State Republican convention set for May 14 in Raleigh
The State Executive Committee of the Republican party met in Raleigh and named May 14 as the date and Raleigh as the place for the state convention. A fusion talk committee was appointed with Populist leaders. McKinley faction appears ascendant. Trinity College delegates headed to Charlotte for Y M C A events. Kilgo lecture postponed to next Thursday. Ice cream festival planned by Main Street church society at Epworth League hall tonight at 8.
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Republican Party
Raleigh
McKinley
Young Ladies Home Mission Society of
Main Street
Epworth League Hall
Miss Smoots Concert Delights Students From Memory Only
Miss Willie Smoot and her scholars performed a refined concert at her home, entirely from memory with no notebooks. The program featured vocal duets, piano pieces, and instrumental numbers by Misses Carlton, Sears, Whitted, Christian, and others, ending with a Chopin waltz and Birds of the Forest by Lenore Barham. Nearby news notes two contested elections, distribution plans for $240,000 owed to colored soldiers’ colleges, and local business tidings including Ox ford financier BE. Rawlins’ failure and a large T. J. Lambe clothing stock with extensive shirt and suit displays.
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Willie Smoot
Mittie Carlton
Gerane Cora Sears
Pearl Lella Whitted
Eunice Christian
Addie Barbee
Clifton Carpening
Emma Buchanan
Taylor
Carlton
Washington
New York
Louisiana
Cheatham
Dr. Capehart
Avoca
California
Bree
Personal mentions of visits and travel among Durham area residents
A long list of local social notes records Mrs. Lizzie Ward visiting Raleigh, James S. Manning, T. J. Walker, A. E. Lewith, Thomas Lloyd, Capt. N. A. Ramsey, Mr. Washington Duke, J. K. Green, Rev. T. J. Gattis, Arthur Cobb, Attorney Fred A. Green, J. I. Southgate, Charles Hedgepeth, Miss Mary Rosemond, C. M. Beasley, Prof A. H. Meares, John Jenkins, A J. Field and others as they travel to Raleigh, Charlotte, Hillsboro, Wilmington, Durham, Cary, and nearby spots.
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James S. Manning
T.J. Walker
Raleigh
A. E. Lewith
Hyams & Lewith
Charlotte
Thomas Lloyd
Chapel Hill
Capt
N. A. Ramsey
Mr. Washington Duke
Supreme court ruling grants land to United States
A Texas case concludes with the Supreme Court deciding that 1400 acres of land between Mewweweeny Somer on 000 acres are adjudged to be the property of the United States, affecting local ownership and use rights.
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Tur Pinkertons
United States
Bermuda
Charleston
New York
Supreme ‘Court
Texas
Ienan Anunty
Mewweweeny
Unclear Seeds and Political Turbulence Stir News
Sneed and Thomas sell Buist seeds reliability noted. A Kansas petition to Congress via Senator Peffer signals growing political tension. Mention of Resurrection Day, a border dispute, a band called King of the Jews, and Spanish coastal patrols with searchlights contribute to a charged mood as the nation faces shifting allegiances and new political forces.
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Kansas
Congress
Peffer
St.legal
Landry Parrish
King of the
Close shave at barber shop sparks wild German dance
A New Yorker recounts a barber chair scare when the barber reacted with a comic Apache dance after spotting a torn newspaper clipping offering 50 000 in Germany. The tale blends shop chatter with a mischievous twist and a reminder of a long-lost inheritance. The column also notes fluctuating flour prices and other oddities.
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New Yorker
Germany
Special Passenger Train Schedules and Connections
The notice details special Pullman vestibule train No. 6 between Washington and Atlanta with through sleepers to New York, connections at Portsmouth, and daily service except Friday. It lists through routes via Philadelphia to New York and Providence, with connections to Durham and other points, plus agent contact for timetable information.
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N. Ae
Tv U
Ugamiv
Philadelphia
New York
ATLA
New Orleans
AUMDH
Washington
Atlanta
Figgins
Weides
Portsmouth
Allmore
Darinion
Maes York
Peana
Areca Sepena
Durham
Iage Oox
Connec
R. Tchenthesa
Anderson GL. Ae
Connecti
Greensboro
North
Winston- Salem
Northwest Wetern North Carolina
Salisbury
Duville
Rich
Winston-Sa- Durban
Charlotte
Spartan
Borg Greenville
Columbia
Augusta
Charleston
Savannah
Jackson ‘Ville
Jacksonvile
Elma
Fayetteville
Wil Wore
Fayetterilie
Selma
Wilken
Interme
Raleigh
Chalet
Wow Gates
Omcron
Trafic M’g'a WA
Parsner
Avent
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Trinity College
Young Mens Christian Association
Edwin Mims
J. F. Bivine
Trinity
Prof
E. Mims
B. R. Payne
F. S. Aldrige
J. H. Lepark
W. J. Riddick
W. ©. Best
J.C. Wooten
J. M. Flowers
8. S. Dent
P. V. Anderson
T.S. Troy
BE. W. Hill
W. J. Ramsey
Miss Smoot
Oxford
BE. T. Rawlins
Tux Reconver
T. J. Lambe
Lizzie Ward
J. K. Green
Mt. Airy
T. J. Gattis
Hamlet
Distret
Arthur Cobb
The
University
Fred A. Green
J. I
Southgate
Charles Hedgepeth
Hillsboro
Mary Rosemond
H. M. Rosemond
C. M. Beasley
Wilmington
A. H. Meares
John Jenkins
Cary
Mr. Jenkins
J. Field
Orange County Court
Philadelphia Inquirer
Targer
Charles Reade
Ivaty
Menelik
Italy
Rome
Salisbury Herald
Columbus
Fordick
Cincinnati
Chicago Black Hussars
Spain
Cuba
Dixie
Herndon & Bagwell
Monroy
Democratic Party
St. Louis
Chicago
Lord Ponsonby
Paris
England
Rue St. Honore
Pitt
la Lanterne
Sneed
Thomas
Buist
Florida
Radt
Johannesburg
Clearfield
Simmons Liver Regulator
Simmons ‘Liver Regulator
Simmons Liver
Hanie
Perry Davia
Seween Burham
Henderson
Norfolk
Richmond
Baltimore
Philadelpina
Boston
Arc Te
Monroe
Chester
Green
Athens
All Points South
Ane
Piedmont Air Line
Malintoe
Leave
Wilem
Deke Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Et A
Norfolk & Caroling
Kailts
Wieldsboro
Katrin
Chaseity
Reysville
York River
Lucereight
Elijah I. Tilley
Boney T. Tilley
King and Rollins, Job Printers
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