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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
6
In Freeman, Tilda Wynn faced charges after police traced missing Lineberger farm chickens to her apartment. Four months in jail were imposed after a Recorder Anthony ruling. An accompanying ad touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a cough remedy.
Public sale to satisfy a deed of trust dated April 3 1914 by Janes G Williams and wife to J W Fowler trustee. Sale: court house door Monroe N C on Wed April 7 noon. Describes two tracts in Monroe township and J W Williams and wife share in Mrs B A Fowler estate.
An old labeled patent medicine advertises Rub-My-Tism as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia headaches cramps colic sprains bruises cuts and insect stings. It promotes internal and external use as an antiseptic anesthetic with a price of 25 cents.
Mr Subbubs moves from the city to a country town seeking cool air and ease. He sits on his veranda in a relaxed pose until a nearby street altercation sparks speculation that a local soul dispute has unsettled the orderly town, provoking judgment and surprise.
Activities of Women in Russia boast over two thousand women physicians while the Woman's Trade Union of America claims more than one hundred members. In the U S Mise Jean J Moehte a car saleswoman proved skill with machinery by dismantling and reassembling a motor in a New York salesroom after driving ten thousand miles. Delta Wilson of Kansas City lost a $5000 damages suit against the railroad over a skirt about 80 inches tight interfering with leg use for boarding a train. The jury ruled the 32 inch width was too narrow for free foot movement.
Private Tommy Sima, ill with pneumonia, feigned being cured to avoid discharge. While a doctor took his temperature, he pulled the thermometer from his mouth and hid it in a cup of hot tea, then quickly replaced it. The doctor was shocked, declaring the patient alive but should be dead.
A German market release before the war introduces an alloy for electric resistance wires made from chromium and nickel. It maintains integrity at high heat, resists becoming brittle over time, and offers a specific gravity of 8.25 and a resistance of 1.10 ohms per meter for a square millimeter section. It withstands 1110 degrees C continuous heat, with a melting point of 1400 degrees C.
A professor of medicine at Thege University commends yawning as excellent for the lungs. The remark invites playful banter about letting him continue to talk while others yawn.
A dramatic narration depicts a great detective pressuring a banker to confess while insisting he can prove lies. The banker resists and mocks, the detective claims to identify a tea brand and a hotel, suggesting a plan to uncover a wife’s divorce and a large fee amid tense dialogue.
A reminiscence on losses from storms and war, honoring young men and women who gave their lives, noting the kindness in their eyes and the peace in their faces. Their memory should guide the living, compellingly urging respect and reflection at their graves.
In a quiet town, an Episcopal rector and a Presbyterian colleague clash over forms of address. The venerable rector warns the younger pastor he will retaliate with familial titles if the practice continues, ending the tension after a dramatic warning.
Sir Oliver Ledger recalls a bishop and a bargee on a canal towpath. The bishop chastises profanities as unseemly while the bargee promises to speak quieter though humorously noting the difficulty for the horses to hear him.
A staged incident at the Tuileries during a ball in Paris sparked the War of the Spanish Succession. A court lady requested water, ambassadors rushed to fetch it, and the scene allegedly led to a diplomatic flare up. A diplomatic mishap with a diplomat’s glare fed fears, shifting opinions toward war.
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly presents a grim dialogue on a man named John who regrets life, paired with an advertisement urging parents to treat a child's cough. Dr King's New Discovery promises quick relief for stubborn colds and coughing fits.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash at Stallings station on the Seaboard Line Railroad in North Carolina. The sale, dated March 1 1015, includes a 50 horsepower Erie steam roller a 25 horsepower engine a 60 horsepower Monthat Stoun Puyings a Ross Cotton Press and other chattel property to satisfy an indebtedness secured by a mortgage granted to J H W Newell.
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated March 3 1911 from J W Roberts and wife to JF Kite recorded in Took A Q on page 97 Union County NC the note secured has defaulted. On May 20 1915 at 12 o clock noon the property will be sold at public auction at the Monroe courthouse to the highest bidder to satisfy the mortgage deed and assigned to Thos P Tucker assignee of mortgagee Indian Trail area described as Belk Bros land along Mat shews road beginning at the Belk Bros line.
A notice of sale of two adjoining parcels in Monroe Union county to be sold by a commissioner under a Superior Court order in a special proceeding. The property combines lands once conveyed to O. C. Curlee, with boundaries described and consolidated by county surveyor. Sale set for March 1, 1915 at noon at Monroe court house. Terms: one-third now, balance in eight and twelve months, interest 6 percent. W J Pratt is commissioner. iVann & Pratt attorneys.
Having qualified as administrator of Annie Lee Houston deceased late of Union county North Carolina this is to notify persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 4th day of March 1916 or this note will be plead in their recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment W O Jond
Wingate Supply Co executed a general deed of assignment for creditors on February 1 1915. Creditors are urged to pay the assignee immediately and all claimants must file itemized verified demands within sixty days with the assignee or Clerk of the Superior Court. R L McWHORTER is assignee. Sun day of Feb 1915.
Sale to satisfy a deed of trust dated January 15, 1903. On April 1, 1915, at Monroe courthouse door, N C, the highest bidder for cash will obtain Lot No. 4, containing 31 acres, issuing from the estate lands of Jacob Long deceased. Trustee B Shute issues notice.
Estate of Mary Houston of Union county North Carolina asks all creditors to display claims to the undersigned by March 4 1916 or be barred. Debtors should settle promptly as of March 3 1915. W Clemmon d Administrator
A public sale is ordered by the Union County Superior Court in a special proceeding Mullis executor vs Haigler. Commissioner A M Stack will sell 20 acres on Grassy creek Goose Creek township near Monroe on April 3, 1915 at noon at the courthouse door. Terms: partly cash with balance due November 15, 1916 secured by a note and title retained until fully paid. or purchaser may pay all cash. Stuck and Parker, Attorneys.
Trustee announces sale of lands in Union County near the old Rocky River road described as lot No 4 in the Helms division, totaling about 29 1/2 acres, to satisfy a deed of trust debt. Sale set for March 19 1915 at noon at the courthouse door in Monroe. Also included are two mares, one yearlings, and one older mare. Sale conducted by trustee A Richardson. attorney J W Love.
By order of the Clerk of the Superior Court a commissioner will sell in Monroe on April 1 1915 a tract of 86 acres in Lanes Creek township Union County adjoining John Thomas Callan Parker and others. Terms are 50 percent cash with balance January 1 1916 or all cash. Title retained until full payment. A.M. Stack attorney.
North Carolina Secretary of State certifies the voluntary dissolution of Harrell Bros. & Company a Marshville corporation after unanimous stockholder consent. The dissolution filing dated February 22 1915 records the written consent and proceedings, with official seal and signature of Secretary J Bryan Grimes.
SeaboardAirline trains bound for Monroe depart or arrive with local and through services. Listed numbers include No 14 Charlotte to Monroe at 6 20 am No 12 Birmingham Atlanta to Portsmouth and New York at 6 30 am No 19 Wilmington to Charlotte at 11 15 am No 31 Raleigh to Rutherfordton local at 2 20 pm No 30 Atlanta to Monroe local at 5 50 pm No 20 Charlotte to Wilmington at 5 55 pm No 16 Rutherfordton to Monroe at unknown time No 6 Birmingham to Portsmouth New York at 8 28 pm No 11 New York Portsmouth to Atlanta Birmingham at 11 10 pm Trains leave Monroe for Portsmouth local at 6 25 am No 5 Rutherfordton New York to Birmingham at 10 00 am No Rutherfordton to Raleigh at 11 15 am etc.
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