Disjointed 1887 News From High Point North Carolina
A late April 1887 issue reports on sea breeze experiments, a mysterious disappearance of Anthony Harris, a Missouri sheriff clash, timber-cutting suits in Louisiana and Florida, a French-German arrest dispute, Navassa Phosphate Company receivership, a North Carolina farmer note on guano, a Charlottesville revival, a Salem Illinois mustered vote incident, Carolina railway survey progress toward Asheville and Paint Rock, and road plans from Aiken to Lowden with extension to Chicago.
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Craven County
Anthony Harris
Harris
United States
Navassa Phosphate Company
New York
Walter Lawton
Thos. M. Lanham
Walter B. McAtee
North Carolina
Carolina
Cumberland Gap
Chicago
Brevard
Transylvania County
Asheville
Paint Rock
Tennessee Line
Blue Ridge
Eastatoa Gap
Aiken
S. C
Lowden
Chi- Fag
Unusual marine debris washed ashore in California
Reports from San Alafro Cal describe submarine vegetation piling along sixteen miles of beach and numerous dead fishes, including whales sharks and sea turtles. A 55 foot whale and a 10 foot turtle are noted, with the event attributed to a submarine eruption.
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San Alafro
Cal
Forgetting and Remembering in Letters and News
A mix of sentimental verse about memory and letters, plus brief notices: Daniel Wren, the Richmond detective, dies. A severe storm damages parts of Chatham and Wake counties. Jerusalem supposedly hears steam engines in old King David’s street. A Cuban kidnap plot aimed at Senator Sherman failed. A Utah polygamists colony in Mexico grows with 135000 acres bought. A colored man lifts a 750 pound pipe on a wager. Two riders travel 2000 miles from New Orleans to Chattanooga on tricycles.
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Mexico
M Emons
Green's August Flour and Woolford's Lotion Advertisements
An advertising blurb extols Green's August Flour as a cure for dyspepsia and liver complaint and lists widespread benefits. A second claim promotes Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claiming cure for Itch prairie mange and scratches in 30 minutes. Sold by Brown and Matton Drugists in High Point.
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Woolford
Brown & Matton Druggis
Nervous Dyspepsia and the Shaker Remedy Seigel's Syrup
The text claims a national nervous debility threat and links this to nervous dyspepsia. It cites causes like vice and overwork and promotes Shaker Extract Seigel's Syrup from Mt. Lebanon N Y as a cure for digestive and nerve symptoms, asserting broad restoration of strength and vitality.
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United States
Woran
Seigel
Mt. Lebanon
N. Y
Old Pennsylvania Rye Whiskies and Other Spirits Listing
A partial OCR item lists line items including Pennsylvania rye whiskies North Carolina corn whiskies old peach and apple brandies foreign and domestic champagnes and other beverages.
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Pennsylvania
N.C
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Fire Enterprise
F. Crutchfield
Enterprise Building
Main Street
High Point
N. C
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Butler County
Louisiana
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Paris
Germany
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I. B. Betts
Salem Ill
Charlotte Chronicle
Gretna Green
Amoor
Russell
Montgomery County
Chronicle
Harry Bell
Mr. Bell
Henry Beil
Lady Amoor
Old North
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Hotel
Elkin
Richmond & Danville
Charles Bruil
Dodgeville
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Earth
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The
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Iowa
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Sean
Motrugas
Reeviator Co
Aulanta
Dr. H. Clay Pitts
High
BEE
Wrenn Bros
Nancy J. McConaughey
Ashe Grove
Tippecanoe Co
Ind
Swift
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
W. & J. Sloane
Mattings
Broadway
Marker Sr
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Budwess and
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E.G. Newcomb’s
Odell Building
Greensboro
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Orange
Mass
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N.Y
Ill
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Dallas
Tex
J. L. Stone
Raleigh
L. E. Laws & Daughter
Mantua
Mme. Demorest
Ilarge
Demon
Demorest
Demorest Fashion and Sewind Machine CO
East Lith Street
New York City
H. A. Simmons
Jarrol’s Hotel
Ragan, Millis & Co
General Merchandise
Cedar Falls
Randleman M’f’g Company’s
Central Falls and
J. M. Worth
High Point, W. C
Laflin & Randpowderco’s
C. M. Moore
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Court House
R. H Crouch
J. A. McKinsey
Sarah Hedgecock
Elisha Hedgecock
E. C. Farabee
DJ. Bigger
Lowell
Avlor, Aulapta
Godey
Godey’s
America
J V Prichard
Emily Reed
Jno. Churchill
William Miller Butler
Emily Lenox
Earthavon
Godey’s Lady’s Book
Enerdrise
Bax
Enterprise
High Point, N.C
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