Give Capt. Fletcher a Permanent Prisoner Ground Site
The Monroe Journal urges a permanent ground near the army camp to house and cultivate prisoners, lowering costs and boosting local food production. It calls on Capt Fletcher to secure suitable land and praises his treatment of prisoners. It also promotes North Carolina adopting the dry amendment to the U S Constitution next January and urges Union county voters and candidates to support prohibition.
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Fletcher
North Carolina
United States
Union County
Gulf
Ocean
War time duties and public virtue urged at home
The piece urges maintaining home standards and continuing community church social and charity work during wartime. It praises President Wilson's aims, calls for collective strength, and notes blessings of liberty and peace while avoiding revenge. It also mentions political figures and regional preferences amid wartime rhetoric.
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Wilson
America
Senator Jas H Brady dies on heart disease in Washington
Senator Jas H Brady of Idaho died in Washington from heart disease after an acute attack while traveling from Idaho. His wife and relatives were at his bedside as two sons tried to reach Washington to see him alive. Brady, born in Pennsylvania, rose from teacher to Idaho governor and U.S. senator, active in conservation and war legislation.
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Washington
Jas. H. Brady
Idaho
E. Brady
Chandler
Okla
J. Robb Brady
Kansas
Senator Brady
Pennsylvania
Leavenworth Normal College
Republiican
Senate
Brady
West
Notable wartime aims cited by Wilson and allied leaders
The piece notes President Wilson's fourteen objectives to Congress and the English premier's recent speech, arguing the United States and its allies now fight for clear, shared goals. It highlights the joinery of the English speaking nations and mentions French and Italian efforts as well.
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United States
Wilson
Congress
Details of Captain Whisler Bank Robbery At Camp Funston
Survivor Kearney Wornall, badly wounded, recounts Captain Lewis J. Whisler’s bank raid at the army cantonment in Kansas. Whisler killed four men with a hand axe and wounded others before dying himself as authorities probe missing funds and chaotic bank interiors. Federal examiners begin accounts review as search continues.
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Whistler
Camp Funston
Kans
Lewis J. Whisler
Army
Kearney Wornall
Wornall
Whisler
Federal
Savings Loan and Trust Co. Monroe 1917 Condition Report
Report of the condition of the Savings Loan and Trust Co at Monroe North Carolina for December 31 1917 shows total resources of 192356.92 with loans 153791.03 overdrafts 10258.65 United States bonds 100.00 and cash items 350.15 The bank’s liabilities include capital stock 25000 surplus 10000 undivided profits 3163 deposits 146445.84 and trust deposits 14286.35 The cashier J B Clark and notary J B Copple certify the figures as true.
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Monroe
N. G
United States
Weess
Clearing House Association
Union
H. B. Clark
J. B. Clark
C. Blair
State of North Carolina
Jas. B. Copple
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Monroe Journal
G. M. and
PF. Beasley
Telephone
John Beasley
Eack
Journal Building
Jefferson and
Beasley Streets
Capt. Pletcher
England
France
Germany
E. Yates Webb
Susan B. Anthony
Tecumseh Leonidas Kirkpatrick
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Cleveland County
Tecumseh Leonidis
Secretary of Agriculture
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
D. F. Houston
Washington, D. E
Walter Smallbones
N. C
L. D. Robinson
Roosevelt
Wilmington Star
Kulteur
Poland
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Armenia
Italy
New York
Little Reginald
Savings Loan and Trust Co
W.H. Belk & Bro
Ladies’ Union
K Bros
G& J ‘Automobile Tires
Monroe Hardware
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