Local and Personal Notes From Monroe Area
Miss Beulah Nance returns from Shorter College Rome Ga. The Steele Creek Band to give two open air concerts on the 4th. Rev M D L Pressar to preach at Rock Rest Sunday 2 30 pm. Twin boy and girl born to Mr and Mrs J W Laney. Local students return from St Marys School Raleigh and Agnes Scott College Atlanta. The 4th of July Committee promises three prize floats. Lancaster parsonage sale prompts move to Lancaster Mercantile. Fireworks shifted to Friday night the 8th due to weekend crowds. Several local families attend Wake Forest College and Agnes Scott College events. The weather and crops notes mention a dry spring and cotton revival after rain June 7. Oklahoma wheat harvest workers sought by National Department of Agriculture with two and a half dollars per day. The Tirzah church marks 83rd birthday of Dr W W Ratchford. Rev J D Harte declines Monroe pastorate due to new duties in Hickory. Meredith College features Mic Eunice Benton and Mic Lourie Bennett in a Commencement play.
Woman Found Alive in County Well After Morning Plunge
Early today a voice from a county well led to the rescue of Mrs. Jane Deexe, kept at a local asylum awaiting state hospital admission. Workers lowered a rope and pulled her from the well, where she had no serious injuries beyond hair loss and bruising. The cause and duration of the fall remain uncertain.
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Wis
Jane Deexe
Stewart
Kot Rote
Frank Williams
J. W. Grifith
Cleve Hart
Local man Claude Spence reported missing in Arkansas
Stanly county residents learn Claude Spence, raised nearby and brother of Mia B C Kirk and Tom and Buck Spence, vanished from Harrison Arkansas after leaving in November with Charles Cawls to hunt hogs. Cawls claims not to have seen him. trunk sold for freight. Spence may have gone to Little Rock to work for a telephone company. Police and family fear foul play.
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Ian
Arkansas
Mhoriarle
Stanly County
Claude Spence
Mia
B.C. Kirk
Tom
Buck Spence
New London
Harrison
Ark
Mr. Spence
Stanly
Charles Cawls
Cawls
Spence
Little Rock
John S. Spence
Charlotte
Harriven
Cattle Wintered On Self Seeding Vetch Farm
Mr J T Leonard of this place farms in White Store township in nson county seven acres stocked with wild vetch a self seeding variety. A number of cattle have wintered on that stretch for several years without any other feed and come out in spring in good shape.
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J. T. Leonard
White Store Township
Nson County
Drowning of Family Found by Collie Dog at Beach
In North Bay Ontario a dog led rescuers to a drowning accident where a family perished. The collie tracked the beach to three bodies identified as Mrs Arthur Mansfield and her two children.
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North Bay
Ont
Dispatch
Arthur Mansibridge
Two Lives Lost in the Yadkin River Tragedy
Harold Stevens of Charlotte and Cicero Hicks of Winston-Salem drowned in treacherous Yadkin waters above the Narrows. Searchers recovered Hicks Monday and Stevens Tuesday after a capsizing near shoals while two others, Wilbur Smith and a helper, attempted rescue. Coroner noted possible blow to Stevens as cause, with ongoing river investigations and warnings from local residents about the river’s dangers.
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Harold Stevens
Charlotte
Cictere Hicks
Winston- Salem
Albemaine Enterprise
Yadkin
Cicero Hicks
Hardaway Company
Hono Fs
Winston-Saljem
Rapider
Alexander Miller
Charles Helms
Mr. Stevens
Wilbur Smith
Care Wen
Whitney
Blewitt Park
Ivey Sheets
Mr. Smith
Stalih
Eenpeinas
Ted
Kartes Helms
Hur Ayontt
Alberuirts
Kin River
Badin
Yadkin River
Stanley County
Prospects of Mexican mediation brighten in Washington
Washington dispatch reports rapid progress in mediation talks on the Mexican situation. President Wilson Secretary Bryan and diplomatic officials discuss a plan to establish a provisional government with a president and four cabinet members. Carranza representatives are in contact, while Huerta and the Constitutionalists show cautious positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meview
Wilson
Bryan
Niagra Falls
Huerta
Puerto Mexico
Gell Kau
Peacy
Carranza
Constitutionalists
Mesiro
Asheville To Grow Summer Army Camp For Students
The United States government will establish one of three camps at Asheville from June to August to provide military instruction for students. Camp facilities include tents, bedding, and mess kits, with officers supervising drills. Local groups support the project and will aid visitors with logistics and information.
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Asheville
Ashwille
United States
Carolina
United States Army
Tts
Catop
Sunset Mountain
Grove Park Inn
Greater Wester North Carolina Association
Asheville Board of Trade
Southor
Iseford H. Cohen
Manaer
Inter Western
North Carolina
Oie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beulah Nance
Shorter College
Rome
Steele Creek
M.D. L. Pressar
Rock Rest
J. W. Laney
Elimbeth Sikes
Virginia Lee
Sarah
Annie Welsh
St. Mary's School
Raleigh
C. Blair
Agnes Scott
Lottie May
Lee R. Troll
Lancaster
Baptist Parsonage
Lancaster Mercantile Company
Chilten
North Monroe Methouat
Messia
Ashcraft, Jr
Monroe
John Bivens
Wingate
Edward and Blanchard Williams
Monroe Township
Wake Forest College
Union County
Widleshore
Misses Tos
Alice Blakeney
Martha Diggers
Estelle Monroe
Pat Benton
Greenebore
the Normal
Maude Shute
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Fannie Thomas
Sanford
Ath of July Committee
Lquire
A. W. McManie
Midland
Suir
Bunyan Green
Minitanin
Brat
South Cantina
S.A. Robertson
Lottle Mag di
Jean Ashcraft
Amew Scott College
Atlanta
E. W. Pointer
Annie Mae Ashcraft
Caroline Biggers
Josie Neal
Annie Craig
Eunice Benton
Hattie
Antoinette Beasley
Mores du College
Hunice Benton
W. A. Benton and
J. W. Neal
State Board of Examiners
Durabai
Julia Price
National Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Enid
Alva
Woodward
Frederick
Marvin
Osceola
J. H. Weaver
The
Methodist Church
Tirzah Church
W. W. Ratchford
Capt. J. J. C. Steele
J. D. Harte
Hickory
First Baptist Church of
Wadesboro
Sam D. Helms
J. T. Hamilton
Meredith College
Mic] Eunice Benton
Fa Wien
Mic Lourie Bennett
Mies Bennett
Dine
N. D. Saleeby
Monroe, N
Country
C. V. Funderburk
Norwalk
Lee & Lee Co
First National BaNk
Jelo and
Jelatine
Vann Funderburk
Charlotte Scale & Fixture Company
Angldise
Howe Scales
West Trade
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