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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1911
Page
8
Lancashire England reports describe a so called henpecked club with all male members. They stage marches through streets carrying household implements while singing verses ridiculing a man under his wife’s rule. The display ends at the victim’s doorstep with taunts and a soapy water welcome. Police court sequels follow in some cases.
Alfred le Musser, famed as a post and Arimatist, played chess nightly at the Cafe de la Regence. February ISHS events diverted him little as a musket bullet shattered a mirror near the board. Masset pressed on, while his opponent insisted on adjourning until after the republic’s proclamation. Paris Gantole
A collage of quotes on wealth, crime, and virtue. Doris Letter critiques jury biases while a Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls a detective gallery of seven reformed felons. A Pittsburg Post cartoonist jokes that inherited wealth curtails loafing, and Samuel Smile notes industry as path to progress.
Sunday School totals show Baptist 182 in attendance with 422 dollars collected. Methodist 260 attendees, collection in hand. Lutheran 22 attendees with 25 dollars raised. Prediteria collection 7.8 dollars. Mr T Dillon organized interchurch trips eighteen miles from Monroe for four services with 11 attendees at home.
A citizen lodges complaints about the city lighting system causing dark nights and dangerous hazards. The letter cites nuisance from intermittent service and asks for reliable arrangements, noting roads with holes and obstructed wagons. Mentions Mr HL Preslar on a few days’ town stay and Mrs Preslar traveling to California for winter. Monroe’s growth noted by Preslar in Charlotte.
A pupil rejoined class after an absence presenting an excuse attributed to Good Housekeeping Magazine. The note claimed Jennie was sick and stayed home to do washing and ironing, reflecting humorous parental logic from an era.
A Chicago Record-Herald item shows a quarrelsome exchange over illness versus rumor as one man insists another has been just sick, while the accuser notes the man was well earlier and that the cards may have caused trouble. The fragment hints at a social tease or joke matter without full context.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a comical lovers quarrel with banter about injuries trust and old flames. The exchange touches on jealousy pride and expectations while hinting at social snubs and misunderstandings in a playful tone.
A Newbury Lady reports on a neighborhood dispute over a cemetery gathering seen as sensational, likening it to a circus. She argues true religion is shown in deeds, not publicity, condemning the noisy displays and urging restraint and sincerity.
One buyer on the Western stock tabhets purchases a fresh lot of horses and brood mares. Min Feacher Kowa aims to meet farmers needs with this stock. A new checksmith shop opens behind the car stay on Cigaret street offering shoeing and repair. Hitching Grounds for Farmers promotes trial and convenience for locals. Henry Shute starts repairs on the old ramp lot stables with Henderson Snyder More boosting farm access.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a legal matter involving Fowler and Lee Co and multiple parties including Benton and Vitter. The text references a bond or witness issue and a proceeding in Charlotte with openings and hearings forthcoming.
Poem in archaic cadence offers guidance on resilience self trust and virtue. It extols bearing misfortune without bitterness, balancing doubt and praise, waiting with patience, and maintaining honor before power and crowds.
A fragmentary tale from a mountain chicken stew scene leads to a public debate at Pines Ridge school house Goose Creek township on September 30. The issue is compulsory school attendance in North Carolina with Gilbert Denton Elijah Hinson Clanwie Medlin and Joseph Mullis for the affirmative and Elisha Hinson Vann Daucom Clayton Henton Charles Williams for the negative.
Mortgage sale under a 1908 deed by R M Sanders to O M Sanders. On October 7 1911 the property in Union County North Carolina by Meadow Branch river, bounded by J M Euat H West by 3 M Stewart and S Hames. Contains 18 acres or less. Dora E Sanders administratrix. Redwine Sikes attorneys.
The piece argues for self denial and resistance to excess, warning that a life of unchecked spending leads to ruin. It contrasts the rich and poor, praises fiscal restraint, and laments modern reliance on automobiles over thrift, urging discipline to avoid a hollow old age.
The text warns that the Icountes has lost grip on itself and humanity’s power to resist desires. It argues a coming financial disaster is minor beside the broader collapse of character and moral weakening for future generations.
Note for the Ladies New York Dispatch reports Charles Kurtzman, a Fifth Avenue milliner returning from Europe, sharing fashion tips. Skirts will open at front to reveal ankles guiding boot and stocking choices, while curved lines rebalance silhouettes. Long trains return with fur and velvet hats trimmed with paradise plumes.
Last week children at Maile Gold Mine drove a sow and twelve pigs belonging to Mr. W U Clyburn into the bungalow shaft. The shaft is about 300 feet deep and two thirds full of water. The sow screamed across the shaft five times in her frantic efforts to save her young.
A fragmentary note discusses growing concerns over insurance costs and coverage. It mentions prospective increases and potential gaps in protection, signaling anxiety about financial risk and policy reliability for affected individuals.
By virtue of a mortgage deed executed to me by W E Williams and Kizzie Williams on May 1 1909 and registered October 6 1911 in Union County North Carolina I will sell for cash to the highest bidder at the courthouse door in Monroe a lot and block described as lot 18 in Block 6 of the Monroe Realty Co from Mrs A M Vann now J W Privett's lot with a 145 foot boundary north along property line and alley lines running to Boyte street and along Boyte street edge to a corner stake This 19th day of 191 Maurin Prixert Mortgagee.
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