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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
2
The speech urges teamwork over party labels and argues that true progress comes from shared purpose. It extols America's influence, warns against selfish disruption of social order, and stresses life as meaningful only with others.
EB. P. Unum urges action on a dangerous rail crossing to reach the editor, proposing flagging and yard-limit controls as feasible fixes. The letter references railway officials, local aldermen, and state commissioners in addressing the problem near Waxhaw and in Monroe.
The Landmark and Dr. Anderson push simpler funerals with uniform flat gravestones, abolition of mourning costumes, and inexpensive coffins to return to dust. They argue monuments are wasteful, urging public parks for notable burials and avoiding costly displays. The piece cites the Moravian cemetery example and Mary Pearson Davis's will as precedent. It also notes sentimental flowers should be simple and affordable. The column blends memorial reform with local history and recent deaths.
Notice that a partition suit has begun in the Superior Court of Union County North Carolina for the William R Marsh tract in Marshville township. Defendants Edna Simpson J W Simpson John W Marsh and Carrie Marsh must appear in Monroe on November 14 to answer the complaint. Court date noted as October 13 1916.
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