Local and General Highlights and Notices
Local items mention M Johnson & Co draft store, an ointment ad, and business news from Durham and Lexington. Notable notes include the death of Prof J Tomlinson, Judge Womack’s court in Chatham, and details of the Dick Blackwell Company festival with prizes and attendees. The piece remarks on community business, marriages, and local civic events in progress.
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van Seuery
M. Johnson & Co
New York Sun
Ab Machias
Duragona
Ieee
Smessea
EB. Loyd, & Co
Durham
George W.9crouse
Lexington
N. C
Maj
RW. York
Chathau
B. L. Duke
Evesamy
Minnie
Coalburg
M. Juroey
Duke
Asheville
Inote
J. Tomlinson
Banmorning
Greensboro
F. Tomlinson
Lexinton Ledger
Womack
Chathiam
Dick Blackwall Tlowe Company
C.T. Postly
Sam
Mable Holt
Manchester
Waydrew
A. A Sears
Charlotte
Tar University Glories of Ye Old Times and Upcoming Commencement
The account praises Tar University and Chapel Hill’s campus with nine new buildings and a strong program. Alumni events, a Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Robert Strange, and an Alumni Day address by Col. Urgwyn are noted along with reunions and branch societies. Mention of Rev Dr Mangum’s death and a fall in enrollment is included.
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Chapel Hl
Ope Hills
Opel Hill
Chinel Hill
Orange Co
North Carolina
Hillsborough
Philadelphia
Washington
Lesening
Urgwyn
Gerard Hall
Alumi
Robert Strange
Ilmington
Phi
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Princip
F. Ce
United States
Ledoux
New York
Manning
Judge Shepherd
Supreme Court
A. W. Mangum
Mangum
Stave
PEE EM WANTED TO DIE IN SOLI TUDE
Peter F. Powell, a Blanchard Township farmer in Ohio, vanished after a fall causing injuries from a cow. His son found him alive but weak days later, and Powell reportedly wished to die by himself while secrets of his disappearance remained unsolved.
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Peter F. Powell
Blanchard Township
Ohio
Pero
Albotich
Cane Crank Grit and Local Farm News
Alamance Gleaner notes Mrs G W Sylvester developing Cane Crank Grit after years in mining. Lamberton Robersonsen reports Farmers' Alliance plans a large warehouse at the depot to serve eighteen sub-alliances and growing trade led by agent J H McNeill. Wheat crops look fine in Macon and oats emerge well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Press
Macon
Alamance Gleaner
G. W Sylvster
Lamberton
Robersonsen
Farmers’ Alliance
J. H. McNeill
Why He Bought the Pies at the Boston Fair
At a Boston fair the unsold cream pies were auctioned off to a man who claimed his wife made them and gave them away only. He bought a round lot and then sat down to eat a couple in silence.
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Germantown Independent
Boston
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TAR University
OLD Times
Mee
Stak
Winslow
C. London
Thomas
London
Salem Ave
Roanoke, VA
Wyatt Bros
Kennebeco
Beauty OF
Hebron and
Burbanks
Main Street
Durhaam,n. C
W.davis
Potographer
Richmond
Virginia
Guranteed
Virgina Exposition
HE. Seeman
W. Mangum & Son
W. Mangum &Son
Mangam St Dasham N. C
Ind
SUN Umbreleas
Jones & Lyon
High Point
WH. C
Hia
Neiver Amen
North and
South Carolina
Modern Barn CO
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