High Point News Recaps 1887 Economic and Agricultural Notes
The High Point edition notes 146 US business failures last week and 4.71 railway accidents per day in February. London sold a two volume Bible for 18000. Raleigh reports Senator Pou in Johnston county says cotton crops look fine with moderate seasons. Farmers work hard. plowing and land care rise while artificial fertilizer use falls. economy moves amid postwar shifts.
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Raleigh
Pou
Johnston County
Supreme Court Affirms Voter Definition in Debt Clause
The Raleigh Observer reports a Supreme Court decision ruling that a majority of the registered voters, not merely those who vote, constitutes a majority for debt authority. Also noted are Lincoln remains moved to Oakridge cemetery and Raleigh strike actions by Tucker Co and Water Works workers demanding higher wages.
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Raleigh Observer
Supreme Court
Springfield
Lincoln
Lincoln Monument
Oakridge
Lincoln Monument Association
Lincoln Guards of Honor
Guard of Honor
Raleigh
State Chronicle
Tucker & Co’s
Knights of Labor
Boachee's German Syrup Promoted for Lung Ailments
Public notice urges every user to spread word about Boachee's German Syrup as a cure for consumption coughs croup asthma and other throat and lung diseases. It claims immediate relief after three doses with sample bottles at 10 cents and full bottles at 75 cents available from all druggists and dealers in the United States and Canada.
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United States
Canada
W. D.salt
Bipus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellevue
Ohio
Moffitt & Bradshaw's
Smith & Co ’S
Woolford
Brown & Matton
High Point
High Point and Randleman Railroad Authority Act
The act amends the 1885 charter to authorize the High Point Randleman Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company. It outlines stock, scope from High Point to Asheboro, possible extensions toward South Carolina, and authority to connect to Salem and Winston. It provides for commissions to open books, subscriptions, corporate powers, bonds, surveys, and county funding conditioned on completing roads to Asheboro and the Randolph Montgomer y line. It sets governance, taxation, and enforcement provisions and ratification date February 26, 1887.
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Randolph Railroad
High Point and Beadieman Railroad Company
General Assembly of
North Carolina
High Point and
Randleman Railroad Company
High Point
Guilford County
Asheboro
Randolph County
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company
Randleman
South Carolina
R. R. Company
Salem
Winston
Forsythe
Randleman R. R. Co
J. M. Worth
John H. Ferree
R. P. Dicks
J. A. Blair
J. H. Millis
A. W. E. Capel
O. R. Cox
Benj. Moffit
A. J. Tomlinson
J. A. Spencer
W. P. Wood
Joe Ashworth
AC. McAlister
W. O. Harris
B. W. Steed
Tandlemap
Asheboro and Southern Company
North Carolina Railroad Company
Cape Fear and
Deep River
Randolph
Montgomery
Board of Commissioners
Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley
Board of County Commissioners
Lot
What Ails The Nation Ailment Remedy Promoted
Vague symptoms from chest pains to nausea and fatigue are linked to indigestion in a promotional medical notice. Shikey Extract of Roots allegedly cures a wide range of ailments by improving digestive function, with millions of bottles sold and testimonials claimed.
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Drucs Vists
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F. Crutchfield
Enterprise Building
Main Street
London
Water Works Company
John Nichols
Mans, Nancy J
McConaughey
Ashe Grove
Tippecanoe Co
Swift
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
W. & J. Sloane
Mattings
S.respondence
Broadway
New York
Marker Sr
San Francisco
Mme. Demorest
Siepassena Ue
Demorest
Demorest Fashion and Sewing Machine CO
East 14Th Street
New York City
New Home Sewing Machine Co
Orange
Mass
Union Square
N.Y
Chicago
St. Louis
Dallas
Tex
Cal
J. L. Stone
N. C
RS. L. E. Laws & Daughter
H. A. Simmons
N.C
Jarrol’s Hotel
Ragan, Millis & Co
General Merchandise
Cedar Falls
Randleman M
Central Falls and
High Point, N. C
Laflin & Randpowderco's
Mustang
Lamberman
Wunter
Miner
Vieneer
Emer
Lforse-fender
Teck-Crower
Ite Immediate
Ite
Ase Wien
Dr. H. Clay Pitts
High
Wrenn Bros
Pennsylvania
Budwess
C. M. Moore
Deais
Court House
Greensboro
R. H Crouch
J. A. McKinsey
Sarah Hedgecock
Elisha Hedgecock
E. C. Farabee
DR. Bigger
Lowell
Sigger
Didrihan
Biggees
Walter A. Taylor
Godey
Godey’s
America
J W Prichard
Emily Reed
Jno. Churchill
William Miller Butler
Emily Lenox
Philadelphia
The
Bes
Enterprise
High Point, N.C
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