High Point News Roundup From January 1887
High Point, N C notes include 11 above zero temperature, deaths of Prof Duncan and Miss Bettie E Bulla, new sash and blind factory, and plans for a local art gallery. Tobacco sales at Groome’s Warehouse average 38 per hundred. W E Johns & Co advertise farming aids. Local mills near readiness and postal notes now usable nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Greene
Groome
W. A. Motsinger
Pioner
North Carolina
L. L. Pitts
W. D. Pitts
A Hayworth
W N Regans
W R Pitts
S Payne
CW Burton
WA Matinger
Flag pole raising and local council notes and a city desk
A Saturday flag pole raising drew about fifty observers and a dozen helpers, with a safe completion. Trinity College trustees met to decide not to elect a president, appoint a committee for selection and endowment plans, and retain Rev. J L Heitman as faculty chair. Weather flags explained and sidewalk inspection urged near Main Street. Raleigh dispatch details on the Bingham murder case, asylum location in Southern New York, and ongoing investigations. A tobacco barn advocate reports strong prospects. local fur and meat buyers continue cash sales, with price lists at Groome's Warehouse. Charlotte Chronicle reports a fatal cellar door accident in Dallas, Tipton’s child killed and another hurt.
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Trinity College
Sess
J. W. Alspaugh
J. L. Heitman
Raleigh
Richmond Dispatch
Bingham
New York
New York City
W. J. Deaver
Asheville
Deaver
Justice
Swain County
Elevations Off Cape Hatteras Ring Coastal Trade Alarm
Unsettling readings from near Cape Hatteras indicate an unprecedented tidal drop following Charleston’s earthquake. Local residents note coast elevation and the water’s apparent recession, while Wake Forest reports 200 students amid broader regional tremor-related effects.
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Cape Hatteras
Charleston
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Eunterprise
High Point
N.C
Little Mamie
J. van Lindley
Thompson
Duncan
Randph
Montgomery Counties
Misses Hilton
Mr. Z. Hilton
Randleman
W. E. Johns & Co
Trinity Farmer’s Club
Snow
J. H. Welborn
Lexington
Henley
Henly
Congress
N. Harding Callum
Southern Norma
Mr. Perry
High Point Guards
A. R. Bowers
Winston
The
Reidsville
North Carolina Phosphate Company
Messrs
Wrenn Bros
Martha Washington
Bettie E. Bulla
J. R. Bulla
Miss Bulla
Geo. M. Bulla
Wilmington Star
Main Street
Presbyterian Church
Capt. Snow
T.S. Wilson
News Ferry
Virginia
John Farlow & Co
John Wilborn
H. W. Cox
JW. Veach
Charlotte Chronicle
Dallas
B. F. Tipton
Wake Forest College
A. F E. Smith & Co Drug Store
Dr King
W. B. Hazen
United States Army
Washington
A. E. Smith & Co Drug
Paducah
Sam Jones
Cailing
Ion Blair
Superior Court
Court House
Greensboro
Paul Swaim
Morehead Township
Guilford County
N. C
Mayre
J. E. Cox
R. High Point
M K.callum
L. E. Laws & Daughter
Eerner
Volina
Volina Almanac
Volina Druge& Chemical Co
Baltimore
U.S.A
A. Brown
Deep River
A.S. Idol
Thomas Burns
Gilbert & Barker M'r G. Co
Maiden Lane
James P. Clifford
Grand Central Hotel
T.W. Wood & Sons
Seedsmen
S. Fourteenth ST
Richmond
Oj. Lindsay & Bro
Gods
Andovercoats
Feigler Brother
Merriam & Taylor
Larties
Burt & Packard
Gourss
RJ. Lindsay & Bro
Dr. H. Clay Pitts
Haigh Point
M. G
Bey" Sjiew
Wrean Bros
Brown & Wattor
Pharmacisis
Oilot
Nerest
Ife
H. A. Simmons
Jarrol’s Hotel
Pennsylvania
Buswess
Bohemian
E.G. Newcomb’s
Odell Building
A. Smut
Rey
Acre
Warat
Ryrx
Bluegrass
Kentucky
N.C. Phosphate Co
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