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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1914
Page
8
The Monroe Ice and Fuel Company asks public cooperation for improved service this year. Wagons will pass at set hours for ice orders. report any issues to the office rather than drivers. keep children away from wagons. leave neighbor notes if away. Three wagons operate with a fourth to come as weather allows.
A dated missive from Woodrow Wilson to his former college Davidson expresses cordial greetings and sincere interest in its growth. The document is described as warmly received with loud applause and to be preserved in the college archives.
A set of notices lists many Union county residents announcing candidacies for local offices including Sheriff Cotton Weigher Clerk Superior Court Recorder County Commissioner and Representative all subject to the Democratic primary. Names include J N Price J W Griffith Luther Williams J O Winchester Chas B Barden J J Lockhart Bartley Helms Jas F McManus Henry M Presson St W Lemmond C Be Houston Lee M Howie H B Adams Jr R B Cuthbertson Jerry Laney J M Fairley among others.
W A Eubanks declares candidacy for Union County Register of Deeds subject to Democratic primary. C Long signs statement.
New York City Miss Anna Morgan leads a philanthropic effort the Vacation Savings Fund guiding about 000 girls earning two to thirty dollars weekly. The large steamer Imperator carried them as they pursued savings and security. In two years the fund reports savings of 126000 dollars.
The Vacation association at 36 West Thirty-ninth Street has 16 000 girl members with $96 000 drawn for vacations. Average deposits run about $2 200 weekly. The headquarters include a restaurant and facilities for members and weekly dances led by treasurer Miss Morgan. Taxpayers are the girls paying one dollar yearly for the social center and depositors for their savings toward annual vacations.
The Beaverkill Stream Club, rich New York and Brooklyn sportsmen, gains an injunction from Justice Hasbrouck to bar Elizabeth C Leighton as Arthur Leighton and the Arthur Leighton Co from floating logs down Beaverkill stream. The Leightons say the logs must move to their mill. the club argues logging harms fishing on the Delaware tributary.
London. Mr Strickland Goodall explains that keeping temper benefits the heart. He notes each heartbeat lifts about two pounds to one foot, beating 70 to 140 times per minute. He compares effects of running for trains, stairs, and anger on heart workload, and says half an hour of rest daily saves about 2 000 foot pounds yearly.
Mia Mary Kerwick, missing days, was located lighting a fire beside a powder magazine in Wharton New Jersey. If it had exploded, it would have rattled northern New Jersey.
A local saloon owned by the city of Sizseton in South Dakota announces an annual profit of $10,000. The press note emphasizes the profitable operation as a municipal enterprise with steady earnings.
In the Recorder's court, defendants including Axgill Hommick, Sarah Rogers, Fred Polk, Hoyle Helms, John Stegall, Frank Gatewood, Rufus McLei, George Enccore, Walter McCorkle, Carl Kuhn, Whitney, Tom Watts, Clayton Penniger, Brady Burch, Wil Smith and He Makes Grape Juice faced sentences or costs. Theodore Netter, a liquor dealer, was arraigned before Judge Landis for mislabeling bottles. after questioning he admitted making grape juice and was fined $75, which he paid.
An early 20th century ad touts Dean Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache weak kidneys and fatigue. Testimonial from Mrs S J Hargett of Monroe North Carolina claims dramatic improvement after using the product purchased via English Drug Co. Includes price 50 cents and a note to use Dean's Pills rather than generic kidney remedies. Also promotes Porter’s Antiseptic Healing OL dressing as a blood poisoning preventative with a pricing line.
Ten men, mostly chemists, died Friday in a Detroit explosion at a Mexican crude rubber company mixing room. Four others hospitalized may die, two seriously hurt. One story concrete building destroyed, nearby structures damaged within a mile. Estimated loss about 50 thousand dollars.
The Rex Theatre offers a busy program headlined by Mario a tragic love story set in Italy with a famed cast. Also shown are The Desert Tribesman and The Story of Whitey Durkel along with Child of the Desert and other two reel and three reel features. Friday includes The Stronger Hand and Guilty or Not Guilty with Monroe Orchestra providing music. Saturday features The Reform Candidate and a two reel stunt in a three reel picture with New Majestic favorites.
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