Basobell and Cooper close Greencastle furniture shop
The Star notes the closure of Basobell and Cooper’s furniture establishment and mentions local residents in ill health such as Mr and Mrs Samuel Woodruff Mrs Samuel Albin attending lectures in Chicago and Mr Jesse Underwood in Franklin township sick with fever.
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Basobell & Cooper
Samuel Woodruff
Samuel Albin
Chicago
Jesse Underwood
Franklin Township
Clement Vogel
Centralia
Greencastle
Hathaway
Danville
Excerpt on hiring practices and race labor in Lloyd Township
A Lloyd Township resident recalls hiring Black workers at low pay and contrasts it with white labor. He cites conversations about using enslaved or freed Black labor, mentioning a Mississippi Delphi era sentiment and a talk with Mr. 8 and others about wages and need for workers. The witness references December 21, 1879, and remarks about Democratic influence in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel B. Shoemaker
Tam
Lloyd Township
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Ind
Ilinois
John Jacobs
Mr. S.s
Langsdale
South
Poor Man's Friend Defended in Bitter Election Letter
A farm owner defends himself against accusations of using tenants for political gain. He details 140 acres with bottom land, rents out plots, and contrasts wages and voting history of tenants. He attacks Mr S for urging others to rent land and calls for readers in North Carolina to vote their interest, white and black alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr.s
Heiss
Jacobs
J. H. Randolph
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