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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1889
Page
3
High Point items report Jarrel's Hall event admissions and a victory for the Irving Literary Society in a debate. Others note railroad talks, tobacco warehouse activity, and a bank condition report. Reports cover convictions, legislation on lottery ads, a minister's whisky mishap, and local business openings and improvements.
A Raleigh correspondence notes an unusually high legislative output with 598 bills and 44 resolutions. The piece details penalties for train vandals, critiques light sentences for attempted murder, and reports on bakery revival and theft incidents. It also analyzes penitentiary funding, convict numbers, and magistrate appointments across Guilford and Randolph counties.
The Greensboro case reports the shooting of Charles Blackburn by Allen Hairston last Monday. A post mortem found the ball struck the right side near the fifth rib and passed into the right lung, with doctors present and the wife requesting no further disfigurement.
Dr ace offers free trial bottles of a cure for coughs colds consumption asthma bronchitis and lung ailments at A E Smith & Co Drug Store. Large bottles sell for one dollar. Also notes local hog thefts and hardships with brief testimonials including a 73 year old woman praising Electric Bitters.
An old style advertisement touts Backlen’s Arnica Salve as the best cures for cuts bruises sores ulcers and various skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It also promotes Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion claiming quick cure times and urges customers to avoid other products. Brown Mat ton Druggists in High Point and A E Smith Co sell these items. John Farlow Co continues cash buys of fat meats and country produce with cheap provisions and large stock.
A historical ad promotes North Carolina Lime Phosphate soil fertilizer with details on composition, dry load, and low sulfuric acid content. It provides application rates for cotton, corn, wheat, oats, grasses, and mixtures with Muriate Potash and Kainit, plus regional notes on Kentucky bluegrass.
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