Local News Highlights From High Point area
Miss H E P Bristowe of London visits sister Mrs Remfry. Rev Williams to preach at Jarrells Hall on Trinity Sunday May 27. Liberty Academy commencement invited. Rev N H Wilson dies in Greensboro. Mr and Mrs W H Ragan back from Baltimore eyes treated. Town commissioners fail to elect police chief. Dinwiddie property sale slated tomorrow at Anchor Warehouse. Plans for a new cotton mill announced. Trinity mail contract awarded to James H Robbins with passenger line. High Point Dramatic Company thanks orchestra and supporters. Reverend Farriss to preach at Baptist church next Sunday. Strawberry festival at Pioneer Warehouse by Methodist Ladies Aid. Thomasville Female College eyes local property move. Friends School commencement May list. Onion grower W J English displays giant onion. Children’s Day observed at Methodist church. Fight on Groom farm. Sechrest wounded self defense. George Davis dies. prominent colored politician and band leader.
Tragic Train Death At Main Street Crossing
Isaac H. Snell, 65, of High Point, was struck and killed by a southbound train near Main Street crossing while walking from Ragan Millis Co toward the depot to meet his son. He had recently moved from Thomasville and planned to build a home here as his family mourns his loss. The article also notes a local stage drama and a separate case in which E T Harmon faced arrest for a tobacco factory fire, later discharged for insufficient evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis
Cox’s Factory
Tanyard Place
George
High Point Colored Brass Band
Isaac H. Snell
Ragan, Millis & Co
Wilmington
Jarrell
Snell
Mr. Snell
Mecklenburg County
Thomasvill
Back Creek
Presbyterian Church
E. T. Harmon
Lexington
Hunt Tobacco Factory
Harmon
Col. L. C. Hanes
E. M. Holt
C. A. Hunt & Co
E. T. Harmon & Co
High Point
Moyer and Hogan
M. H. Pinnix
Messrs. Robbins and
Local notes and obituaries mix with civic items in town
Geo M Bulla of Lexington visited this week as the campaign opens next Saturday with a township convention. South eastern stock area votes its inclusion. Recent town officials sworn in confirm a legal municipal government. Mary Younts died near here after illness. Jefferson Arnold, noted farmer, died south of town after buying the Glen Gray home. Mormon missionaries said to be in the county. The Miller Kenneday dispute over a mill contract proceeds with a court return. Dr Winslow of Maud attended Alliance meeting and holds multiple roles. Miss Jennie Newby, a lecturer here, died in Kansas on March 5. Local ads promote Cox & Hoskins groceries and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. Bulla, Esq
Lexington
Mary Younts
George Younts
Jefferson Arnold
Penn Arnold
Old Glen
Gray
Miller
Kenneday
Millers Mill
Statesville
Mule of Moses Hammond Reveals Curious Internal Growth
Archdale Leader reports a mule died last Wednesday showing an internal growth along its ribs forming a horizontal band from fore to hind leg, about fourteen inches long and six inches thick, resembling beef lights in appearance though harder. animal had been worked until Tuesday night. Public thanks from Mans I Syexx for High Point sympathy in bereavement. Hoffman Farlow & Co to sell butter eggs chickens. R J Lindsay & Bro promotes Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy and nasal injector offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archdale
Moses Hammond
High Point
I. H. Syexx
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Enterprise
N. C
Church Directory
Methopist
E H Davin
Presbyterian
P H Dalton
Friends
Barrist
H Thompson
H. E. P. Bristowe
London
England
Perry
T. A. Wiles
The
Tobacco World
Louisville, Ky
Jarrell’s Hall
Mr. Williams
Episcopal Church
G. P. Crutchfield
Liberty Academy
N. H.D. Wilson
Greensboro
Franklinton
Wilson
W. H. Ragan
Baltimore
Mr. Dinwiddie
Methodist Church
James H. Robbins
Trinity College
Trinity
High Point Dramatic Company
Remfry and
Neams
Capt. Johns
Messrs. Baldwin, White and Gray
Mr. Farriss
Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Pioneer Warehouse
Thomasville Female College
C. F. Tomlinson
Charley Ragan
Friend’s School
New Garden
W. J. English
O. W. Carr
W.G. Bradshaw
Henry Sechrest
Sechrest
Hoffman, Farlow & An
Trinity Notes
T. L. Winslow
Maud
Mt. Vernon
John Wannamaker
Philadelphia
T. H
Ritz’s
Jennie Newby
Kansas
Cox & Hoskins
D. F. Caldwell
Enq
Nathanael Greene
Guilford Battle Ground Company
D. Schenck
Pres
Guilford Battle Ground
D. L. Clark
Bradshaw’s
Peterson
Hoffman, Farlow & Co
A . Hazen
Washington, DC
Brown & Matton’s
High Point Tobacco Market
Anchor Warehouse
Moxie
R. J. Lidsay & Bro
Ziegler Bros
Wm. Showers
Lebanon
Dr. Lee
Brown & Matton
Shiloh
Bradshaw
Bradshaw's
Health Andes
Benan
Richmond & Danville
Albert E. Tate
Life and Accidental Insurance
Cartland Block
Ragan, Millis, & Co
J. H. Millis
Racan, Mirus & Co
Ifte Ul
Calif Congress
Congress
Wh. Partridghe
Boot, Shoe and Hat Store
Hien Port
North Carolina
Ino. le Tate‘s
Kingan &Co
O. W. Spencer
Aver
Ade
Beeson Bros
Tinware Department
Wheeler
High Point, N. C
S. G. Jones
Ziegler's
S. Gardner Jones
Wrenn Bros
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