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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1914
Page
8
A bank statement fragment lists beef cattle and mutton values totaling 252245.61 dollars in Union County North Carolina. The signature line includes cashier C B Adams swearing the statement as true to the best of knowledge and belief with Correct-Attest.
London dispatch reports no shelling in days yet British Admiralty issues bulletins from distant waters. German Koenigsberg disabled British light cruiser Pegasus after overhauling her. Emden captured six merchants in the Bay of Bengal, sinking five. British liner Garmania said to have sunk a German cruiser off the East coast of South America with nine killed and 26 wounded.
The Hardwood Record debunks the belief that the moon governs timber growth and log felling. It argues there is no observable sap flow or wood quality affected by lunar phases and notes modern mahogany operations abroad do not rely on moonlight.
Police recount a harmless mystery at North Presbyterian as a clock cog shifted by a mouse's hide caused the bell to chime. Four reserves and the sexton searched the belfry after a phantom bell was reported, finding the tiny culprit and noting the clock remains off since January at Rev. John R. Mackey's request.
Mrs J J Tond wife of Captain Mond returns to San Francisco with her husband and the Thirtieth infantry after two years in Mia. She skied mushed and led a dog team from Fort Gibbon to Fairbanks to Chena Hot Spring and back through 40 to 50 below zero. She says she enjoyed every mile and found no hazard in the trek despite the brutal cold.
In Copenhagen Herr Falck leads a crusade against flies with the first world fly exhibition. The display features weapons to trap poison and smash flies, many from the United States. He cites a Christmas fly superstition claiming it seeds 195 312 500 000 descendants in the summer.
Baseball grows nationwide with school teams in nearly every province. Over thirty provinces sustain school leagues, Inter provincial circuits support interregional play, and Manila hosts an interurban league, an Industrial league, and a professional Manila baseball league.
An item notes Thomas Collins of the first concession of Biddulph township in Ontario, aged ninety nine and a half, has begun music lessons. The column jokes about his tango and dormitory fashion comments on watches with full dress.
A woman declares resolve to act on her own if warranted and vows not to marry Alan because of a feuding pair of fathers. She pledges to aid secretly and depart at once, seeking a way to communicate discretely.
The document shows total liabilities and capital figures with H B Clark as cashier attesting to the truth of the statement on September 22, 1914. It includes time certificates of deposit, savings, cash on hand, trust funds, and a total of 149 862 97 dollars with directors listed. It also contains an unrelated medical advertisement offering a topical ointment claim Cure for hemorrhoids and related conditions.
Tonight presents J Warren Kerrigan in a twentyeth century pirate drama and The Lady of the Island with Alexander Gaden and Dorothy Phillips in a gripping today melodrama. Plus Lost Arrow Indian legend and Capt Kidds Priceless Treasure in a big comedy spectacle with May 7 and two other reels.
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