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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1915
Page
8
Classifieds include livestock sales land offerings pressing services and a watch repair ad. A narrative fragment follows about a process server and a captured sale saved by a clever intruder and a soldier reflecting on Indian stratagems.
For Sale. Residence on Morris Street Monroe offered by T. J. Payne. Describes a desirable modern house on a splendid lot. Also advertised Wanted Farmers to buy 10 to 20 acres near rail and macadam road twelve miles from Wilmington. Copple urged for furniture savings and Holland Nurseries promote ornamental stock near Wilmington NC.
Ned and Frank Whittlesey plan to delay creditors by Ned assuming debts and hiding from process servers. Ned escapes attempts to arrest him while bailiffs pursue, aided by private concealment in vacant houses and a swift horse. Whittlesey confronts attackers during a daring rescue in the yard below.
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Morgenthau was told to inform the Turkish Foreign Minister that U S public sentiment is stirred by reports of Armenian atrocities and that friendly relations could be threatened if the massacres do not cease. Included notice of a meeting for colored teachers in Monroe on October 9 at 10 am. Local markets section lists cotton, produce, and eggs prices with daily caveat.
Monroe announces a winter course featuring five attractions from October to February. American Girls chorus on October 27, Thomas Fletcher on November 16, American Quartette on February 18, Weatherwax Brothers on February 29, and the Rawens Family from New Zealand performing native instruments and war love songs. Berlin reports French and British losses at least 120,000 and 60,000 respectively while German losses are far lower.
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