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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1916
Page
5
The notice page lists Saturday specials including Snow Drift Lard at 1.40 for ten pounds and 70 cents for five pounds, Gardner's Plain Cake and Fruit Cake at 20 cents per pound, and Country Style Hams at 25 cents per pound. It also mentions mill feed and a plea to boost business by readers.
Crowds packed the courthouse as returns rolled in from the national election. Democrats cheered early, then faced uncertainty as Western states shifted and the west and California counted. Victories for Hughes appeared and then faded, with celebrations and serenades giving way to anxious counting across two days.
A wedding planned for December fourteenth was announced at Mrs. A. G. Ford's entertainment. Miss Sadie Downum, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Downum of Lenoir, will wed Mr. Charles Prince Postelle of Lenoir formerly of Atlantic Beach Florida. The couple once lived at Monroe parsonage on Washington Street.
An elderly observer recalls a long planned but abortive 1896 Democratic celebration for Bryan and McKinley. County Chairman R B Redwine ordered 100 barrels of tar for Bryan’s win, then shipped them back when McKinley won. The tale reads as fiction.
Mrs J T Griffith presided over the Music Club with roll call musical items and papers on Antonin Dvorak and The New World Symphony. Mrs A A Miller hosted the Booklover’s Club with five rock tables and floral decor. Guests included Miss Efird and Mr Fay Efird. Mrs W J Boger traveled to Wilmington for a Missionary Convention.
The notice lists St Pauls Episcopal services weekly with rector Rev Trott and lay reader led Sundays 11 a.m. and midweek Holy Communion Sundays. Presbyterian notes invite 11 a.m. worship with Job sermon and Youth programs, district convention on Nov 13 14. First Baptist announce 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. services plus Sunday school institute by Middleton and Highsmith with lectures and meals. J W Fowler reports new mares and farm mules to view at Fowler & Lees.
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