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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1914
Page
4
A brief notice lists the Journal Building at corner of Jefferson and Beasley Streets with a yearly rate of 1.00 and telephone number 19, dated Tuesday March 17, 1914.
The Lathe bury Post editor J Hurley faces strong criticism for supporting progressive legislation. The piece argues party bosses oppose reform and warns of Democratic machine control of the legislature and state government. It notes related editorials and a Charlotte speech of 1912. It also covers J Eh Duke plans for cotton warehouses and A M Stack announcing reelection bid as district solicitor.
The Greensboro News insists editorials misrepresent Mr Page positing him against labor and farmers organizations as trusts under Sherman law. It refutes Journal claims that he voted against labor groups and cites earlier votes from 1910 and 1913 while urging North Carolina readers to support Page.
Terre Haute Indiana reports a high tension scene as officials face indictments charging an conspiracy to kill three court officers. Dickens and alleged conspirators allegedly planned bomb or dynamite attacks on Judge Fortune and others. A witness says an attempt to dynamize Fortune’s home failed due to guards present. Officials seek protection during Mayor Roberts fraud trial as threats rise. President signs Alaska railroad bill authorizing 1009 miles of rail and a $35 million appropriation.
Dispatch shows two additional infantry regiments sent to Eagle Pass and Laredo to ease Mexican raid fears. General Felix Diaz and allies visit Washington to discuss a new plan to resolve the Mexican problem.
The column lists daily market prices for poultry and produce including turkeys per pound twelve to fifteen cents hens forty to forty five cents, young chickens sixteen to twenty five cents, roosters six to six and a quarter cents, guinea fowl four to four and a half, eggs five to twenty cents, butter twelve and a half to twenty cents, hamp or ham thirty six to eighteen cents, beeswax eighteen to twenty cents. It notes prices vary daily and suggests phoning a merchant for current figures and mentions a cold cure product with a bromide laxative. Henderson O. offers wagon restoration and sign services for old bogey wagons.
An affidavit by Mrs. Matile Miller alleges a $1,000 payoff for testimony against Leo M. Frank in the murder of Mary Phacen, with defense claiming witnesses fabricated evidence. Four other affidavits are released as part of a motion for a new trial. The defense targets Conley as the actual murderer, not Frank, amid broader efforts to influence the case. Meanwhile, U.S. policy on consular powers in northern Mexico is under review after Carranza’s note, with diplomats noting the U.S. cannot act for others against Carranza’s stance and staff travel hampered by geography.
Captain Hobson plans a ten day motorcycle tour of North Carolina ahead of the April 6 primary to boost his Senate bid against Oscar Underwood. Managers claim he will deliver about 200 speeches daily, a pace unique among candidates who mostly travel by auto. In Union County, a separate Superior Court action against J Frank Conder seeks estate relief and a receivership order, with hearings set for May 4 in Monroe N C.
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