Local notices and ads carousel from early 1900s
A varied log lists lost or stolen items and rewards, sales pitches, and hardware offerings. Entries include a one-karat diamond and ruby ring reward for Miss Sadie, seeds and feed like Leap's Prolific wheat, a slow or fast watch warning with Preslar’s chronometer, galvalized roofing, a gasoline engine and shredder for sale, and high cotton seed prices from Co-Operative Mercantile. Also promotions for Maryland Club coffee and Emerson grain drill details from Henderson Roller Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
Germany buying cotton in New York report prompts ship shipments
Report from New York says German Government representatives and bankers bought American cotton in large sums. Silent about details, officials indicated shipments totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars would depart from a Southern port tomorrow. Washington had announced Britain would not treat cotton as contraband of war. Banks handling the deal declined comment as shipments were planned for Italian ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Round Up of German Cruisers Warned by British Navy
The British admiralty issued a statement outlining steps to locate eight or nine German cruisers active in the Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans. Vessels like Emden and Karlsruhe have claimed British ships, with searches conducted by over 70 Allied cruisers under various commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Hustier
Lie
Sale of Valuable Land Near Monroe in 1914
A notice announces a Superior Court sale of land near Monroe Union County North Carolina following an order in Ada Sikes et al. v M L Flow et al. The auction, on November 5 1914 at the Monroe courthouse, will offer several tracts including the G W Flow residence and a store room, with bidding starting at 3400, 3000, and 114 per acre. Deferred payments: one fourth at six, twelve, and eighteen months, interest six percent, with tile retained until full payment. Commissions: M L Flow and John C Sikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court of
Union County
Ada Sikes
Monroe
Monroe Town
N.C
Withstract
G. W. Flow
G. W. Flow and Sold Vubseet To the Donor Or Life Estate of A Dlry
B. Mow Hinsane
Jeffer
von St
Crowell St
Wort
von Hayne
Jefferson
A. M. Crowell
Hayne St
Jefferson St
Ty Hayne
Jefferdon St
M. L. Plow
M. L. Flow
C. L. Melme
M. Flow
Houston
John C. Sikes
Notice to creditors in estate of Mary E Merrit deceased
Administrator J C Simpson announces a claims deadline of October 25 1915 for creditors to present authenticated claims against the estate of Mary E Merrit deceased. Immediate settlement requested from debtors to avoid loss. Stack & Porker attorneys represent the administrator. October 25 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Merrit
Coats
J.C. Simpson
Admr
Stack & Porker
Attys
Taft Finds Joy in Private Life and Quiet Public Service
Ex President Taft spoke at All Souls church in Washington about 15 months of happiness and contentment in a modest life away from political combat. He praised restraint and honesty, noting how humor aids peace and fulfillment, amid repeated calls to public duty. Capt. BR, BL Lee, son of Gen. Robert E. Lee, died at Upperville Virginia after illness. he served in Virginia Artillery and on his brother General W P Lee’s staff, survived by his second wife and two children.
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Taft
All Souls Church
Washington
National Press
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Upperville
University of Virginia
Rockbridge
W. PF. Lee
Wilson
McKinley
Dean's Kidney Pills Promote Back Pain Relief
Monroe readers report ease at work and less dizziness after using Doan Kidney Pills from Ang-Neh Drug Co. Mrs Hargett credits rapid improvement to the remedy, price arough. North Carolina debate about Reconstruction era constitutions continues with Dr J G deR Hylton arguing carpetbaggers and aliens influenced the 1868 convention that produced the current constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponroe
Don
Hargetty Buck
Ang- Neh Drug Co
Dean
North Carolina
South
J. G. der. Hylton
Timely Cotton Statistics and Prohibition Bill Report
Figures show sixteen year cotton history with export levels and prices under multiple administrations. Proponents argue price trends favor Democratic control. Also notes North Carolina Anti-saloon League meeting in Raleigh proposing a bill to tighten prohibition and halt liquor delivery from outside points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
North Carolina
Anti-saloon League
Raleigh
League
R. L. Davis
Legisature
The Perils of Pauline Episode at Pastime Theatre
Raymond Owen plots to secure the Marvin fortune using poison and a doctored chocolate prank. Pauline and Harry race to safety as Savelli and Balthazar scheme, while Professor Laroux discovers the germ plot and treats Pauline in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Owen
Marvin
Pauline
Harry
Owen
Balthazar
Laroux
Lucille
Savelli
Dalthazar
Lavelli
Marty
Professor Laroux Ad
Marvin Millions
Tragic Texas Flood Drowns Thirteen in San Antonio
Five inch rain overwhelmed creeks in southern San Antonio causing homes to flood and collapse. Thirteen people drowned including Mrs. Mbert Liebe and her four children, plus others from a Mexican settlement. Property damage is estimated at 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Mbert Liebe
Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil lauded as cure all
An advertisement extols Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil claiming it cures old sores and long standing conditions. It promises reliable relief where other remedies fail and promotes its “wonderful” effects and trustworthiness as a premier healing product.
Cane of Jefferson Davis Presented in Raleigh
A ceremony at the Hall of History featured the walking cane of Jefferson Davis being presented by his former coachman James H. Jones. The gift, given years after Davis's death by Mrs. Davis, honors the close ties between Davis and his loyal servant who is nearly eighty years old.
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Jefferson Davis
Raleigh Dispatch
James H. Jones
Davis
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Pastine Theatre
Central
Helmsville
W. E. Helms
J. B. Nash and Son
W. J. Rudge
Monroe Bicycle Shop
North Church Street
Prestar
Preslar
Griffin & Bivens
J. M. Beasley
t.Red+ fearn
J. B. Nash & Son
Monroe Auction House
Lutus Arnie
Monroe Auction Co
Main Street
Cooperative Mercantile Company
Co-Operative Mercantile Co
Rexall
The
Union Drug Company
J. B. Nash & Eon
Appler
T. Price
Co-Operative Mercantiles
Austin & Correll
McCall's
Reliable Pressing Club
Beasley Street
Wat Ashcraft
Daycalia
Hayne Street
Courthourse
Henry Lilly
McCall’s
Walters
Woolsey
Hartsell Well
Monroe, N. C
Union Drug
Joe Griffin
Park
Rex Theatre
Criffin & Bivens
Leap
H. L. Price
Tharp Hardware Company
Maryland Club
Heath Hardware Co
Co-Operative Mercantile Company
Emerson
Henderson Roller Mills Co
Harmony of
Boston
Union Drug Store
Old Homestead
Polk Brothers
Louis Joseph Vance
Germany
Cuey
F. S. Scharfenberg
Sters Conservatory of Music
Berlin
N. Church St. Monroe
Rogers Bros
Chatham PR
M. Waller
Live and Let Live Grocer
Journal
Raymond C. Griffin & Brother
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