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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1918
Page
6
Wall Street Journal reports Herman Sielcken, famed coffee magnate and transatlantic financier, died in Switzerland after a long illness. The German born entrepreneur built a global empire, shaping coffee prices and trade across Europe, Brazil, and the United States while entertaining world bankers and maintaining rare multilingual leadership.
A man with long hair and beard and a boy claimed to be his son attracted attention in Sanford last week. They wore white, the man carried a staff, and he said he had reached sinless perfection and could open doors at will. Some locals suspected a German spy while others saw a religious fanatic.
Col Alex J Feild has left Washington for a shipping board post and leased the State Journal to W T Bost. Bost will continue Feild’s Greensboro News duties. W S Wilson named State reference librarian to replace Feild as part of consolidating the roles.
Goose Creek native Judge ER Little urges Congress to reclaim railroads after the war in a Greensboro News letter. He argues government ownership by executive order risks imperial power, calls for limits on presidential authority, and favors returning railroads to private owners once hostilities end.
Jean Baptiste Bourdis of the former J. Bourdis & Co. of New York leaves 500000 francs to aid helplessly crippled French soldiers and war orphans. The estate directs funds for French hospitals and for Lyons city to buy paintings for Ecole des Beaux Arts pupils. Remaining income and residue support relief efforts under French government.
For Indigestion and Constipation or Biliousness, try an 80 cent bottle of LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN. Pleasant to take. Made and recommended by Paxnoss Medicine Co., manufacturers of Laxe cad Groves Tacs et nas.
State Food Administrator Henry A. Page orders county food administrators to investigate any hoarding of foodstuffs. He cites war needs and risks to soldiers and civilians, warns of $5,000 fines or imprisonment, and urges citizens to prevent profiteering and ensure local supply.
General Bickett urges local exemption boards to publicize government allotment rules for soldiers dependents. Wives and children receive automatic allotments with schedules. other dependents require a soldier to authorize voluntary pay allotments and seek government allowances through him.
An elderly visit by J. Rogers McMillan, a respected Black county resident, draws attention as he recalls Laurinburg’s 1901 courthouse. He traveled from nearby county lands and predicts this may be his final trip, noting the changed city core since his last visit. Nearby Beaufort County images warn of a wartime cannon shell misused as a harmless metal piece, injuring a woman and two children.
Advertisement touts Loxative Bromo Quinine as a remedy for cold symptoms. It promises to stop cough and headache and offers a money back guarantee. Druggists supply boxes priced at 30 cents signed by BE B. Crowe.
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