Prolific 1887 High Point News Fragment
The High Point paper reports on campus clash at Davidson College between Prof William Bingham and freshman J D Cochrane over insult claims, links Bingham to a murder case, and notes druggist prosecutions under prohibition. It also covers Canfield suing House members, a manslaughter verdict in North Carolina, a fatal child incident in Charleston, and President Cleveland's handshake with John L. Sullivan. The Durham Recorder critiques the drummers license tax and Bain's enforcement actions as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson College
William Bingham
J. D. Cochrane
Bingham
Cochrane
Walter Bingham
Turlington
The
Durham Recorder
Bain
Supreme Law of the Land
Supreme Court
Meares
Wilmington
Supreme Court of the United
Five lynching victims in Yorkville raise alarm in South Carolina
A mob near Yorkville South Carolina hanged five men Dan Roberts Giles Good Prind Thomson Bailey Dowdle and Mose Lipscombe for the murder of a white boy Johnnie Goode. The lynching followed an attempted trial and the kidnapping of the prisoners from a jail.
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Yorkville
S.C
Charlotte Chronicle
Dan Roberts
Giles Good
Prind Thomson
Bailey Dowdle
Mose Lipscombe
Johnnie Goode
Columbia
Pressley
Circuit Court
York County
Goode
Light-Running New Home Sewing Machine Ad
The piece extols the nineteenth century sewing machine as a household revolution. It praises American ingenuity in refining the device from crude beginnings to the "Light-Running New Home" model, claiming superior simplicity durability and work capacity with no rival.
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Sue
The Best Salve in the World for Skin Ailments
An advertised salve claims to heal cuts bruises sores and all skin eruptions including chilblains corns and fever sores. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money refunded and is priced at 2 dollars and 25 cents per box sold by A. E F. Smith & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Websters Dollar
A. E F. Smith & Co
Internal Revenue System Criticized Over Use and Reform
The Charlotte Chronicle denounces the Internal Revenue Service as an odious government feature. It claims the system was a Republican political machine corrupt in its practices. It notes hopes for relief with a change in administration but sees only a change of officers as the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Chronicle
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted for Lung Ailments
Public notice urges use of Boschee's German Syrup for consumption and lung diseases. Claims rapid relief, three doses suffice, and druggists should recommend it to the poor. Reports 80 000 dozen sold last year with no failure cases. Sample bottles ten cents. regular bottle seventy five cents. available through druggists in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
United States
Canada
Shaker Health Ad Claims Nervous Dyspepsia Cure
Mount Lebanon Shakers promote Shaker Extract as a cure for nervous dyspepsia and exhaustion. The ad describes digestive and nervous system links, outlines symptoms, and asserts success in many cases when directions are followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Lebanon
New York
Cleargieht
Seigel
Sale of Guilford County homestead at auction
An order from the Superior Court of Guilford County authorizes the sale of the real estate of John Kenneday, deceased. On the first Monday in May 1887 at two o'clock the homestead plantation, about 72 acres, two miles west of High Point on the railway, will be offered. Terms: one-third cash, two-thirds on six months credit with bond and security. interest from due. Title reserved until payment. E V Swaim Admr March 28 1887.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
John Kenneday
High Point
E. V. Swaim
Admr
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He Enterprise
Crutchfield
Nterpriss Building
Main Street
N.C
Raleigh
Enforcement Committee
Prohibition Party
Austin
Texas
Canfield
State House of Representatives
J. C. Carr
House
Patrick Brewer
Young Freeze
Bilsboro
Frank Kirby
Jesse Harris
Charleston
8. C
Frankie Williams
Frankie
John L. Sullivan
Pat Sheedy
Sheedy
Sullivan
John
Tressurer Bain
Greensboro
Federal Court
Roberts
Colonel Saunders
John A. Sloan
North Carolina
State Library
Saunders
Salisbury
Inniss Street
Bob Ford
Jesse James
Santa Fe
N. M
Olney
Detroit Prep Press
Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal
Alps
Hannibal of
Asheville
Rutherford County
Washington
John Cardwell
Wilkesboro
American Enterprise
Bucklen
Lashae Ore
Euapriezn Reepraton Co
Avauta
Mt. Tahbonon
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
W. & J. Sloane
Mattings
Broadway
Marker Sr
San Francisco
New Home Sewing Machine Co
Orange
Mass
Union Square
N.Y
Chicago
J. L. Stone
Avent
Rale
M* L. Kk, Laws & Daughter, Fashionable— Mantua-Makers
Llonsewife
Caanunler
Hettle Alweys
Sie
Demorest
Mme. Demorest
Ajemorest
Demorest Fashion and Sewing Machine CO
East 11Th Street
New York City
H. A. Simmons
Jarrol’s Hotel
Ragan, Millis & Co
General Merchandise
Cedar Falls
Randleman Mie
Central Falls and
J. M. Worth
High Point, N. C
Laflin & Randpowderco's
C. M. Moore
Register of Deeds
Court House
N. C
R. H Crouch
J. A. McKinsey
Sarah Hedgecock
Elisha Hedgecock
E. C. Farabee
Malone & Burns
7 Point
Pharmacists
Godey
Godey’s
America
J V Prichard
Emily Reed
Jno. Churchill
William Miller Butler
Emily Lenox
Othiers
Lady’s Book
Philadelphia
Gee
Enterprise
High Point, N.C
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