Town Sketches By JOHN BEASLEY warns on safe driving in Monroe style
The Monroe driven piece urges motorists to drive on the right and horn for safety, citing a head on collision and urging caution at crossroads, with notes on local Marshville activity and community voices about crops and local figures.
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Monroe
Journal
Wadesboro
Union
Motor
Sohours
Sons of Rest
Marshville
Griffin
John Blair
Tom Griffin
Bailey
Armfield
Sid Moore
George Bailey
KE. Barrett
John
Esq Griffin
More Than Equal Value Letter From Subscribed Reader
An elderly subscriber sends a $1.00 check to extend The Journal for a year, noting the February expiration of the current paid up subscription. He praises The Journal for delivering more value than its price and expresses surprise at the paper’s profitability while maintaining a twice weekly publication.
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Journal
Waxhaw Social Notes and Area Visits
Waxhaw Sept 25. Mr J E McCain family and Miss Kathleen Austin visited Charlotte in McCain's new car. The play The Country Doctor at the school house by Unity cast drew $23.80, a quarter to the Waxhaw Woman's Club. Fred Plyler Ardrey Plyler and William Massey brought back two Port touring cars for Plyler's garage. Mrs Henry Clark stayed with her mother near Union. James Walker and others visited in town. Prof T A Haywood of Oakboro spent Sunday here. Turner McGuirt, now based in Great Falls, spent the weekend with friends. Murray Henry Clark spent Sunday near Unionville. Stella Wingate of Charlotte visited. Olin Niven hospital visit noted. J L Rodman Jr and Misses Ethel Pearl Lola Rodman spent Monday in Charlotte.
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Waxhaw
J. E. McCain
Kathleen Austin
Charlotte
McCain
Unity
Woman's Club
Fred and
Ardrey Plyler
William Massey
Jim Charlotte
Plyler
Henry Clark
Clark
Union
James Walker
Rock Hill
J. L
T. A. Haywood
Oakboro
Turner McGuirt
Great Falls
Messrs
Murray
Unionville
Stella Wingate
Frank Niven
Mesdames Nisbet
Edwin Niven
Olin Niven
J. L. Rodman
Ethel, Pearl
Lola Rodman
A New Use For Automobiles by Polly Peachtree
Polly Peachtree urges car owners to help the sick and shut ins by offering rides to church and Sunday school, arguing car ownership creates a chance for service. The piece recalls a church practice of driving old folk to services, noting many would rejoice to be outdoors and in God’s house when able.
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Polly Peachtree
Atlanta Sunday American
Polly
Mrs. B
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Speed limit crackdown and bank report from 1916
Fair Warning announces strict enforcement of a 14 miles per hour speed limit with arrests for violators. Bank of Union Monroe NC reports September 12 1916 condition showing loans real estate and deposits with cashier W C Stack affirming truth of the statement, directors A M Stack J W Neal T C Collins, sworn September 23 1916.
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JW. Fowler
Bank OF Union i
Monroe
N.C
Joana . T
Nat's Bank
U. S
North
Carolina
County of Union
W. C. Stack
A. M. Stack
J. W. Neal
T. C. Collins
Hargrove Bowles
N. P
Dandy Alcohol Stove From Five and Ten Cents Store
A lighthearted exchange reveals a family buying an alcohol stove for oyster stews and other uses at a five and ten cents shop. The vendor notes affordable school supplies and candy, including Spanish salted peanuts for fifteen cents a pound, with children benefiting from the purchases.
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Wingate
Webb Road
Williams
O. P. Thirst
O. P. Timist
Bishop Doster
Bancaster Road
Frank Armfield
Somone
Bill Underwood
Mr. Armfield
Underwood
Acorns
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the Savings, Loan and Trust Company
R. B. Redwine
H. B. Clark
Annie Flournay
Charlie Hope
R. Doster
F. L. Townsend
Greensboro
N. C
J. B. Nash & Son
M. L
Tuition
Washington
Southern Railway
Mannaseas
Farmer High School
Randolph Couny
F. Ellen Welborn
W. Sycamore St
Boz
M. L. Flow
Mil
T. P. Dillon
Majestic
Jet Price
Nash & Son
Lathan & Richardson
Ladies of Central Church
Collins & Hargett
Otton Seed
Carnes Seed Company
Rob Carnes
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