Seaboard link from McBee to Monroe to be built soon
The Charlotte Observer reports definite plans to start the Seaboard Air Line Railroad extension from McBee to Monroe in a few months and to complete the line swiftly. The Bon_sal era builder Bonsal is cited for rapid progress from Hamlet to Savannah with direct freight and through passenger service potential.
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Charleston
Hamlet
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
Seaboard
Bonsal
Charlotte
Monroe
New York
Savannah
Charleston News and Courier
News and Courier
Davis Warfeld
Florida
Southern Railroad
Rutherfordton
Wilmington- Charlotte and
Christmas Toys Promised by Wives Amid Roadside Notes
Corinth News notes social moves and small-town scenes on Route 9 including Mr R 8 Spittle in Peachland Mrs Vernon Presson with relatives and new home arrivals of Mr and Mrs James Williams at J E Flows property. Spans church meeting closing with modest attendance and light local chatter.
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Corinth
Journal
Monroe
Spittle
Peachland
Vernon Presson
Banta
Bugsy
W. A. Whitaker
Pearl Irby
Jim Spittle
Ben Helms
Bright Whitaker
W. B. Alexander
R. M. Haigler
Hanhan Deese
Thomas
Jack London Dreaded Poet Dies at Glen Ellen Ranch
Noted author Jack London died at his Glen Ellen California ranch near Santa Rosa at 7 45 p m after a severe kidney ailment. He was found by a servant this morning and did not regain consciousness after a brief rally. Survived by his sister Mrs Eliya Shephard a daughter a UC student his mother in Oakland and his wife Cara London. Mrs London was with him at the time of death.
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Perd
Servert
Jack London
Glen Ellen Ranch
Santa Rosa California
London
Eliya Shephard
J. Wilson Shields
San Francisco
Shepha
War end bet of 120000 settled in Amsterdam
A $120,000 bet on whether the war would end before October 1, 1916 was liquidated in Amsterdam. The wager was placed by stock exchange and commercial men last year with insured risks across several companies. Winners receive $108,000, losers pay $12,000, and the insurance group bore the main loss.
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Ammerdam
Amsterdam
Stock Exchange
Bank Robbers Take 11400 in Boswell Oklahoma Heist
Three men robbed the First National Bank at Boswell Oklahoma of eleven thousand four hundred dollars late Wednesday. They forced bank employees and others into a vault and fled on horseback, outrunning a pursuing posse. They were headed toward the Jamechi Mountains a known hideout for outlaws. One robber was masked.
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First National Bank
Boswell
Okla
Jamechi Mountains
Bank of Ftetats
Mice Cotton Stolen By Negro Captured With Proceeds
A man named Neal McKinnon, living between Marshville and Polkton, stole a bale of Frank Hasty’s cotton and sold it in Monroe to George Hart. Chief Ernest Barrett captured him near Peachland. $88 plus was recovered, with about a dollar missing. He awaits preliminary hearing in jail.
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Frank Hasty
Neal McKinnon
Marshville
Polkton
Monroe
George Hart
Ernest Barrett
Peachland
McKinnon
Hart
W. M." McKinnon
Hasty
Barrett
Adamson Eight Hour Law Declared Unconstitutional
Judge William C. Hook in Kansas City Missouri voided the Adamson eight hour law saying the ruling came from expediency to reach a Supreme Court decision by January. The government sought dismissal while the receivers asked for the law to be declared void, with further action and potential test cases involving railroads and court orders.
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Kansas City
William C. Hook
United States District Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Nation
Gregory
Frank Hagerman
Hook
Miss &Sourie, Oklahor Gulf Railroad
Supreme Court
Lourt
Hagerman
James Dunlap
Togat Stiff
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Rube and His Jitney and a Looming Rail Plan
Local rumor centers on Mr. Lemmond proposing a railroad spur to Prospect and Buford, with Worley and others pressing for stock. Lemmond promises a gravity destroying solution to carry cotton quickly, claiming exclusive use for Prospect, with Christmas as a target for readiness.
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Rock Rest
Amin
Lemmonds
Wingate Philosopher Meigs Dies in South Carolina
The Monroe Journal and Pageland Journal pay tribute to H Meigs Wingate educator writer and optimistic thinker who died on Saturday His loss is described as irreparable to the county and to the community noting his service to others and his uplifting letters from bed of affliction His work and example are praised as a guide for living and faith The report also references his earlier life as a teacher and his connection to Wingate The Monroe Journal is cited as having carried his optimistic reflections and supportive writings for readers across the region.
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Wingate
H. Meigs
Opti
Monroe Jowt
O. P. Timist
Peper
Meigs
Bank Robbery in Chattanooga and Local Wedding in Monroe
A Chattanooga robbery nets about 40 000 dollars from a Southern Express wagon after two white men forced driver Fred Cornelison to open a secured cash box in the Western & Atlantic yards. The pair fled. Cornelison, who had a rifle, reported the incident. In Monroe, Miss Martha Alline Nelson and Mr. B Ward Laney wed at 4 pm after a flower-decorated home ceremony conducted by Reverends Ratchford and Boyce. The couple left for Monroe amid rice and old shoes.
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Union
Lancaster
Maid of Honor
Miss Dye
Houston
Miss Huey
Plyler
Thompson
Walter Laney
Clayton Laney
Connie Laney
Beatrie Dillion
Percy Dillion
Pitzhenry Dillon
Monroe
O. P. Thompson
Rock Hill
J. W. Caskey
Athens
Roh
Nelson
Pageland
Southern Express Company
Western & Atlantic
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fred Cornelison
T. W. Leary
Cornelison
Corneilson
Cornellion
Laney-Nelson
Journal
J. C. Nelson
Martha Alline Nelson
B. Ward Laney
Waxhaw
Iva Huey
Mendelshon
Louise Dye
Kershaw
Adelaide Nelson
W. W. Ratchford
W. W. Boyce
Mira Lessie Plyler
Adelaide Thompson
Rivermere
Monroes Lemmond welcomed guest in Stouts visit
Stout on Nov 23 reports visits by Hon. W. C. Lemmond of Monroe and Harry Hayes of Charlotte. Local ministers Rev J L Haywood and Rev A B Haywood preached at the Methodist church, with a 7 pm sermon by Stev. Meigs noted as a loss to readers. The school led by Etta Belk and Ada Gay progresses, and Mrs. Preston Deese improves after illness. Wildlife poems from Journal Jewels, and Padereky mention underscore era.
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Stouts
Stout
W. C. Lemmond
Monroe
Harry Hayes
Charlotte
J. L. Haywood
A. B. Haywood
Indian Trail
Stev
Etta Belk
Ada Gay
Virgie Rushing
Dudley
S. A. Rushing
T. L. Conder
Preston Deese
Woodrow Wilson
Padereky
Epworth League Box Supper Planned at Mt Prospect
Mrs. M A Osborne and children visit relatives in Unionville as Epworth League schedules a box supper on Thursday Nov 30 to aid the church. Community members attend Lancaster fair. Rev M A Osborne reports a fruitful year and hopes to return. H P Meigs of Wingate dies, inspiring readers who followed his weekly Journal letters.
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Monroe R. B.D
Lancaster
Boonie Haigler
Unionville
M. A. Osborne
South
West
Mesars
P. W. Plyler
8. A. Lathan
Rube Lemmond
Waxhaw
Mineral Springs
Stouts
Mt. Prospect
Buford
Lemmond
Bub
Rube
H. P. Meigs
Wingate
Hughes Delivers Telegram to Wilson After Victory Call
Republican nominee Charles E Hughes finally congratulates President Wilson on re election after California canvass completed. Wilson at theater when telegram arrives. no comment. Republican leaders say California majority for Wilson electors ranges 1200 to 3800 votes and no recount grounds seen.
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Charles E. Hughes
Preddent
Wilson
Hughes
California
Republican State Committee
Republican National
National Committee
Villa Beaten After Seven Hour Chi huahua Fight
Reports from Juarez say Francisco Villa withdrew his remaining forces from Chihuahua City after a seven hour battle. Government troops pursued the retreating bandits as firing echoed from the city. Earlier a small skirmish near Chihuahua City drew unclear lines between roving bands and Villa's columns. The Natl Grange in Washington formed a committee to exonerate farmers from blame for high living costs and debated a resolution condemning the Adamson Act, deferring action to later in the week.
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Carranza
Chihuahue
Juarez
Villa
Washington
National Grange
Rheuma Promise for Fast Relief in Rheumatism
An advertising claim touts Rheuma as a powerful remedy for rheumatic pain. It cites Judge John Barhorst of Ft. Loramie, Ohio, as a testimonial, promising relief in two days with a half teaspoon daily and a 50-cent bottle from the English Drug Co. or any drugstore.
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English Drug Co
John Barhorst
Ft. Loramie
Ohio
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C. J. Black
Oklahoma
Morris School
Court House
W. C. Killingsworth
O. K
Fowler & Lee
Rube and His
P. Timist
Mt. Prospect News
Eles Ee
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