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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1914
Page
7
A long list of candidates declares for sheriff cotton weigher clerk superior court clerk of court county commissioner representative constable coroner recorder and other offices in Union county. Prominent names include J W Griffith M L Flow and W H Starnes among others as they seek Democratic nomination and re election in Monroe and nearby areas.
W G Long states he seeks the Union County seat in the Next General Assembly subject to the Democratic primary and pledges to serve to the best of his ability if elected.
For Register of Deeds, date for the office of Register of Deeds for Union county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. Co. LONG, Constable Vance Township. date for constable of Vance township, cratic primary, F, W, HAYS,
Judge orders sale of a Waxhaw house and lot as part of a partition among heirs. On August 1, 1914, at noon at the Monroe courthouse door, Commissioner John C. Sikes will offer the property for cash to the highest bidder. The parcel, described by metes and bounds, covers about 4 12 poles of an acre, deeded 1894 from J W Price and wife to Harry Yarbrough, Union County. Redwine and Sikes, attorneys.
An advertisement praises a tonic claiming it is a general tonic that drives out Masaris enriches the blood and builds up the whole system while noting a price of zero dollars.
Restoration methods for damaged paintings are described with emphasis on canvas transfer, Manila paper foundations, and hot iron pressure. Techniques include relining, filling missing paint, transferring panels to canvas, and replacing missing pigment with careful matching. Noted risks include unscrupulous restorers passing off copies as originals and the skill required by masters like Maj. George C. Holler.
Memphis Tennessee delegates to the International Union of Journeymen Horse Shoers faced a clash with the local union entertainment committee when organizers announced an automobile ride out of the city. Delegates led by H. B. Marshall of Cincinnati demanded horse drawn rigs instead of cars and the committee reversed the plan to satisfy the preference for horse drawn conveyances.
Former lightweight champion Battling Nelson was knocked out by hypnotist "Professor" Griffin in Gary Indiana after Nelson bet $200 he could not be hypnotized. Griffin forced Nelson to sing and dance until he was released, ending the spectacle.
Sterling correspondent reports Mrs Mary Mer of Sterling claims she is a direct descendant of the Stuart line and would have reigned if James II’s grandson had prevailed. At 78 she was born in Canada before Victoria’s accession and is noted as a teacher writer temperance lecturer with notable U S connections including Gen Thomas Gage and Ly man Gage relations.
Washington. Secretary to the President Joseph P. Tumulty refused to sign a lease for his Avon-by-the-Sea summer cottage until a clause stated the vicinity was free from cats. He was greatly annoyed by nocturnal gatherings of cats last year.
Mrs. Alice Carlson testifies in Jersey City on why she left Adolphus Carlson claiming his farm chickens needed late night feeding at ten o'clock. A visitor Miss Bertha Stavanaugh assisted. the boy Everett Carlson testified his time with her disturbed his mother. The master withdrew the boy, saying he believed the child’s mind had been poisoned.
Prisoners at the eastern penitentiary circulate a petition asserting 70 percent of state crime stems from liquor. About 1,500 inmate signatures are expected to attach to the document. An editor at the prison paper initiated the drive and plan to present it to the legislature.
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