Cleveland Influence and State Road Congress Prompts
The article notes North Carolina electors in Raleigh instructing Washington to cast the state’s vote for Grover Cleveland. It reports W. G. Burkhead elected Reading Clerk of the Senate and W. Overman praised for his promotion. It describes Governor Holt calling a State Public Road Congress in Raleigh on Jan 19, 1893, with delegates named from counties and rail rates promised for the governor-elect inauguration on Jan 18.
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Cleveland
North Carolina
Raleigh
Washington
Grover Cleveland
State Public Road Congress
Holt
Board of
Ebenezer Christmas Tree and Chatham Monuments
The Chatham community reported festive Christmas observances at Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal church and Mt Pisgah Academy with trees, recitations, and music. Funds are being raised for a Confederate monument. Miss Mollie Scoggins praised for school work. a fraud case and state news follow, including politics and local incidents.
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Mt. Pigah Academy
Confederate Monument &c
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church
Lower New Hope
Farrar
R. W. York
Mt Pisgah
Mollie Scoggins
Mt. Pisgah
Pittsboro
Sladies
Chatham
H. A. Lendon
The
Record
Chatham Record
London
Chicago plans hotel with ten acres and 6124 rooms
A Chicago project proposes a monster hotel on six blocks bounded by Seventy-third to Seventy-fourth streets and Seipp and Cregier avenues. The Andreas would cover 550 by 621 feet, include 620 by 30 foot buildings, skylights, electric lighting, steam heat, a depot and special trains, aiming to attract massive crowds and traffic.
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Seventy-third
Seventy-fourth
Seipp and Cregier Avenues
T He Company
Horrific Crime Reported in Person County
Durham readers hear of Jem Allen on J Thornton Yancey’s plantation near the Granville line who reportedly beat his wife while she was pregnant, set fire to bedding, causing her death two days later and a dead infant with broken limbs. Allen is said to be jailed in Roxboro awaiting trial.
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Bill Pate
Weil & Brothers
Goldsboro
B. E. Smith
Greensboro
Mattie Dowd
Maj. C. Dowd
Charlotte
New York City
H. T. Hudson
Three O's
Hudson
Durham
Jem Allen
J. Thornton Yancey
Person County
Granville Line
Yancey
Allen
Roxboro
A Plea For Charitable Work Urges Local Help
A Lux correspondent from East Durham reports winter hardship and urges formed committees of charitable people to identify and assist suffering workers. The call highlights pride preventing aid and notes sickness, urging immediate community effort. The Electoral Vote summary follows, listing states and electors. The silver dollar value and an ad for Arniva Salve conclude the item.
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The
Lux
East Durham
Representative Outhwaite seeks probe of State Department documents
A resolution by Representative Outhwaite seeks an investigation into access to historical papers in the State Department. It centers on Henry Cabot Lodge and reports of collusion with minor officials to block rivals from obtaining documents until their own historical books were published. The note mentions the German navy owning eighty six ships and describes Roman kitchens as marble paved with statues and pictures.
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Outhwaite
Department of State
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Dawes
State Department
Lodge
Philadelphia Named City of Sisterly Love
A police census shows Philadelphia with 23 000 more women than men highlighting the city as a female majority center.
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Philadelphia
School Teacher Ad From Indiana Paper
An Indiana newspaper ad seeks a male teacher described as sturdy and strict. It specifies a wage of ten dollars monthly and includes note of corporal discipline, reflecting harsher era hiring norms.
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Indiana
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Chatham Chips
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Ieee
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Andr Undews
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Ravi
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RE. M. Andrews
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Durham Supply Company
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