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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
8
At a north country friendly society smoking concert a piper failed to perform after disputes over pay and who called the fool. The audience and chair debated the piper’s earnings while a Pitman asked for thanks but included the piper, sparking light humor about who called the fool. A concluding quip notes a wife marries for spite.
Tax Collector Crowell seeks a gift of the Japanese flag from Tokyo to float beneath the three allied emblems atop Monroe North Carolina City Hall. He writes that the Japanese ambassador’s donation would honor allied nations and symbolize unity in the world war effort.
Since March first under Mrs. B. H. Griffin the Canning Club logged 1 572 miles and 41 meetings with 1 479 attendees. One hundred forty four girls joined the club and 119 women joined the Home Demonstration Club totaling 263 county members.
Sam Harmon a Seaboard fireman pleads from Quaker City to engineer George Flynn for travel passes home to the South. He laments being lured by promises of high wages and “free liquor,” says he is broke and friendless, and urges action, warning other Negroes.
Joseph H. Choate longtime New York lawyer and former ambassador to Great Britain died at his home after feeling ill. He had complained of illness the day prior and, despite orders to rest, attended to business. At about 1030 p.m. he summoned his wife and daughter Miss Mabel Choate and said he felt dying, then passed away.
The undersigned Flonn ie Privett as administratrix of Lester Privett deceased invites all claimants to exhibit claims by May 20 1918 or be barred from recovery. Debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly. Dated May 20 1917. W O Lemmond Attorney.
The obituary notes Mrs. Sarah Ann Carnes died at 77 at her son Walter Carnes home near Monroe. She was a devout Christian and leaves three children Robert Carnes Mrs. Dick Gordon and Walter Carnes. Funeral at Shiloh conducted by Rev. R. J. Meliaine of Monroe.
Rev J E Abernethy of Central Methodist preached to young men at Gastonia Main Street Methodist Church on Proverbs of the Wise and Mottoes of the Great. He urged self knowledge, faith, courage, and moral purpose, warning that greed and pleasure dull conscience and stressing the need for Jesus Christ as personal savior. The speaker urged boys to be fully present and master of their powers while pursuing integrity, service, and steadfast faith.
Washington May 17 reports drastic increases in the income surtax war schedules. The House in the committee of the whole adopted the new figures after Democratic Leader Kitchin announced McAdoo’s latest estimate of about 2.245 billion dollars to cover half the war’s first year cost.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger item describes a small boy at a shop asking for oak varnish for his father. The clerk refuses credit, returns the jar, and the boy comments that his father expected the shopkeeper to leave enough varnish around the sides for him to finish the job.
The text describes Virginia opossums as the only US species with 5 to 14 young at birth, which are naked and later hair up as miniature adults. It notes their slow, nocturnal habits for safety, the origin of playing possum, their role as a favorite game animal in the South, and their prominence in Southern songs and folklore.
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