Baby Contest Promises Five Hundred in Gold in Monroe
The Monroe Journal launches a grand Baby Contest offering 500 dollars in gold plus ten solid gold rings for top nominees from Districts 1 and 2. Nomination coupons grant 1000 votes, with free voting and equal chances for all babies under five with white parentage. Voting opens now through April 22, with district managers, entry rules, and coupon details published in the paper.
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Monroe
Union
The
Monroe Journal Today
Journal
Buster
Virginia May
Bobby Burns
Alice
Joyce Syndicate
Chicago
C. A. Joyce
Texas Robbery on Southern Pacific Train Ends With Two Killings
Santonio Texas March 13 A Wells Fargo messenger using a daring ruse foils a train robbery near the Mexican border injuring no bystanders while killing two bandits. Express worker David A Trousedale engaged the thieves, blunted one with a mallet, and shot another as they attempted to flee. The bodies were disposed in a baggage car and the train continued on toward Sanderson Terrell County.
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Santonio
Tex
Wells - Fargo Express
Southern Pacific
Mexican
Big Bena
Texas
Sanderson
Terrell County
David A. Trousedale
San Antonio
Express Company
Trousedale
Rilo Grande
Paternal Pore Question on Son Studying Law
A farmer questions Josh pursuing law while the speaker hopes he learns how laws work and gains sense to avoid abuses, reflecting on legal instruction and practical governance in a rural setting.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Hillsville Massacre Shocks Virginia Court Scene
Outlaws from Hillsville Carroll County shoot dead Judge Massie and Commonwealth's Attorney Foster in the Hillsville courthouse. Sheriff Webb killed. clerk Goad wounded. jurors and bystanders struck. Floyd Allen and kin flee into mountains as Governor Mann orders troops and a large manhunt.
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Virginia
Hillaville
Blue Ridge
Carroll County
Floyd Allen
Dexter Goad
Roanoke
Galax
Mann
Lynchburg
Hillsville
Thorton L. Massie
Commonwealth
William Foster
Lewis Webb
Clerk Goad
Allen
Wood
Foster
Carrol
Sidney
Jack
Massie
Sheriff Webb
Court House
Court Square
Webb
Beaverdam Valley
Betty Beker
W. R. Staples
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ammons
Judge Mussle
Swanson
Mass To
State Supreme Bench
Sidney Edwards
Squirrel's Spur
Mt. Airy
Edwards
Hilleville
T. L. Massie
W. M. Foster
Augustus Fowler
Betty Ayers
Victor
Kyrd Marion
Sidney Allen
Claud Swanston Allen
Sidna Edwards
Wesley Allen
Byrd Marion
John F. Moore
Sidna Allen
Band of Outlaws
Claud Wesley
Fred Allen
Simna Edwards
Moore
Carroll
Unles
Allens
Floyd
County action on floods repairs for three washed bridges
County commissioners met after last week’s floods and ordered repair of three washed bridges. A Roanoke Bridge Company contract for a double steel bridge over Stewart's Fork was set at 850 dollars for an eighty foot, single span with double track, chosen over a slightly cheaper single track option.
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Stewart's Fork
High Hill
Charlotte Road
Crooked Creek
Secrest
Roanoke Bridge Company
Store Fire Destroys Austta's New Salem Shop
The store of Mr. J. C. Austta in New Salem burned on Sunday at eleven o'clock. The nearby Fairfield church had gathered when the blaze started but only a few tobacco boxes survived. Mr. Austin and family were at church. Suspected cause is a dropped match. Inventory valued near four thousand dollars with four thousand in stock and two hundred on building and furniture.
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J. C. Austta
New Salem
Fairfield Church
Womans Meeting Ent Entertainment Committee Seeks No Changes
The Journal notes the entertainment committee hopes guests lists announced for the Baptist Womans Meeting will not be altered. Assignments were set after much effort with notices given, making changes inconvenient. Night sessions occur at the Methodist church and will be engaging, with a cordial public invitation.
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Committee of Entertainment
Dean's Kidney Pills End Backache From Weak Kidneys
Mrs Berlinda Broom of Monroe North Carolina reports backache relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She says the pills regulate kidney action and stop pains, purchased from English Drug Co. and sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents priced 60 cents with the reminder to remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Monroe
Berlinda Broom
N. C
Engish Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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