100-year-old news highlights from The Monroe Journal newspaper

What follows are 100-year-old news excerpts from the Dec. 26, 1918 edition of The Monroe Journal newspaper in Monroe County, Ala.

Mr. A.R. Boroughs has accepted a position as bookkeeper in the Bank of Monroeville.

The Monroe County High School suspended last Friday for the holidays. Work will be resumed on Dec. 27.

All the out-of-town boys and girls attending the high school here left last Friday for their respective homes to spend the holidays.

Death of Evaline Erline Sawyer: The many friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sawyer sincerely sympathize with them in their loss of their little girl.

Evaline Erline Sawyer was born Feb. 3, 1916 and died Nov. 25, 1918. She had only a short illness, being attacked by Spanish influenza and she could not withstand the ravages of this awful disease.

Evaline was just a little girl but had won the love of all who knew her and we can only console the bereaved family by saying that she is sleeping peacefully on the bosom of the loving Jesus who gave her.

Miss Helen McMillan, who has been attending school at the Woman’s College, is at home to spend the holidays.

Misses Minnie Fountain and Lula Hixon who have been attending school at Marion are at home to spend Christmas.

Miss Lillie Belle Emmons, who has been teaching at Bermuda for some time, is at home to spend the holidays with relatives.

The Venetian Trio will be the next Lyceum attraction for the season. They will appear at the High School Auditorium in Monroeville on Monday evening, Jan. 6.

NOTICE TO ALL STOCK OWNERS: For several weeks the citizens of Monroeville have been very much annoyed by horses, cows and hogs running at large in the town and we wish to call attention to an ordinance which prohibits the running at large of all stock. The ordinance provides that the marshal shall impound all animals found running on the streets and for each day any animal is kept up, the marshal shall receive 50 cents, including 50 cents for feeding such animals. It also provides that any person who knowingly or willfully violates this ordinance shall be fined not more than $100 or sentenced to hard labor.

The town authorities have no disposition to wound the feelings or take any undue advantage of any citizen and all are earnestly requested to take up their stock on or before Mon., Dec. 30, after which time, the law will be strictly enforced.

Despite the inclement weather, Miss Emma Yarbrough took charge of the work of distributing the large number of posters for the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call last week. Her car got stuck in the mud and she was hindered all during the drive by bad roads but she proved equal to the occasion and carried the message of the big drive over the entire county. She was accompanied by Mrs. E.L. Baggett and little Sarah Elizabeth Ratcliffe.

Aside from the many calls for money for the Red Cross and other war work and charitable causes, the people of Monroe County have invested liberally in War Savings Stamps. The post offices in the county have sold $10,035.06 worth of these stamps, not mentioning those sold by the different banks in the county. The above represents sales during the month of November.