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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1888
Page
2
The Enterprise announces its publication office on Main Street with yearly subscription at $1.00 and six months for 60 cents. It notes it mails as second class matter and that the editor does not endorse correspondent views unless stated.
The Greensboro Patriot responds to a Stokes county communication on Court House Rings and condemns personal attacks on public officials. It defends Clerk Felton and Clerk Holton, praises their integrity, and argues that public servants deserve respect even when opinions differ.
The article condemns habitual abuse of public men by political papers whether due to ignorance malice or prejudice. It calls for reform, urges restraint from The Patriot and similar papers, and hopes for a broader shift toward justice and brotherly conduct in political discourse.
The Northern Presbyterian committee on reunion sent settlement propositions to the Southern committee and remains confident of soon achieving reunification. Skeptics doubt this, arguing a vast shift in Northern opinion is required and unlikely before any steps toward reunion can occur.
Burlington dispatch reports Adam Wirt aged about 65 to 70 attacked his daughter in law with a corn knife injuring her, burned the house with four grandchildren inside, and hanged himself after the blaze. The two older children were found in brush and neighbors aided the injured woman. The scene occurred near Jackson Township, Iowa.
The fourth volume offers 122 illustrations and a broad range from Baptism to Billberry pages in large type. It emphasizes practical use and accuracy, with a combined Dictionary and Cyclopedia appeal. Early subscribers get reduced prices for complete sets, sold directly by the publisher John B. Alden.
Four robbers entered a Cisco bank on Wednesday and seized bank officers. They emptied the treasury of $6,000, locked the bankers in the back yard, then rode through the main street firing revolvers and flashing the loot in a bold display.
The United States Treasurer issued a circular stating readiness to issue one and two dollar silver certificates to redeem mutilated United States notes and national bank notes. The move is welcomed by bankers and merchants troubled by the scarcity of small denomination notes.
The passage describes billiousness with varied symptoms across individuals including poor appetite for solids, strong thirst, white or rough tongue, mixed diarrhea or constipation, possible hemorrhoids, giddiness headaches acidity and stomach tenderness. It endorses Green's August Flower as a cheap remedy believed to cure these complaints.
A sensational health notice warns that constipation and dyspepsia are deadly, claims stomach poisons kill more than epidemics, and promotes Shaker Extract of Roots or Seigel's Syrup as a universal cure. Testimonials from readers in Kentucky and Alabama are cited to boost the remedy’s credibility.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper routes Atlanta New York Washington Montgomery Aikin Richmond Greensboro Raleigh. Through tickets at principal stations. For rates and information contact company agents Sol Haas Jas L Taylor Traffic Manager Gen Pass Agent.
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