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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
7
Washington October 12 discussion at the war department indicates the second increment of the draft army could be fixed for December or January The first increment of 687000 men shows a large deficiency for 17 national army divisions with over 250000 still to assemble and deficits from regimental and aviation needs.
Advance guards announce Barnum and Bailey will exhibit in Charlotte on October 25 with a three hour program starting at 10 AM. The parade will be three miles long with six bands, three calliopes, and a steam piano. The pageant Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp opens the show followed by a Chinese circus featuring Hanherford riders and Signor Bagonghi among others.
Mr. A. McKinnon says 1 008 bales were weighed on the local yards last week. Sixty two bales were weighed at the Laurinburg warehouse and stored. The note suggests some cotton growers think the aid of high prices has not yet reached flood stage.
An old advertisement for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic markets it as a general tonic with quinine and iron claiming to aid liver function malaria relief blood health and overall vitality while noting a price of six cents.
Pleasant A. Stovall United States minister to Switzerland arrived at an Atlantic port and warned that Germany faces acute economic distress and a likely path toward peace as German resistance wanes. He linked shifts to Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict and predicted eventual peace under pressure on the German government. He will return to Washington for consultations before heading home to Savannah.
The City of Monroe North Carolina adopts an ordinance issuing fifty four thousand dollars in street improvement bonds to finance asphalt street work on Windsor Hayne Jefferson Morgan Church and related streets. The bonds carry up to 6 percent interest over fourteen years with assessments on benefited property and city share funded by the tax levy. The ordinance was approved September 21 1917 and published September 25 1917.
Notice to creditors of M H Mullis deceased in Goose Creek township Union county North Carolina. Administratrix or administrator G R Mullis asks all claimants to present itemized verified claims by September 25 1918 or be barred from recovery. Vann attorney.
RATION having qualified as adu ministratrix of the estate of Quince M. Deal in Union County North Carolina notifies all claimants to present claims by September 12 1938 at her home in Sandy Ridge Matthews Route 18 and asks debtors to settle promptly with Redwine and Sikes Attorneys.
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