Plan to extend A. & N.C. Railroad to Charlotte discussed
Raleigh hosts eastern delegates from New Bern Goldsboro Charlotte Harnett and Moore counties to consider a new charter for a Goldsboro to Charlotte line named the Goldsboro and Charlotte Air Line. A committee will report a plan and seek legislative action while preserving state interests.
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Raleigh
News-Observer
Charlotte
New New Bern
Goldsboro
Harnett
Moore Counties
Messrs. H
Nuno
J. C. Whitty
Charles Reizenstein
Joneston
Moore
Ery
Stanly
Cabarrus
Mecklenburg
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
North Carolina Railroad
Goldsboro and
Charlotte Air Line
The Good Old Winters Across European Rivers and Seas
A compact chronology lists severe winters from 401 to 1814, noting widespread freezing of the Black Sea, Straits, Adriatic, Danube and Po. It describes icy rivers, famine years, crushed wine sacks, grass feeding of the poor, and Thames ice with a fair in 1814.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Sea
Europe
Danube
Elbe
Adriatic
Germany
Cremona
England
Thames
Merritt Bill on Suppression of Trusts Faces Bitter Fight
Illinois legislator Tom Merritt of Marion county introduces the Merritt conspiracy law to curb trusts. His stuttering speech disrupts rival leader’s push for a key Egyptians bill, leading to a dramatic exchange and the rival’s defeat as Merritt ends his bid for that session.
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Tom Merritt
Marion County
Miinois
Illinois
Merritt
Tom
Mber
Iinois
Egypt
Marion
Beauty's Choice of a Husband Sparks Town Frenzy
In Sturgeon Missouri Nettie White chose between two Winn suitors Lee and Charley. After days of bets and crowds at her father B F White’s home the girl marked Charley and then Lee, finally selecting Lee with Charley’s consent. The couple wed in Columbia with Prof Oldham officiating. Half the town is happy and the other half broke.
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Sturgeon
Nettie White
B. F. White
Gruby & White, Millers
Lee Winn
W H. Winn
Charley Winn
Coome& Winn
Miss White
Lee
Mr. White
Charley
Forlombia
Oldham
Christian College
New Railroad Arrangement Connects Oxford Durham Travel
A passenger coach will run on Oxford and Durham freight trains Nos 19 and 22 enabling Henderson riders to depart at 8 30 AM connect in Oxford and reach Durham by 10 PM. The plan improves travel and earns praise from authorities. The Nevada mining town note reports Sutro party riding four miles to the tunnel mouth and ascending 1640 feet to surface near the ticket office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jold Lest
Chas. J. Noorhees
Richmond and Danville Company
W. A. Turk
Oxford & Clarksville
Oxford
Durham
Henderson
Nevada
Virginia City Enterprise
Bridal Trip
A fragmented note recalls an odd habit during a bridal trip with a woman who wandered at night. The text mentions a distant Oxford publishing note about Engend bs and a single college po with the name Ube Aeeice.
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Oxford
The Deed of a Dastard in Salem Avenue
Last night at 9 15 Edward Fagg returning home on Salem Avenue was struck from behind with a weapon and knocked to the ground. He drew his pistol and fired at the assailant who fled. Doctors Shaffner and Bahnson with neighbors aided him. a pocket full of letters bore holes from a sharp blade.
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Austin
Texas
Tex
Emma
Laura
Isabella
Maria
Jane
Susan
Dallas
Dan
Emma Street
Magnolia Avenue
Elizabeth
Matilda
Sarah
Edward Fagg
Salem Avenue
Mr. Fagg
Fagg
W.T. Vogler
Oddities and Discoveries From Around the World
A dry goods clerk in a Pennsylvania village dies after eating three mince pies and joining his departed ancestors. A Louisville paper recalls a robbery victim who saved $43 through a lifetime of toil. A fire drill ends in chaos injuring twenty children at a New York school. Dublin Zoo profits from breeding lions and supplying Europe. A French newspaper deploys 250 reporters and 30 bicyclists during Boulangist events. Indian coal output in 1886 nears 1.4 million tons from seven mines and five collieries. A Spain Parish church crypt yields a violet clad, mummified corpse resembling Pizarro.
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Pennsylvania
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J. W. Gnaman
Taos
Burrix
Graham & Ruffin
Attornews AT Law
Hillsboro
WN. C
Alamanc Dural, _ Pema, Calton, Bockingham
J. Exum
Durham, N
Wright Baile
Payerton Raleign
Lawder
N.C
Fayetteville
Chas. A. Goodwin
Knabe
WM. Knabe
Ct CO
Fifth Avenue
New York
Baltimore St
Balti
Washington, D.C
U.S
Descripos
C.a.snow & Co
Ashington, B.C
THE
Cucaco
Pete Uooley
Arene Commission
Yester
University of Pennsylvania
Tower N.M
Saxony
Sidney O'Danne
Ireland
Berlin
Leyden, Holland
Charleston
Honolulu
House of Parliament
Commons
States
Vermont
Old Salem
Winston Daily
Louisville
Ifty
Dublin Zoological Garden
India
Linares
Spain
Francisco Pizarro
Pizarro
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