Town News Roundup and Local Notes
Miss Nannie Turner visited town this week. C C Grimes of Durham was here. Rev W N Pike visits D M Laws family. C D Turner attended Greensboro court. Kit Holt of Durham paid a visit. Mayor Watson of Chapel Hill spent Monday here. Maj John W Graham attended Durham court. W B Lynch spent Sunday on the farm. Sheriff Hughes calls for taxes with dates on page 3. A furniture ad notes Hyams and Lewith saving money. Dr Wm Strudwick and W F Parks saw Buffalo Bill show in Greensboro. Herndon and Bagwell offer low salt and supplies. C T Smith closing out his Main St grocery. A jail water works note mentions no action Monday. Prof J H McCracken and Caldwell Institute crew spent day at Occoneeche farm. Misses Lilly Richards et al leave for State Normal and Industrial School in Greensboro. Colonel Clyde Cheek cites extra Monday train making 20 minutes Haw River to Hillsboro. question if it beat 22 minute max or Cheek erred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McCracken
Caldwell Institute
Occoneeche Farm
Lilly Richards
Carrie Bell
Hattie Berry
Mamie Tinnin
Mamie Strudwick
Greensboro
State Normal and Industrial School
POUND AT LAST A Mysterious Knife Swap Tale Unfolds
Colonel Janes Parks recalls a long disputed question from youth as a knife swap tale surfaces. Billy accuses a cheat in a past swap with Lord Cornwallis invoked. The reporter asks about joining the Populists and Silver, prompting a defiant vow to retaliate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Parks
James Parks
Parks
Billy
Lord Conwallis
Pat
Yarks
Doctors praise Laxor for Castor Vil virtues and palatability
Doctors prescribe Laxor because it has all the virtues of Castor Vil and is palatable.
Sells' Circus Impresses Raleigh Crowd In Fine Parade
The Charlotte News notes Sells Brother Circus parade at ten and the afternoon show at two dazzled spectators with gilded chariots, cages, elephants, camels, giraffes and gilded horses. The menagerie is large and well kept and the ring show earned high praise for bareback riding and variety. Also chronicled is a Chapel Hill runaway marriage between W. B. Thompson and Carrie Hogan at Merritt's school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N.C
Sells Brother Circus
Chapel Hill
W. B. Thompson
the News
Carrie Hogan
Merritt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter Smith
Nannie Turner
C. C. Grimes
Durham
Rev. W. N. Pike
D. M. Laws
C. D. Turner
Kit Holt
Mayor Watson
John W. Graham
Durham Court
W. B. Lynch
Ed. L. Dickson
Hughes
Hyams and Lewith
Wm. Strudwick
W. F. Parks
Buffalo Bill
Clyde Cheek
Haw River
Hillsboro
Col. Cheek
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Oscoon
Lowell
Masa
H. A. Ancusa
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Oria
Centaur
Hreenaver
Yooway
Ark
Aten C. Surrm
Prea
Pany
Murray Street
New York City
Maty
C. Summmerfield & CO
Main Street
North Carolina
C. Summerfield & Co. II
Love and Alliance
Mount, Lebanon
E.main ST
Durbar, N. C
Ecm
Bay State
Ppendorf
Dittman &, Co
Bay Shoe Co
Hayespare & Co
Peden Bros
P, Sullivan & Co
Thos, Plant & Co
Vas
Taro
Alaska
Grimaldas
Come
Sen
Johnny Lowlow
Ildren
Ee Chas. A. Robinson & CO Olivett
Ss. Louis, Mo
W .M. Yearby
The
Harris Steam
Raleigh, N. C
Oolford
Baltimore
Wal
H. Heineman
Milwaukee
New York
W. M.earby
General Supplies OF
Herndon
Bagwell Wholesale and Retail Grocers
Durham, N.C
Cy P. ii
M. Gladstein & CO
Mie
M. Gladstein
Durham, N. C
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