Monroe Ordinance Issuing 50000 Street Bond for City Improvements
Monroe North Carolina adopts an ordinance to issue street improvement bonds totaling 50000 to finance surface upgrades on Main Lancaster Morrow Hayne Beasley Parker Houston Charles and Church streets with 14 year maturities at up to 6 percent interest. One third of the cost to be assessed on benefitted properties. city to cover remainder. legal proceedings note and dates. Sale of land in Union County ordered by Superior Court clerk with details of property, dower, and payment terms.
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Board of Aldermen
City of
Monroe
N. C
Main Street
Bryan Street
R. A. Morrow
Lancaster Street
Houston Street
Lancaster Avenue
Morrow Street
Hayne Street
Beasley Street
Franklin
Jefferson Street
Parker Avenue
Charles Street
Wadesboro Avenue
Houston
Hudson
Church Street
Green Street
Notice of summons in Halley divorce case
In Union County North Carolina Superior Court Ar oreon Halley versus Hattie Halley. Defendant must appear at Monroe courthouse five Mondays before March first 1918 to answer Anderson Finley s complaint for absolute divorce alleging adultery. Witness dated November 22 1917 by W Lemmond C S C Leramond plaintiff s attorney.
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North Carolina
Union County
Superior Court
Ar‘oreon Halley
Hattie Halley
Monroe
N.C
Anderson Finley
Pear
Anderson Helter
W. Lemmond
Leramond
Sale of Land Near Indian Trail in Union County NC
Under a 1917 Monroe Hardware Co. v Orr judgment a two thirds undivided interest in a 103 1/2 acre tract in Vance township Union County North Carolina will be sold at public auction to the highest cash bidder. The sale takes place at noon at the Monroe courthouse door on a January Sunday 1918. The tract lies near D C Robinson J B Sustare and others and is the Orr home place. Proceeds satisfy the judgment in the above action. Commissioner's notice dated December 4 1917.
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Superior Court
Union County
N. C
Elizabeth Howie
J. A. Howie
H. Gifton Howie
J. J. Parker
J. Howle
Sas
Safras
Hine
J.J. Parker
Stack & Parker, Attye
B. F. Long
13Th Judicial District of North Carolina
Monroe Hardware Company, Inc
R. K
Monroe
North Carolina
Vance Township
D. C. Robinson
J. B. Sustare
W.1
F. Stilwell
W. F. Horton
Sarah Pyron
Caroline Pyron
William Condor
D. K. Orr
Monroe Hardware Co
R. K.t Orr
Notice of Administration in Union County NC
Martha Redfearn administratrix of Watt Redfearn deceased gives notice to creditors to present claims by January 1, 1919 and to debtors to settle promptly. This 22nd day of December 1917.
Wheat and saints in Shrewsbury field parable
Edward Robinson and his minister visit Uriconium in England where a wheat field reveals the parable of the sower. The yellow grain marks the old streets, illustrating thin soil and stunted growth, a sermon text on seed thought and life priorities. The tale ends with shared reflection on spiritual roots.
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Edward Robinson
Shrewsbury
England
Uriconium
Mr. Robinson
Christ
Bobby Burns
German government a corrupting provocateur, says McAdoo
Secretary McAdoo at a dinner likens the German government to an agent provocateur and recalls a fable about a rancher and a Mexican debt. The tale centers on a coffee grinder invention gone wrong and ends with the Mexican's alleged theft amid distrust. The Washington Post printed the anecdote.
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Agent Provocateur
McAdoo
Pablo
Pab
Billings
New York
Washington Post
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkening Compound Ad
Sage and Sulphur mix, once home brewed by grandmothers, is now sold as Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound. A downtown druggist says it darkens gray hair evenly and naturally, fading by morning with one strand at a time use. It aims for a youthful glow though not a cure.
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Wyeth
Terrible Tempered Pawlow in Domestic Relations Court
In a New York Herald report Mrs Antoinette Pawlow described her decade long marriage as a trap of fear noting her husband’s temper and threats to kill. He confessed to arresting a fruit-stand boy after the boy hit him, a detail the court heard as the magistrate questioned the defendant.
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Pansow
Antoinette Pansow
Plains
Harris
Harlem
Mr. Pawlow
New York Herald
Amusing Anecdotes From Famous Names and Figures
A miscellany of light sketches and humorous tales. Thomas Hardy’s modest fame in Dorsetshire is lampooned by a cottage neighbour who confuses him with a grand pig rearing. Condorcet’s omelette misadventure leads to capture, while a witty exchange over a French aristocrat’s fate precedes a quip about keeping suffragists still.
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Thomas Hardy
Dorsetshire
Hardy
Edith Lichel
Monsieur Condorcet
Condorcet
How It's Done in Boston A Parody Scene
A brief transcription from the Boston Transcript features a light exchange where a young man admits forgetting a girl and asks to see her again, implying courtship norms and social manners of the era in a humorous, parlour style vignette.
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Boston
Parios
Boston Transcript
New York
Mistaken Identity and Wartime Oddities Across Headlines
A jumble of humor and wartime anecdotes spans medical kit inspections, a London bomb scare encounter featuring William Fleischmann, a Piercan canny reply about industry factors, and a New York flats anecdote. The snippets mix social misreads and quips.
Notice of Trustee's Sale of Real Estate in Union County
Notice of Trustee's Sale under a 1916 deed of trust to secure notes owed by L L Benton. Trustee Joel W Griffin will sell February 2, 1918 at Monroe courthouse door, N C, to satisfy the loan on 42 acres near Furnace Branch in Jackson township as described in the deed of trust and related lands.
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Register of Deeds
Union County
RK. C. Griffin
L. L. Benton
Court House
Monroe
N. C
Furnace Branch
Jackson Township
J. H. Godfrey
Calvin Broom
Davis
Earl Heath
W. R. Broom
G. W. , Godfrey
Local ad hawks cash discounts and low prices
W P Plyler markets in Prospect Lander Low Prices Mineral Springs N C touts cash purchases to save on freight and discounts. Stock includes apples cheese candy raisins gun shells Florida oranges flour sugar coffee and household goods. Also buys cotton seed corn peas chickens oats produce and more at high prices. Route 1 P S 21 frames.
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Florida
Lampe
Arm & Hammer Soda
W. P. Plyler
Lander
Mineral Springs
N. C
Route 1
P. S
Inside the Law’s Witty Exchange Over Lemonade Ice
In a quoted exchange, a waiter and a supervisor argue about serving ice in lemonade. The line hints at strict rules limiting service, with the waiter confirming compliance and the supervisor enforcing the policy, reflecting a culinary or regulatory theme.
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Bostow
Notice in Thomas estate final settlement action
In Union County North Carolina superior court W H Thomas executor of Jacob Thomas deceased sues James E Thomas and others. Frances Deese and Demetrius Deese must appear January 26 1918 at noon at the Union County courthouse to answer or demur to the petition or the plaintiff will seek relief. This 27th day of December 1917. R W Lemmond attorney for plaintiff.
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North Carolina
Union County
W.H. Thomas
Jacob Thomas
James E. Thomas
Frances Deese
Demetrius Deese
Superior Court
Jcob Thomas
Jacob Thas
R. W. Lemmond
C. Stack & Parker
Inside Bath Promises Rosy Skin From Hot Water and Limestone
A 19th century health piece touts daily morning hot water with a spoonful of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach and bowels. It claims clearer skin, fewer ailments, and more vitality, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate to prove the benefits of internal sanitation.
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Bath
Ely's Cream Balm promise relief for head cold
The ad claims quick relief from head cold and catarrh with Ely's Cream Balm. It promises open air passages, free breathing, no nasal discharge, and instant comfort after applying a fragrant antiseptic cream in the nostrils.
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Ely
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Matthews
W. B. Houston
Scald Bulidice
W. C. Lemmond
Rulidine Old Room
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Journal of the
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MacToothe
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