The Monroe Journal Whose Page Tangles With Local Affairs
A page from The Monroe Journal discusses legislative fee reforms for solicitors, faulting the practice of multiple fees on similar offenses. It notes Judge Carter’s temper and criticizes witness-bullying, plus mentions Mr. Bell’s move from Raleigh to Monroe and his cotton mill roles and editorial prowess. The piece also covers farming fertilizer use estimates, and York county liquor shipments returning to senders under the month-long law.
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Southern Railway
York County
Jitney Collision Injures Waxhaw Man in Charlotte
A Waxhaw resident, Mr. R. J. Eason, returning from Elliott poultry farm near Charlotte, suffered a severe rear end crash with a Jitney on South Tryon Street. He was shaken and stunned but recovered enough to return home the next day. The Jitney driver failed to watch the road. The incident also damaged the wagon, mules, and chickens.
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Waxhaw
Charlotte
Waxhaw Enterprise
R. J. Eason
Elliott Poultry Farm
Mr. Eason
Tryon Street
Jim
Civic League Waxhaw Millinery
Ida Nisbet
Tp! Nisbet
Ruth Krauss
Stilesboro
Ron. Nisbet
Monroe
Mercot Grove
Cuano Kachlid
Mies
Fay Cunningham
Rocking
Cuningham
Norwood
Fanny
Waxhaw Tor
Jackson Forest
Claude Helms
W .H. Hetne
Rehoboth
G. Hogan
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Laneaster
Inmate Bigamy Case Sparks Hard Truth Exchange
A prison scene unfolds as a mission worker offers spiritual comfort to inmates. Convict No 336699 retorts that he is serving time for bigamy, prompting the worker to challenge judgments while a philosophy of art and truth surfaces in a terse exchange.
Berlin Honors Its Heroes Parade of uniformed crowds in a patriotic display
Crowds fill Berlin streets, viewing soldiers from generals to Red Cross workers in civil dress. The scene features a Death’s head banner, goose step guards, and marching youths with wooden cannons. Nearby a census table reports global illiteracy rates, noting variances in measurement bases and ages.
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Berlin
Edward Eyre Hunt
Collier's Weekly
Bewthlering
East Prussia
Vater den Linden
Red Cross
Sual
Friedriehstrasee
Unlucky Family Tragedy In Catawba Jail Death
Eugene Fox died of pneumonia while serving in Catawba county Jail. His father Dan Fox has been an inmate at Morganton State Hospital for over 20 years. A brother reportedly killed himself hunting rabbits in the snow three years ago. The mother Mrs Maggie Fox of Line’s Township is the sole immediate survivor.
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Eugene Fox
Catawba County
Ted
Dan Fox
State Hospital
Morganton
Maggie Fox
Line's Township
Fire on Swine Pens Ends in Savings at Cromwell Farm
In Goshen Indiana on March 20 William Archer tried to treat his pigs with tce when four torches tipped with oil ignited. The flames spread as six hogs ran about the yard setting the pen ablaze. One pig leapt into a mud puddle and the others followed, saving the herd from severe loss.
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Waxhaw Enterprise
Helow
Goshen
Ind
William Archer
Cromwell
Ey McNeeley Jey and Counselor at Law
Prompt and careful attention given to the settlement of estates for administrators executors guardians. Office 11 and 12 Savings Loan Trust Building Monroe NC.
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EY McNeeley
Jey
Law
Pete
Savings, Loan & Trust Building
Monroe
N.C
Rural Kansan in City Car Reacts to College Fads
An Oklahoma cattle baron, temporarily in town, recalls riding a streetcar with a group of college students whose loud humor and pranks provoked a chorus of shouts and a pointed remark from the nearest rider. He concedes amusement and self-deprecating humor.
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Dad Bing
Kansas City Star
Something Wrong Somewhere
William joins the army to show devotion yet resists strict discipline. Wearing the regiment’s uniform he believes he is his own master. At lights out he orders his comrades to keep a light. An officer of the day challenges him and William retorts with defiant queries about authority.
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William
Willam
Eyeglasses in War Cited by British Soldiers
The piece notes many British volunteers wear spectacles in wartime and cites Eustace Balfour defending glasses as practical and not a sign of weakness. He argues spectacles protect eyes and dust, sharing personal hunting experience to counter stigma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustace Balfour
Arthur Balfour
Londov Chresiela
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THE
Monroe Journal
G. M
R. F P. Beasley
Journal Building
Jefferson and
Beasley Streets
Legisature
North Carolina
Carter
Bell
Monee
Hdugh
News and Observer
Wood
News A
Ad Observer
Raleighsterday
Raleigh
Boll
Bell Cee
Riteigh
Charlotte Hehae
Charlotte Observer
Yorkville Enquirer
Allison
Bureau of Census of the
Department of Commerce
United States
Tae Gardui
Dan Williams
Colgates
DER
Green Border Druggetts
Agents Fork Ladies’ Home
Journal
Chero-Cola
Cal Rogers
Chero-Cola Bottling Co
Monroe, N. C
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