Washington Was Thrifty In Youth
A brief note highlights Washington's thrifty youth with a mention of 1 W. Laney as a contact point for more information.
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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
8
A brief note highlights Washington's thrifty youth with a mention of 1 W. Laney as a contact point for more information.
The weekly Corinth column reports bank sworn statement by H B Clark of a Union County bank dated Sept 25 1917 and local society notes including a marriage at the W broom home and a summons notice in Valon county demanding heirs appear Oct 29 1917.
W P Plyler advertises cash transactions and delivery twice a week from Mt Prosper. He claims higher buy offers than competitors and lists low price staples like soup and washing powder, oats, and tobacco, inviting locals to mail orders. He seeks 500 bushels white peas and 25 calves or yearlings.
Notice by Geo. S. Lee Jr City Clerk certifies the Board of Aldermen adopted on September 27 1917 a resolution to improve Franklin Street from its Stewart Street intersection to the city limits with asphalt on a concrete foundation The city will pay intersections and one fifth of private frontage costs abutting the street while abutting property owners pay the remaining four fifths proportional to frontage in feet
In this plain talk the author argues that racial equality between Jews and Negroes is impossible to achieve and that northern attitudes remain steeped in caste. He cites Lincoln and Ingalls to claim the North provokes oppression while the South allows work, urging both sides to resolve the race problem without northern meddling.
A brief social aside notes that any woman may look into a milliner’s shop window and wish for a wealthy husband, reflecting contemporary attitudes toward marriage and social mobility. The remark frames gender norms without accusing specific individuals.
Local letter from Rev. T. Coble of Marshville urges city Christians to visit and aid lagging country churches. He argues country folks must meet sacred duties, and that city pastors and laymen should travel by car on Sunday afternoons to renew hymns prayers and sermons and build lasting ties with rural congregations.
The ordinance authorizes General Funding Bonds of the City of Monroe totaling 75 000 with a 6 percent interest cap and 23 year maturity to fund floating indebtedness of 77 000 incurred before 1917. It sets debt and tax provisions, cites average property value, net debt, and states the ordinance takes effect on passage. The notice dates to September 27 1917 with publication September 28 1917.
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