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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1917
Page
2
Monroe Union County notes recount visitors and residents at large, including Miss Rosa Stack entering Elizabeth College in Charlotte, Dr. J. P. Smith buying stock at Cash Mercantile, and local bids for road bridges. County measures cover juror pay, primary rules, hospital fund drive, and dividends at Icemarlee and Bank of Union, with social events and upcoming weddings.
A new lock and gunsmith department is opened alongside the clock repair section. The shop will handle guns pistols locks talking machines clocks and related repair parts for popular firearm makes with prompt, high quality workmanship.
A Pike county woman sent a note to a teacher urging corporal punishment for her boy Sammy. The message says the teacher may beat him any time to learn his lesson, comparing him to his father and insisting the handle be firm. The missive ends with disregard for the father’s advice.
A brief quip notes a Ohio man living solely on onions, provoking humorous commentary about his unusual diet and solitude. The exchange hints at local wit and a newspaper’s lighthearted take on odd living habits.
The Board of Aldermen of Monroe enacts a law prohibiting occupancy or rental of dwellings within the sewerage boundaries lacking a connected water closet. Violators face a fifty dollar fine upon conviction. In force January 1, 1917, signed by Mayor W Fowler and City Clerk G Lee Jr. on December 20.
The town paper reports J E B Agerton winning the mayoral race with 90 votes and lists wardens elected. It details road improvements on a Sandbed farm by J D Hendricks, a Georgia trip by Professors Terry and companions, a broken leg of John Mangum’s son, and church plans for Beulah Salem and Pageland with Rev N R Clayton.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions medical terms and a timeline of six to fourteen days. Named entities or clear facts are not discernible beyond the rough duration.
Reports from near Anniston Alabama indicate small quantities of colored cotton, brown and blue, were grown last summer. Samples were boiled and washed but the colors remained fast, suggesting potential for large scale production to help with domestic dye needs without chemicals.
A youth sits in a dentist chair wearing a striped shirt and checked suit with a vacant stare. The dentist wonders how to tell when the patient is unconscious and confers with the assistant about giving him gas.
Administratrix Wincy J Robinson notifies all claimants to present claims by December 8 1917 or be barred. Creditors are urged to promptly settle debts owed to the estate of Albert E Robinson. Dated December 7 1916 Vann and Pratt attorneys represent the estate.
In Union County North Carolina a special proceeding was begun in the Superior Court before the clerk to partition two tracts totaling about 107 acres once owned by Henry W Sistare. Defendants including James Sistare must appear January 27 1917 at Monroe before the clerk and answer or demur to the complaint or risk relief as requested.
Ward H Wood and W S Blakeney trustees will sell at public auction on February 1917 at 12 o'clock at the Union County courthouse in Monroe NC a town lot described as Jot No 79 in the Monroe plat adjoining J R Shute J B Richardson and others and bounded by Main street south alley H west and alley G north with about 32400 square feet. The sale follows defaults under two deeds of trust dated 1909 and 1912.
In Union county North Carolina Superior Court a special proceeding by plaintiffs to partition and sell a Walkup house and lot in Monroe and shares of First National Bank of Monroe and Savings Loan and Trust Co among tenants in common. Defendants M Daisey Youngblood C L Youngblood R F Turner and Charles A Turner must appear February 17 1917 at the Clerk of Superior Court’s office Monroe NC to answer or risk relief. This notice is dated January 18 1917. R W Lemmond C S O Vann & Pratt Attorneys for plaintiff.
A new steel bridge was recently built beside the old structure over the Missouri River near Omaha Nebraska. A temporary foundation supported the new span and five hoisting engines lifted the old bridge away. Trains began using the new bridge about an hour after completion.
Public auction to sell multiple tracts of Union county North Carolina real estate securing a $160 note due December 1 1916 with interest. The sale by trustee John C Sikes for Crow Bros follows a deed of trust dated March 1916 and lists three described tracts totaling about 166 acres together with the dower interest of Mary M Yandle. Sale is cash Monday February 26 1917 at twelve o'clock at the Monroe court house door.
Under an order by Clerk R W Lemmond, the commissioner will resell a 25 acre Goose Creek township tract eight miles north of Monroe, previously conveyed to T A Helms. Bid by N C Price raised the offer. sale set for February 12, 1917 at noon at the Monroe courthouse. Terms: half cash, balance in six months, title retained until the money is paid.
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