Old Man on Trial for Kidnapping in North Carolina
Monroe Union County report covers the Joshua Harrison kidnapping case in Elizabeth City. Kenneth Beasley, son of Senator S. M. Beasley, vanished February 13, 1905, while in Raleigh. Harrison, a whiskey dealer, is linked to threats over Beasley's legislation. Witnesses place Harrison with the boy, and the trial is expected to last several days amidst related local school, bank, and Sanctioned business updates.
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North Carolina
Eligbeth City
Joshua Harrison
Mur- Kenneth Beasley
Lees
S. M. Beasley
Currituck County
Beasely
Raleigh
Harrison
Beasley
Jarvis
Aycock
Kenneth
Har- Tivon
Trinity
J. H. Richardson
J. A. Bivens
Monroe Graded School
F. H. Wolfe
H. B. Clark
Proclamation Calls Mobilization to Plant Food Crops
Governor Thomas W. Bickett designates April 5 1917 as a planting day urging mayors farmers landlords merchants and bankers to boost grain and grass cultivation to combat boll weevil damage and wartime food needs. The proclamation stresses self sufficiency and urges action across urban and rural communities.
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Lov. Bickett
Gov. Bickett
China
United States
North Carolina
Ortiis
Augustus Caesar
Thomas Walter Bickett
Incorporated Rns
Merelanta
Measles Proves Key Factor In Imperial Family Crisis
Report from London via Petrograd notes Tsar Nicholas II facing exile after a palace guard surrender during the Russian revolution. Measles strike the children, including Grand Duke Alexis and Grand Duchess Tatiana, delaying the imperial lineage and prompting empress to appeal for mercy at the bedside.
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Peror Nicholas
Saya
Petrograd
London Times
Graf Rugby
Danie
Euiter
Times
Taurus
Crimea
Italy
Marie
Alexis
Tarlanta
Taarskoe Selo
Russia
Sale and Exchange Day Sparks Marshville Trade
The Marshville feature of auction and trade day grows, with Fulton James and Claude Phifer managing a busy cash market as many customers pepper them with questions. A Wadesboro lawyer faces a tainted exchange of testimony while farmers discuss magistrate and supreme court challenges. Cattle auctions on streets hint that the next first Saturday sale on April 7 aims to boost private and public sales alike.
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Zeb Green
Marshville
Claude
Fulton James
Cash Market Gr Company
Fulton
Claude Phifer
Wadesboro
Jake
Rufe
Rowan County
John
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Mont
Pneumonia Season Warns of Cold Dangers
The March weather increases pneumonia risk. treat early with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first cold indication. The ad urges readers to ask others about its value and emphasizes quick cold relief to reduce danger.
Church assigns minister for month in Olle visit
Hix cites a conversation about a church sending the minister to Olle for a month. Dixon confirms the trip is a vacation and says the congregation decided they were entitled to one.
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Hix
Olle
Dixon
Dix
Sloan's Liniment for Rheumatism Relief
Sloan's Liniment offers fast relief for rheumatism pains and aches through a penetrating liquid formula. The effective remedy helps with exposure strains sprains and muscle soreness and is recommended for gout lumbago toothache back ache and stiff neck. Available at druggists for 260.
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Sloan
Going To Make Garden Lass Union County Gardens This Year
High vegetable prices spur new gardeners in Union county as locals with little prior farming interest begin preparations for a fruitful season. The article notes a surge of activity and renewed enthusiasm for home gardening amid rising edible costs.
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Marshville
Old Mother Earth
Union County
Parisian Sage Promises Hair Growth in Three Days
English Drug Co promotes Parisian Sage claiming rapid hair loss halt and scalp improvement. Hundreds report better hair and healthy scalp after few applications, with a money back guarantee if results aren’t seen. Large bottle offered as inexpensive remedy available at drug stores.
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English Drug Co
Sale and Exchange Day Ideas and Courtroom Tears
A passage recalls Marshville sale and exchange days to unite buyers with sellers for stock and farm implements. Bascom’s soil passion and Hereford cattle aim to boost livestock interest. A Robeson County tale recounts a lawyer who appeals to jurors by crying, yet loses the case.
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Marsh
Mpany
Marshville
Bascom
Jim Austin
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N. C. English
Redwine
State Department
Anson
Kate Eubanks
Tindal
Monroe Township
Misa Eubank
Amos Richardson
Richardson
Carmel
Trinity College
E. K. McLarty
the Savings, Loan and Trust Company
R. B. Redwine
Cashier
W. J. Rudge CO. Jewelers
Rupe
Caudle
Saxon
Chevrolet
Maxwell
Dodge
Franklin Street
The
Secrest Motor Co
A. M. Secrest
Robeson County
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