High Point News Notes Collected For Christmas 1886
The Enterprise records holiday plans and local happenings. Notables include weddings hoped for after telegraphed alerts, a Christmas tree at the Methodist church, entertainment by High Point Classical Institute students, and sermons by Rev. S. H. Thompson. Local commerce reports 1 200 rabbits and 400 chickens sold. Mrs. John H. Tate travels to Murfreesboro. a new cotton factory boiler is installed. diphtheria fears in Franklinville. a railroad accident injures four. a riot near Wilmington is avoided. deaths of Daniel Harris and Mrs. Sarah Barker. state politics note the North Carolina Legislature convening in January.
Revised R. and D. schedule to restore mail train times
News notes a proposed return to pre change mail train arrivals and departures on the R. and D. line next Sunday. The item mentions tobacco sales at Groome's Warehouse and varied earnings per pound, a Greensboro meeting of the Women's Press Association planning a nationwide style of organization, a house fire that destroyed Mr. I. T. Harmon’s Fayetteville street home, and postal-office statistics across North Carolina with many small town names and counts.
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Women’s Press Association
Greensboro
South
I.T. Harmon
Fayetteville Street
Local shop offers deep discounts on Christmas stock
M. K. Callum and Co advertise low prices on coffee crackers candy and footwear urging readers to inspect their goods. The notice repeats sales pitches while praising cheap groceries and boots as they seek space by clearing stock. Also reports a town tax cost warrant dispute and a river accident with a missing youth near Haw River dam.
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M. K. Callan & Co
Callum
Holiday Gift Lines Offer Bargains for All Shoppers
An array of holiday gifts lists prices on ladies and gent lem apparel and linens. Ladies items include embroidered handkerchiefs linen towels and dress fabrics while Gentlemen offers suspenders silk band kerchiefs wool suits overcoats and shirts with marked discounts from page values. Bargains emphasize low prices and sample requests for dress goods.
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Japan
Candy and grocery listings with broad assortment
A dense inventory listing numerous confections and groceries including chocolates caramels creams candies fruits teas coffees and canned goods. The fragment names many brands varieties weights and items such as 1 000 pounds plain candy fruits nuts and beverages. Potential catalog style notice from a store or ad.
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Robert Rayle
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High Point Classical Institute
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W. A. Blair
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A. Bencini
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John Maygard
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United States
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Danville Register
James W. Reid
M. K.callum & CO
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A. A. Howton
J. F. Hoffman
M. K. Callum & CO
M. K. Catavar & Co
M. K. Cattum & Co
M.K. Cattum & Co
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Longbury
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M.K. Callum & CO
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Sheriff's Deputies
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M. K. Callum & Covs
Cleveland
Prunes le
M. K. Cannes & Co
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Boots Axp Snous
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Farmers’ Friends
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Sam Jones
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Chas. Rippey
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Chattanooga
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Dr. King
Smith’s
Norfolk
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Volina
Volina Drug & Chemical CO
Baltimore
U.S.A
Pharmacists
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Drgu Line
Mrs. Blair’s
M. L. KE. Laws & Daughter
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Randleman Mwe
Central Fala and
J. M. Worth
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Willis Burns
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