Robbery and Fire, Health Claims, and Patent Medicines
A town reports a burglary at Denny Hardware, heavy losses from firearms and tools, plus a dwelling fire destroying R. Gran’s house. Trade ads tout Dr Miles' Nervine and Emulsion products while Rev Dr Hawes lauds Camm’s Emulsion as a life saver. Mercantile notices list Lynchburg wholesalers.
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Reidsville
Denny
R. Gran
Europe
Hawes
Camm
Jay
T. Spencer
Whalsale Druggists
Lynchburg
North Carolina figures in talk of memor ial effigy in Washington
The piece discusses plans and suggestions for an effigy honoring notable North Carolinians to be placed in the U S Capitol. It cites opinions from The Wilmington Messenger and The Richmond Times, favoring Macon or Badger as worthy names and contrasts their legacy.
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Macon
Julian
Carr
House of Representatives
Washington
Wilmington Messenger
George E. Badger
Richmond Times
Na Macon
John Raith
Badger
Texas
Atlantic
New York Sun
Pure Sugar and Naval News Snippet from War-Torn Europe
A San Francisco chemist notes a single German refinery supplying chemically pure sugar for clear solutions, not suitable for table use. The report also mentions Russia expanding its navy and Austrian police capturing a dynamite suspect in Poland.
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San Francisco
Oye
Germany
Russia
Monotony and impostors in Western Editorial Life
A quirky local note recounts a traveling impostor posing as an agricultural editor for subscriptions to the Kicker in Gulchtown. He was captured after bagging eleven subscribers, and the editors vow no more traveling agents or paid samples, adding colorful postscript on other items.
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Yale College
Colle
Gulchtown
M. Quad
Tariff Question on Revenue and Economic Policy
A deliberation questions whether any high tariff justifies forcing the public to pay 60 percent taxes when half that rate could fund government operations, arguing for an economically sufficient revenue. The text weighs the burden on citizens against revenue needs and policy rationale.
Money shortage forces Georgia judge to haul cotton home
Judge T. H. Barrett, a Georgia legislator, left Atlanta for home to haul cotton to the gin due to a money shortage. The note hints at broader poverty and asks why corporations need less production than individuals. The Sentinel contemplates new chewing gum factory plans for girls and reports on a Pennsylvania treasury probe continuing in Philadelphia.
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T. H. Barrett
Georgia
Atlanta
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Squire
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Rudolph’ ‘8 Aronson’ Company
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Ageens
Bone
New York Stock Exchange
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Heartwees
Miss Booth
Edding
Montreal
Dundee
Mary’s Bay
Lundrigan
Sam Jone
Sam Jones
Wilmington
Bretheren
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Jones
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Prince Bismarck
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M. Wolff
Norfolk
Great Britain
Nory
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Greensboro
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Farmers’ Alliance
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Blaine
Stanford
Grover Cleveland
Aioe
Concar
A. Ancusa
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Poland
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Susquehana
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N. Y
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Wixetox
Sentinel
Pennsylvania State Treasury Investigation Committee
Philadelphia
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