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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1915
Page
5
Local briefs cover Miss Mary Post's Wilmington visit and Mrs. B. M. Middleton's Gibson trip. Reports include church plays, school openings, marriages, and community happenings across Union and surrounding towns with notes on road improvements, legal notices, and regional events.
Market notes show best lone staple and best short staple cotton with prices paid by merchants today. Produce figures cover hone s and poultry values with guidance to call merchants for daily quotes. Beef cattle mutton and other items listed with varying prices.
The article notes the death of Elizabeth Caraway at age 84 years 10 months and 28 days after nine years bedridden. Survived by one sister Mrs R F Sister and her son J W Caraway, funeral held at Rev W W Royce's home and burial at Tirzah cemetery.
The notice advertises a sale of children's union suits from three to fourteen years at 25 cents, children's wool hockey caps and toques at 25 cents, mittens and gloves at 16 and 25 cents, and ladies and gentlemen gloves at 2 cents. A crochet cotton shipment is also listed at 15 to 25 cents.
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