Prohibition Convention and Political Moves Across States
The piece reports on the Prohibition State Convention in Greensboro with delegates chosen and candidates named, notes Wrightsville camp plans for the State Guard, and mentions the Republican state convention in Raleigh with a fall ticket. It also covers a Charlotte plaid mill agreement reducing production, a Confederate bond note from the War era, and a Gettysburg anniversary bill.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
South
Missouri Supreme Court bans Sunday liquor sales in St Louis
The Missouri supreme court ruling bars all intoxicating liquor sales in St Louis on Sundays, ending a six year legislative fight. An auction in Washington City will offer unclaimed war era treasure from the treasury vaults after two years for owners to claim or pay to recover. A catalogue from the University for 1887 88 notes expanded lectures and courses at Chapel Hill with total expenses listed as 70 dollars per year and 203 students.
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Missouri Supreme Court
St. Louis
Washington City
Treasury Department
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Scientific Society
Historical Society
Seminary of Literature
North Carolina
President Battle
Chapel Hill
Sunday School Conference at Mt. Pleasant Davidson County
Trinity College North Carolina hosted a Sabbath School Conference on May 12 with Rev. C. M. Pepper and Rev. J. P. Davis delivering sermons. Prof. W. H. Pegram spoke on Full Growth, followed by questions, refreshments, and delegate elections amid choir music and church decorations by Mt. Pleasant ladies.
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Trinity College
N. C
Mt. Pleasant
Davidson County
C. M. Pepper
J. P. Davis
South Carolina
W. H. Pegram
Pegram
Bro. Pegram
Eroas
Brother Pepper
Leonard
Pulpit decorum and odd wills drive busy news week
The piece opens with praise of a pulpit adorned with evergreen and flowers by local attendees. The column then reports diverse items: a Brazilian deputies bill to abolish slavery, a lynching in Bowling Green KY, a Denver gambler losing $100,000, mine layoffs in Pratt Birmingham, and odd notes including a New York bachelor aged 70 courting a Maine girl and a Commodore Rogers real estate tale. A Lexington Dispatch brief covers a Raleigh trip and possible insanity, while a Nashville grand jury debates lottery laws and gambling. The piece closes with Dr Everett Wagner's eccentric will distributing body parts to heirs and charities, with probate pending.
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Everett Wagner
Kentucky
Prisoner Quips Against Time In Courtroom Banter
The judge demands ten days and ten dollars while the prisoner jokes about lacking time. The exchange highlights a witty moment as the court weighs penalties and the prisoner discovers he does in fact have time.
Extension of tariff debate in House clears Saturday
Washington Letter notes that the House Ways and Means Democrats agreed to extend general tariff debate to Saturday after consulting Republicans. Congressman Martin of Texas delivered a lively speech, provoking talk of jealousy among Texas allies and Mills. The column also mentions Attorney General Garland’s summer hat and includes brief items on Lenox Forsyth Superior Court and a medicinal ad segment along with a comic quip about a frightened horse.
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Washington
Washixeton
House
way@ and means
Martin
Texas
Mills
Mr. Martin
Congress
Garland
Lenox
Every Home Should Have It Red Flag Oil and Puritan Cure
A house remedies ad promotes Red Flag Oil as a personal physician for rheumatism neuralgia burns bruises and pains with a 25 cent price. Puritan Cough and Consumption Cure is claimed unrivaled for coughs colds and consumption at Brown and Matton's drug store.
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Brown & Matton’s
Riggers
Walter A, Taylor
Atlanta, Ga
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I. M. Temples
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SOL
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High Point, N. C
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