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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
8
Lexington Dispatch reports a speech criticizing long serving North Carolina officials and urging changes. The speaker calls for replacing office holders over time to strengthen the Democratic party and the state. He predicts no major 1914 disturbances but says changes will occur across 1916.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment reflects on a pastor’s sly humor as he teases a youth named Ashley about half-closed eyes. The exchange hints at the pastor’s sleepy-sermon style and playful banter during services.
Dorothy Dix sees High Jinks the famous play at the Casino in New York City. The XI reel of the most famous photoplay ever made promises more scenes and events for audiences.
Reformers from the Roosevelts and Republicans met in Greensboro and named John M. Morehead and National Committeeman Duncan to negotiate. They discussed forming a joint convention to unite the party under a solid front and considered negotiating committees to avoid further infighting.
Raleigh mourns N B Broughton a leading public figure who died in a Philadelphia hospital at sixty six He shaped publishing business politics and religious life in North Carolina supporting Prohibition education and YMCA work His long career spanned Wake Forest College Coke Oxford and many state movements leaving a lasting impact on the city and state
Statenville Sentinel reports Bollinger, owner of the Henekle stock farm, cutting alfalfa this week. He cites four to five acres yielding two to three tons per acre for the first cutting, with two or three more cuttings possible. Local farmers urged to see the field as climate and soil may require periodic resetting, yet the crop is highly profitable.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt spent a busy Washington day meeting President Wilson and Progressive lawmakers while avoiding politics. He attended a South American expedition speech, visited the Smithsonian, and held impromptu receptions, signaling plans for an early campaign.
Colonel Roosevelt arrives in Washington greeted by hand claps from a crowd inside the White House grounds. He tours the Smithsonian where a mounted rhinoceros draws a quip about his Africa hunt and shares remarks with Senator Lodge and foreign ambassadors before attending a National Geographic Society dinner and a Progressive Congressmen conference.
Prof E P Mendenhall accepts the principal post at Wesley Chapel High School in Union County and will move soon. Polkton regrets losing him and his family, who have been valued teachers and church members for three years. Wesley Chapel gains a skilled educator and a respected family.
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