
5
A busy page listing for sale items including a feather bed a Jersey cow and various stock and goods. Also rental requests farm notices probate sale entry notices and notices of public sale with dates locations and names such as W A Lane Mra Parker J D Parker and J B Stewart among others.
In Monroe North Carolina a flood of small ads invites readers to place notices, sell beef and hides, buy chickens and molasses, rent a cottage, hire services like plumbing and veterinary care, and announce farm products. Entries include prices, contact names, dates, and local business names such as H S Estridge Co, J B Nash & Son, and Doster & Doster.
The Journal offers a limited shave kit with three blades per outfit and a high quality safety shave at a bargain price. Subscribers may receive the deal by paying dues or an annual advance, with postage paid if ordered by a now unclear deadline. First come, first served while supplies last.
Local and personal items list visitors in Charlotte and Sutter, and report community happenings. Mentions Mrs A B Helms, Mr C C Sikes return from Western market with stock for The Bikes Company, Rev M D L Preslar to preach at Mt Pleasant, Sunday School at ten, and Mrs Cull T Helms marrying Martha Newsome. Reports cotton bales sold, cold weather, and a motor delivery wagon debut. Includes obituaries, weddings, vestry actions, and Woman's Missionary Union plans for Monroe.
A fine new orchestra piano costing $500 has just been installed here and described as a daisy. The note mentions Wixle No 2 et and a NI love story in a compact local item. The entry highlights the piano purchase and the enthusiastic appraisal in the community.
Three boys from Benson who ran away were found dead in a Raleigh hotel room last night. They had tampered with and left on a gas heater and were asphyxiated for hours before discovery.
The Pastime theater presents two features today, A Woman's Scorn and the Ranch man's Daughter, offering local readers a double bill of melodrama and romance.
The Norfolk region obituary notes Mr. W. W. Long died at 92 in Goose Creek on Friday January 28 1912. He was born there and leaves son Reece Long of Mint Hill and three daughters in Goose Creek and Tex as. widow died years ago. He was Presbyterian, active, God fearing, and a respected citizen. Misa Margaret Long survives in Mississippi.
A fragment announces an upcoming exhibition featuring light nonsense to entertain the weary and a core of instructive feats to fill minds with wisdom. It promises generous content next week, urging attendance to avoid regret.
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