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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
7
Only one sold to each customer. None sold before the day of sale. Positively none sold to dealers. No phone orders accepted. Be here on time. Think of buying a durable carpet sweeper at a ridiculously low price. The Hygene is steel light yet strong a sanitary sweeper with no germs. Hygeno sweepers are handsome with beautiful finishes.
Arthur Ken Waite was executed at Sing Sing prison at 12 10 tonight for the murder of his father in law John E Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan. He walked calmly to the chair with Rev A N Peterson as chaplain and showed composure till the end. Three electric shocks followed within four minutes as Waite spent hours in prayer and bid farewell to no one in particular. The condemned man’s last hours included meals and a brief exchange with his brother Frank before the sentence was carried out.
Secretary Baker urged governors to keep mobilization camps free from improper surroundings and demoralizing influence. He stressed federal and state duty to protect young soldiers, enforce laws, and relocate camps if clean conditions cannot be secured. He called for eyeing surrounding towns and ensuring compliance to safeguard health and vigor.
A Paris dispatch notes two meatless days weekly led to higher beef prices around $1 per pound and rising fish costs. Dealers doubt the regulation will cut consumption as shoppers rush to stock up for the meatless period.
An elderly observer recalls 1894 potato prices at $2 a load, now near $4 a bushel, with a comparative price list showing Remarrey advances and cotton, wheat, corn and cattle values. The report notes U S war mobilization, Brazil’s possible entry, and Treasury plans to fund Allied aid in June around 400 million dollars, totaling over 1.6 billion.
An old advertisement touts a cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine claiming it stops the cough and headache, and promises a refund if no cure. The box bears E. W. Grove’s signature.
W C Lemmon attorney at law office in Law Building Monroe North Carolina offers services in all state and federal courts with emphasis on collecting claims and settling estates by administrators and executors.
An advertisement extols a strictly cash grocery and seed shop offering refunds on any purchase, prompt service, and full value. It touts a wide stock including groceries country produce seeds and animal feeds such as corn oats mill sweet feed and Timothy hay. It urges customers to phone orders and highlights price advantages from cash purchases.
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