Local Postal Notice on Subscriptions and Rates
The notice lists subscription price at $1.00 per year and six months for 60 cents. It notes post office entry as second class matter and includes editor initials JH FIELD and DPpeevisner.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1888
Page
2
The notice lists subscription price at $1.00 per year and six months for 60 cents. It notes post office entry as second class matter and includes editor initials JH FIELD and DPpeevisner.
A late 19th century item notes five living former North Carolina governors Reid Holden Brogden Vance and Jarvis with brief health and residence details. It adds remarks on Ex Alderman McQuade of New York and commentary from the Wilmington Star and Charlotte Observer about printing free speech and Senate adjournment. The piece ends with an anecdote of a St Louis swindle and a District of Columbia Recorder nomination and pecan crop near Elizabeth City.
Rail dispatch lists new train movements on the Richmond Danville line effective Sunday at 12.01 am. The New Orleans Fast Mail, Southern Express, Louisville Express, Washington Fast Mail, and Northern Express routes show altered departure and arrival times, with multiple stops from Washington to Atlanta and onward to Raleigh, Charlotte, and Louisville. Additional notes mention Pullman car services and bolster connections at Washington for North and Northwest travel.
The January number of Godey’s Magazine features Rose Elizabeth Cleveland and the Robin Adair story. The editor celebrates literary talent and invites subscriptions at $2.00, while a writer critiques neglected homes and boys’ upbringing. Deputy Marshal William Thomas shoots Edward Dalton in Parowan, and a Wilmington merchant questions North Carolina debt solvency.
A guaranteed salve promises to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corn and other skin eruptions or piles with money refunded if not satisfied. Sold by A. E. Smith & Co at 25 cents per box.
The drop in internal revenue and removal of revenue stamps from Proprietary Medicines benefits consumers and home makers. Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup now have larger bottles, adding one fifth more medicine in the 75 cent size, while 10 cent sample bottles stay the same.
A 1886 report promotes the Modern Tobacco Barns for Virginia and North Carolina growers. It cites 25 new barns, mixed results, and claims mills of fuel savings, easier priming, and higher quality leaf. Case comparison shows cost, yields, and timing advantages supporting rapid adoption.
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