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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1914
Page
6
A Real Closing Out Sale of Dress Goods announces a season opportunity as the store quits handling this line. Dress goods and notions are offered at sacrifice prices to move them quickly and make room for future stock.
A midweek sale begins July 1 and runs ten days. Selected dress goods are marked at prices often below wholesale. This is not old stock. All goods are fresh as the shop ceases handling dress goods.
A remembrance by Caton Woodville, English war artist, recalls royal anecdotes with Edward VII and the Duke of Cambridge. It recounts a portrait miscue of the king and a sleeping duke, plus a Frederick the Great portrait and eye detail on a bracelet. It also notes New Year customs and Trinity bells drowned by horns in New York.
Zona Gale evokes village mornings in Friendship Village with a vivid breakfast scene on Daphne Street. The narrator notes chimney smoke, wood chopping, and the scent of fried mush and warm potatoes as families gather for a homely, old fashioned meal, observing the town’s morning ritual.
Weathercocks date from early times and served as clerical vigilance emblems. Vane motifs include saints symbols such as St. Peter and St. Laurence, with gridirons and ships reflecting church dedications and historical trades like corn traffic at St. Mildred's Poultry and St. Michael's Queenhithe.
In a domestic chat a husband notes his wife’s grasp of parliamentary rules. He recalls a debate on purchasing a new dinner centerpiece where she voted to lay the subject on the table, prompting the exchange about her learning.
In a Maine village a boy meets a new teacher and recounts school day antics. The tale blends memories of prayer and classroom routine with humorous misreadings of occupation and family stories. The narrator recalls jokes about paradoxes and a sudden family move sparking curiosity about the boy Roy and his father’s five rooms.
The essay critiques outdated methods and praises tangible, model based teaching from Virgil to mathematics. It notes the conflict of democratic schooling with strict standards and the prevalence of poor English heard from nursery to parlor. It questions reliance on grammar by imitation and emphasizes concrete learning.
The Los Angeles Herald notes Gautier argues meat craving mirrors wine habit and that fat, not meat itself, satisfies appetite. It advises those quitting meat to consume more fat and to include butter with bread, correcting common missteps in fat intake.
Curious nicknames appear in Dutch New York records such as John Pietersen alias Friend John in 1644. Other playful labels include Hans the Boore in the Newtown boundary, John the Sweden meadow in 1667 Bushwick, Tunis the Fisher in 1695 Kings County, and 1691 orders mentioning Long Mary’s house and Topknot Betty and her children as charity cases.
Travel schedule for Seaboard Air Line Railway covering routes via Monroe North Carolina to Wilmington and other points. Includes chair car, electric lighted observation sleeper from New York to Birmingham, and Pullman drawing room sleepers Charlotte to Portsmouth. Schedules list trains with local and through connections and note information is for guidance only.
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