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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
6
In a wartime newspaper ad the seller promotes on hand flour including patent and war flour, pledges to maintain stock, seeks corn meal from farmers in half bushel and bushel sacks, and asks readers to buy both meal and flour. The note ends urging increased food production to outpace rationing.
In Monroe a heated argument over hogs and meat supply reflects wartime concerns. Pro hog supporters push readmitting hogs to boost meat, while anti hog voices warn of costs. Weather notes and reports of hard winter roads accompany capsized talks, with the groundhog forecast vindicating the season’s end.
Correspondence notes several marriages including Miss Pauline Moser to Mr Benjamin Scott Haddick at Bastrop Louisiana and Miss Myrtle Rowell with Mr Ike Keziah. The item also records residents ill with pneumonia rheumatism grippe measles and whooping cough amid weather notes and community gossip.
Miss Annie Crowell was not in Matthews as previously reported due to existing circumstances. Miss Panthia Harkey from Charlotte is visiting relatives and pursuing college courses there. The college has adjourned temporarily because of fuel shortages, with classes set to resume soon. Last Monday brought brief sunshine after a spell of rough weather.
The piece recalls harsh winter weather with persistent cold snow and rain and notes a freight car derailment near the village of Bostic causing three hour delay. It mentions Mr T A Shaw plans, a visiting Scout author from The Journal, school fuel shortages at Matthews, flour distribution, and Rev B B Shankell delivering the new year sermon while delayed by cold weather.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated July 14 1916 for Thomas V Miller the trustee will sell at public auction on February 28 1918 at 12 o'clock at the courthouse door in Monroe NC to satisfy the deed of trust and secured notes. The property is Block 2 Lot 2 Vann Heights bounded by Boyte Street and Fairley Avenue adjoining W M Nivens M D Pusser and others. Trustee A M Secrest signs this January 22 1918.
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