27 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1914
Page
1
The Journal urges contestants to work every day from November 17 to 30 in the annual subscription contest. Emphasis on steady effort, timely voting, and real activity this week as many readers increasingly vote for favorites. A voting schedule for this week and the old schedule after Monday night are provided for guidance.
Weekend schedule shows old vote timetable and new subscription vote scale. Renewals require up to 25 000 votes for four to five year terms. Local items include marriages, land purchases, Union meeting, and Lord Roberts burial in London with royal procession details.
In Waxhaw two men, John Simmons and Rob Montgomery, clash over money with fists a rock and a pistol, leaving Simmons injured and Montgomery retreating. A separate homicide occurs when John Campbell is killed by Dey Steele after a dog‑buying dispute. Steele is hurt in the clash, Campbell dies next day.
Governor Hlease freed 101 inmates from the South Carolina penitentiary and county squads on Thanksgiving Eve, bringing clemency total to 1,430 since January 1911. The batch includes 16 life terms, 31 manslaughter terms, and 54 other offenses, with whites 54, blacks 46 and one Indian. Capt Ben B Dailey, famed lifesaver, died aged 73 in Dare county. Also reports escapes of five prisoners from the State prison farm in Fairfax county.
The American commission for relief in Belgium rejected a German claim that food would be supplied by Germany if Americans did not send aid. It noted repeated refusals of Belgian towns to buy food in Germany, and cited appeals from Antwerp and nearby provinces. The report emphasizes widespread suffering and calls for organized relief to save millions. Also mentions Rev. J E Abernethy farewell in Gastonia with sermons on optimism and biblical awe.
The Jason arrived at Davenport as 6,000,000 gifts from the United States to war zone children were celebrated in Plymouth. A dinner by the Earl of Beauchamp honored officers. crowds lined the harbor and admiring crowds viewed the ship. Officials from the British army and navy attended, with warm toasts to the King and to the American President.
Two people killed with an axe at a country residence near here in a fire likely meant to conceal the crime. Adam A. Boggs 45 Florida lawyer and his daughter Marjorie Boggs 18 died. bodies found charred as investigators pursue burglary as motive. The Boggs family notable in southern education and religion. Governor Goethals ruling on Panama Canal damage claims due to earth slides. Captain Frank T Burkitt former Populist figure and Mississippi senator dies at 71 in Okolona Mississippi.
Paris dispatch describes trenches between the Oise and Somme lying 300 feet apart with both sides firing at point blank range. A French guide leads fifteen reporters as they witness underground forts, barbed wire, and near continual bombardment from Arras to Prony Artis with German shells and smoke filling a snowbound battlefield.
Turkey told the United States through Morgenthau that shots fired toward the Tennessee’s launch were a routine warning about Smyrna’s access to navigation. Washington noted the explanation as informal but promising a formal Turkish guarantee for American safety.
In a letter dated Nov 26 from Monroe, G E Flow estimates the county cotton crop at 29 959 bales. He notes that if one third of the crop ran late the yield would be 20 percent below normal, given acreage planted. The assessment is based on partial data and consensus.
London dispatch reports Field Marshal Earl Kitchener in the House of Lords praising Belgian gallantry and King Albert. He notes the Russians defeated the Germans with their heaviest losses yet, British forces in touch with Turkish troops near the Suez Canal, and that recruiting remains open as British lines on the continent fill gaps.
A Raleigh plea highlights over 8 000 destitute orphans in the state and shows only about 2 200 receive care in existing institutions. Officials warn crowded facilities fail to reach two thirds in need, urging public awareness and new support to lessen the gap and improve the lot of neglected children.
A humorous dialogue frames a doctor advising no wine beer alcohol or cigars for gout. Patient asks for the next best remedy after these strict prohibitions, presenting a light, playful exchange in a newspaper-style snippet.
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