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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
3
Novus Homo argues against wide scale war prep, proposing using ship money to fund two thousand dollar homes for hundreds of thousands of homeless Americans. He cites Bryan and the Bible to urge turning swords into plowshares and envisioning a peaceful, prosperous nation with fewer wars and more homes.
Police and troops pursue about 75 alleged Mexican gang members after a Brownsville incident where gunmen attacked a passenger train, killed ten Mexicans, wounded four others, and robbed travelers. Authorities say more arrests may follow and civilians might be harmed if they resist.
President Wilson plans to unveil a broad defense program in New York with a goal to nearly double the Navy and greatly expand land forces. Officials report proposed spending across Navy, Army, fortifications, and mobilization, totaling about 842 million dollars over six years, shaping the administration's preparedness policy.
Freensboro Patriot reports W L Kivett a leading Guilford county farmer and his ten year old son Burns were killed by a dynamite explosion on Kivett’s farm two and a half miles east of High Point. A negro worker Lacey Pinnix accompanied them as a box with twelve dynamite sticks exploded during stamping work. The blast destroyed both men and left their faces mutilated, suggesting they were looking into the box at the moment. Local notice wraps with 1916 Youth's Companion subscription appeal.
The ad touts Rheuma as a guaranteed remedy that eliminates uric acid poison and rheumatism or offers a money back guarantee. Testimony from Judge John Barhorst credits two bottles with lasting cure after three doctors failed. Sold by English a Company at 50 cents.
Complete returns from anti typhoid campaigns in Warren and Craven show 2414 and 2021 treatments respectively, totaling 51872 in twelve counties. Additional campaigns in Guilford Robeson Durham Sampson Johnson Lee Pitt Nash Vance Forsyth Randolph Montgomery add about 2 treatments per county, lifting total near 75000. Remaining counties push near 100000 immunizations statewide.
Excerpt from William Jennings Bryan urging that defense is not the issue and warning against a new power of preparedness led by battleship builders and munition makers. He attacks Roosevelt and Taft for war plans, warns of profits from war, calls for public letters to congress and senators, and advocates peace through friendship rather than fear.
The Morning Star of New Orleans denounces Venustiano Carranza as a bandit and persecutor of the Catholic Church and condemns President Wilson’s Carranza recognition as an insult to Catholic interests. It urges Catholics to oppose the policy at the polls, calling Carranza “the blackest” figure in Mexican history.
A coarse attack on President Wilson crosses into violent prose in a period article, while refugees report the Turks using Jerusalem and surrounding areas as a military camp with barracks at convents. German officers drill thousands on Mount Olives and Samaria Plain, testing artillery near the crucifixion site as rail wrecking ideas are debated.
A reader testimonial praises Dr King's New Discovery as the best cough remedy for colds noticed after exposure. The notice notes a price of 50 cents and a dollar option, reflecting historical medicine advertising.
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