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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
7
A teenage boy in Methuen, Charles Letey Jennings Ward, fourteen, killed himself after being told to poison a pet dog suspected of carrying typhoid germs. He left a note saying we kill Biz Puppy. His foster parents, P. T. Ward and wife, faced typhoid illness amid the family dog suspicion.
A student assistant at a public library is approached by a midlife woman seeking similar reading to Laura Jean Libby. The exchange misfires as the assistant offers The Kentucky Cardinal, which the customer rejects, clarifying she dislikes theology works. The scene shifts to family fashion costs and a tragic gas poisoning incident involving Oswald J. De Rousee, assistant to the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company president.
Painful coughs relieved by Dr King s New Discovery touted for nearly fifty years. A soothing remedy for coughs colds and bronchial issues offered at druggists for 50 cents. Also a notice of administration for Albert B Robinson estate requests creditors to present claims by December 1917 and urges debtors to settle promptly.
Notice of mortgage sale in Union County North Carolina. By mortgage dated January 2 1915 Alexander Simpson conveyed land to secure a bond of 199 payable January 1 1916 at six percent. Defaulted, property to be sold at public auction to satisfy mortgage terms. Sale on the 12th moon floor in Union County on the waters of Chingue pin Creek adjoining Deck Pressley Tinds, Chaney and Madison Chaney. Sold to clear balance due to Griffin. Mortgagee Edwards. Attorneys Vann and Pratt.
The Greensboro News reports Walter Murphy representing Rowan County won the Speakership amid a volatile caucus fight with Pare and Roberts. Murphy secured a safe lead as allies shifted and voters backed him, ending doubts about Democratic machine influence.
By power of sale in two deeds of trust dated 1912 and 1909, Ward H. Wood and W. S. Blakeney, trustees, will auction the 32 400 square foot lot No 79 in Monroe on the courthouse steps at noon on January 1 1917 to satisfy the indebtedness. The lot fronts Main and borders Richardson and J K Shute, with historical references to Mary A G Griffin.
A 1913 speaker election candidate with prior race prominence is described as an elector at large with Josiah William Bailey in 1908. The text mentions opponents Tom Sott Ue and A A Whitener, notes Bailey's efforts to block Murphy, and labels him a persistent, unperturbable debater and partisan veteran famed for campaign vigor.
Under a Superior Court order and subsequent sale notice, the commissioners will sell at 12 M at Monroe courthouse door parcels of the J Fletcher Moore estate in Union County. The property includes two tract sections totaling about 25 acres plus Wingate lots and Marshville parcels, with specific boundaries and conditions, and bids starting for each tract. The sale is a resale due to raised bid and insufficient bids at the first sale, with cash terms and a schedule of separate lot prices.
Notice of sale by trustee John C Sikes in Union County North Carolina for a 103 acre tract on Stexal branch New Laurel township. The property, once owned by the late John W Sikes, is sold to satisfy a note of 306.85 secured by a deed of trust dated August 14 1915. Sale set for January 22 1917 at the Monroe courthouse at noon, subject to infant Cornelia Sikes fifth interest and prior deed terms.
Commissioner announces sale of 25 acres in Goose Creek township eight miles north of Monroe on Concord Road. Land deeded to T A Helms in 1806, now sold to pay debts of H C Simmons, administrator, with half cash and balance in six months. Title retained until full payment. Rosember 14 1916. B Hove, Commissioner.
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