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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1915
Page
2
The Monroe Journal founded 1894 by G. M. and R. F. Beasley and Beasley family editors publishs Tuesdays and Fridays at 1 dollar yearly. Located at The Journal Building corner of Jefferson and Beasley Streets with telephone line 19.
The Monroe Journal reflects on civic consciousness and local pride, arguing a true ideal community requires public spirit, good government, clean streets, schools, and social life. It questions neighborliness in small towns versus large ones and notes prison farm censorship and local letters.
The Monroe Journal notes a subscriber jailed on the State Farm was denied The State Journal while in prison. It argues newspapers are allowed in Raleigh state facilities and urges correction of the farm’s enforcement, stressing the prison is no pleasure resort.
Harman and Bailey announce the Barnum and Bailey circus visit to New Peanuts with the world famous troupe. The show features a massive 80 foot tent, 1 500 employees, three rings, a 110 cage menagerie, 750 horses and a three mile street parade. A new pageant Lalla Rookh opens the program before the parade at 10 AM.
Two men recall a boy with a difficult disposition. They learn he now works as a station master handling eighty daily trains and observes many missed connections. The tale ends with a proverb about human effort and fate.
A reminiscence recalls four years in New York State and vivid images of well kept farms in New Jersey and Western Pennsylvania. The narrator contrasts these orderly farms with Southern farms seen as dilapidated and aims to inspire readers to improve their own lands to avoid criticism.
Omar Khayyam lines lament wealth and credit over distant drums. A compact reflective verse contrasts earthly riches with spiritual longing.
In a spirited stance the piece pits Health Hygiene and Happiness against Disease Dirt and Discomfort, asking readers which side they support. It frames choice as a daily commitment to cleanliness wellbeing and positive living versus neglect and illness.
A Pleasant Grove man reported that a stranger in an automobile bought two fat heifers for 60 dollars with a bad check drawn on Independence Trust Company of Charlotte. The animals were killed and disposed of, and Wolfe’s check later returned unpaid. A warrant was issued but not yet served. The suspect, well known in Charlotte, drives an auto. Irvin Cobb heated a letter from a Brooklyn resident defending Mr Johnson’s appearance in response to a Cobb piece about the Jeffries fight.
A sick shoemaker recovers quickly and resumes duties as soon as fit. He shows steady progress toward full health and ongoing recovery in the workshop.
The Monroe city real estate of the late Mrs Sue G Houston is offered for private sale under her will. The main property is a full city block fronting about 180 on College Street and 260 feet deep to Sanford Street with a six room dwelling, barn, and water well. Front yard oaks, elevated site, near schools and dust free. A second parcel behind fronts 180 feet on Sanford Street and 170 feet on Bryan Street with two cottages. Terms available. Executor Ws Blakeney invites inspections before sale.
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