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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1888
Page
2
The March blizzard isolates Washington and cripples telegraph and rail service. Widespread damage to poles and wires, with limited lines restored by midweek. New York faces heavy snowfall, rail blockades, and delayed trains as ferries and streets struggle to resume normal flow.
An inquest notes a drunken arrest in a rear engine house jail with three cells. At about two o clock a group of masked men broke Parker from his cell, demanding silence with threats. The old attendant testifies he saw the light go out and Parker cry out murder. No suspects identified.
The Boston express ran five hours late into the depot as a storm delayed it after New Haven. Hospitals report many bruised and exhausted. Ed itor Baumann of the News is among fifteen in painful condition. Wadesboro Intelligencer libel suit and editor Hearn face damages. Stone seeks $10,000 in Wake court. Reports on fertilizers, convicts’ deaths, and local incidents follow.
A Greensboro area proclamation urges cash transactions to end bad accounts. It argues credit sales erode profits by one fourth, harming paying customers and producers, and claims cash pricing lowers costs. The notice lists cash prices for items like a japanned waiter and long handled shovel.
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