High Point News Highlights From August 1857
High Point reports bustling activity as Guilford Superior Court prepares to reconvene August 20, extensive preparations for West's Asheville excursion, and local improvements including a new soda fountain by Moffitt and Bradshaw. Deaths noted include John Boles and John Wesley Cecil. The town anticipates Friends yearly meeting drawing thousands, with electric lights impending for Greensboro and a proposed $100,000 hotel for High Point. A peculiar case involves John Griffin and two whites offering a mule owner $1 to end obstruction on the road.
Mule Dispute Ends With Court Order And Cruelty Call
A writ of claim and delivery orders a mule to the negro owner while white claimants reimburse $17 and costs. The case highlights misappropriation, estate rights, and a plea for harsher punishment for cruelty to animals. Rev. W. L. Reaney reports progress at St. James mission with regular services planned in Jarrell's Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Reaney
St. James Mission
Jarrell’s Hall
Episcopal Church
Visitors From Wilmington and Indiana Arrive Here
Mrs. John M. Clark of Wilmington arrived Wednesday night to visit relatives. Mr. Jonathan Winslow of Indiana is registered at Jarrell's Hotel. He is a brother of Dr. T. L. Winslow of Randolph. Miss Callie Futch arrives from Wilmington to stay with sister Mrs. Hamner. Mr. FE. T. Johnson of Graniteville S. C. visits sister Mrs. M. A. Smith.
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John M. Clark
Wilmington
Jonathan Winslow
Indiana
Jarrell’s Hotel
Ife
T. L. Winslow
Randolph
Callie Futch
Hamner
FE. T. Johnson
Graniteville, S. C
M. A. Smith
Unheard of Cat Tail Chewing Stuns Enfield NC
A farmer and a merchant were jailed after a wager led to John Bellamy chewing a cat’s tail for 1.75 dollars. The animal’s head went into a sack while a man held the body. authorities arrested both parties amid surrounding town chatter.
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News-Observer
Enfield
N. C
John Bellamy
Borzeman
North Carolina drummer license case and regional railroad plans
Hendersonville influenced by a major drummer license decision as Judge Boykin upholds the refusal to issue whisky sales licenses in Mud Creek. The Edenton drum merchant case involves Henderson, a Baltimore tourist who surrendered with Travellers Protective Association support. Judge Bond will hear in Federal court. Raleigh lawyers Pattle and Mordecai represent the State, with Henderson’s counsel W D Pruden. A Verham September railroad subscription of 100000 dollars may be split between the Durham Blue Wing and Clarksville line and the Richmond and Danville route from Oxford to Durham. In Galveston, Texas, reports show Prohibition amendments defeated by about 125000 votes. other amendments likely failed too. An Aug 11 Chicago report notes a Toledo Peoria and Warsaw excursion train bridge disaster at Chattsworth, Ill with about 100 killed or injured. Promotions from J C Callum and J M Sechrest offer weekly cantaloupes and melons to regular customers.
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Edenton
Henderson
Baltimore
Travellers’ Protective Association
Verham
Durham
Blue Wing
Clarksville
Richmond and
Danville
Oxford
Chicago
Toledo, Peoria
Warsaw
Chattsworth
Ill
Niagara Falls
Peoria
Free Trial Bottles Spur Vast Trade at Drug Store
Monit and Bra shaw's Drug Store reports a general revival of business due to free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. The remedy, claimed to cure coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and lung diseases quickly, is offered as a test before purchase with a large bottle priced at one dollar and guaranteed.
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Monit & Brashaw
Dr. King
Nurseries Offer Wide Selection of Trees and Plants
Vanpanu N G announces a large stock of fruit trees ornamental trees evergreens hoses shrubs and plants for fall planting. Crutchfield of Hish Point handles orders with prompt careful attention from Cr L Antruoxy.
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Vanpanu
N.G
C. F Crutchfield
Hish Point
Cr L. Antruoxy
A High Purse or Willman Company Legacy Note
The General attorney of the Willman sleeping car company and ex chief Justice Lochrime praise Dr Biggers for his Huckleberry Cordial as a lasting remedy for bowel ailments in a historic remark attributed to the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willman Sleeping Car Company
O. A. Lochrime
Dr Biggers
Erectic Bitters Offered For Health Boost At Local Drugstore
A reader endorses a tonic to lift spirits and appetite, cure headaches, and renew vitality without stimulants. The ad promises purifying effects on the liver and kidneys and claims to restore health, selling at 50 cents a bottle at Mommit & Bradshaw’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MomMit & Bradshaws
Lime Phosphate Fertilizer Promises Dry, Plant-Ready Mix
An advertisement touts North Carolina Lime Phosphate as a dry, low-water fertilizer with precise contents including phosphoric acid, bone phosphate, lime, and potash. It contrasts with other fertilizers by avoiding excess sulfuric acid and water, recommending application rates per crop and acre for cotton, corn, wheat, oats, and other grains.
Fertilizer mixtures for crops and grasses described
The article outlines various fertilizer blends using Lime Phosphate and Muriate of Potash for wheat oats grasses and rye. It specifies rates per acre for different soil types and crops, including additions like cotton seed meal fish scrap and ammonia salts, and notes Lime Phosphate mimics blue limestone for Kentucky bluegrass.
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Bluegrass
Kentucky
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West
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E Squire
Everbody
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Tate
North State
John Wesley Cecil
J. W. Cecil
Col. Polk
Jordan
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W. A. Parrish
Archdale
Knights of Labor
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J. W. Guyer
John Griffin
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Darkey
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Winston Monkay
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Carolina Beach
Raleigh
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Cumberland County
Sampson County
Emma Moore
Will Cowan
Cabiness
Jeff Gaines
Gaines
Cowan
Tarboro Southerner
No. 13
Paschal Brothers
Allred & Moore
Farlow & Co’s
Hendersonville
Mandarans
Galveston
Texas
Galveston News
Bryan
J.C. Callum
J. M. Sechrest
Guilford Nurseries
North State Copper and Gold Mining Company OF
North Carolina
Guilford
Michael Beraman
Farrman A, Sadler
Superior Court
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W. HT. Ragan
David Jordan
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Naomi Jordan
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Sewell Farlow
Tomlinson
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W. H. Ragan
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J. H. Wes
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T. D. Gaxrerr
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Firshth Street
Sohgettba
Prises
Ati
J. Faust & Son
EAGLE
M. Partridge
Boot & Shoe Store
Ren Ors
Raueh
Alessis
Ragan, Millis & Co
Hian Point
Puomasville
Jamestown
EAU GS & Sons Conpvany
Vianafacer’s
South Strert
Baltimore, Mo
Higgin’s Wharf
Norfork, Va
A. EL. Smith & CO
Moomitt & Bradshaw
Drvcarsts and Apothecaries
High Point, N.C
Ee Lis
Tere Ee
Address & CO
Atlanta
Sernley
Undertaker
Midble Yards
Ratread
F. H. Lutterloh
Hic
D. L. Clark
State of North
D.L. Clark
Acre
The
NC. Phosphate Co
Raleigh, Cy
Hi. A. Simmons
Jarrel’s Hotel
Sovak
Miuruser
Willis Burns
Oilee
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