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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
2
A collage of vignettes on wartime topics. A Liberty Bond aside contrasts with a saw mill fantasy. A sock knitting nursemaid receives a soldier note. a game warden and hunting tale light the page. Mexicans capture then release American duck hunters. North Carolina spends 5.51 million on road work. Rankin of Montana set for talks in Raleigh and other cities.
British forces pushed across a six mile front from Houtholst woods toward Ypres Meain road, taking about 600 prisoners before rainfall halted operations. Poeleapelle and Passchendaele saw fiercest fighting as Germans fortified positions awaiting the British push. Unofficial news from Amsterdam says Vice Admiral von Capelle may have resigned amid mutiny fallout.
The North Carolina Fisheries Commission lifted temporary food fish catching limits at the request of the Food Administration. The move aims to increase supplies to replace beef pork and mutton for allied military and civilian needs. Separately New Orleans segregation district will be abolished per Navy Secretary Daniels order. P. C. Robey ex secretary treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Asheville is jailed for embezzling 2154 dollars.
A forwarded health note claims a diet excess and uric acid burden damage kidneys. It recommends four ounces of salts twice daily with lemon lithia extract to cleanse sluggish kidneys, reduce urine irritation, and prevent bladder problems.
Fragments from Hogwallow on October 14 present a comical survey of town life. Residents mock war talk, report odd bets, local quarrels, and social curiosities while hinting at broader regional happenings and small-town concerns.
Washington October 12 Negro guards at Camp Ordway were withdrawn after the killing of Andrew J Cooper a carpenter by Private Jerry Ward Ward was arrested and is to stand trial civilian authorities sought custody Ward said Cooper did not halt at the guard post Several hundred carpenters and other workers refused to work until the guard was withdrawn Camp Ordway trains mechanics for the auto transport service of the quartermaster department
Advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT will cure itching and prolapsed piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. The copy urges readers to buy for relief and includes a coarse misspelling variety.
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