State census districts to be announced soon
North Carolina will be divided into nine census districts with counties to be announced shortly. Ex Governor Curtis H Brogden of Wayne county survived the 1838-39 Legislature. In Charleston a three bill indictment will be tried this week for the Lake City postmaster case. The largest U S claim against Spain totals 2 162 614 for property losses in Cuba with total claims around 21 000 000 for sugar plantations destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Curtis H. Brogden
Wayne County
U.S
Charleston
S. C
Baker
Lake City
US. C
Spain
Cuba
United States
John W. Brock
Discovery Cures Consumption Says Marysville Man
LBeaTS THE KLONDIKE reports Mr A C Thomas of Marysville credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing his consumption and hemorrhages after years of suffering. He says gold is less valuable than this cure and would pay even a hundred dollars a bottle. The ad promises relief for asthma bronchitis and all lung afflictions with trial bottles at W A Hayes Drug Store and a guarantee to cure or refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Terry
Chamberlain
Elkton
W. A. Hayes
Georgia to See New Cotton Mills Open Soon
The Avlanta Journal notes Georgia will gain several new cotton mills and advocates more mills and less cotton for the state. W M Terry touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as superior, based on his Kentucky drug business experience, with W A Hayes as the local dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avlanta Journal
Georgia
People Favor Direct Election of Senators Says Danville Bee
The Danville Bee argues for choosing U S senators by popular vote as the honest method, aligning with Bryan and other statesmen opposed to self serving pie politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
America
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed for Seasonal Ailments
A vintage health ad touts One Minute Cough Cure as the sole remedy for pneumonia season ills including sore throat coughs bronchitis and lung trouble. It warns against substitutes and urges insistence on the product offered by W A Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.A. Hayes
W. A. Hayes
Pine timber sale to Daummer Company nets forty thousand
General M. W. Ransom sells pine timber on several farms to the Daummer Company of Norfolk Virginia for forty thousand dollars in cash. The transaction appears in Rich Square Patron and Gleauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Ransom
Daummer Company
Norfolk
Rich Square
Gleauer
BeckLen's Arnica Salve for All Ailments
BeckLen's Arnica Salve claims to cure cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and skip eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by W A Mayes, Druggist, at 25 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BeckLen
W. A. Mayes
Objection to prison life Provokes Convict's Visit Grievance
An old gentleman asks what feature of prison life the convict objects to most. The convict replies that visitors disturb him. The exchange appears in Tit Bits as a witty prison vignette.
Philippine War: weeklong respite amid hostilities
The article notes a week of quiet in the Philippine conflict as Filipinos digest the U S Commission proclamation. Gen Lawton’s sharpshooters disrupt rebels at night. The piece also comments on weather hampering spring work and jokes about President Cleveland’s absence during April upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Commission
Lawton
Charlotte Observer
Cleveland
Rheumatism Cured by Chamberlain Balm
W J Cayler of Red Creek New York praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a splendid liniment for rheumatism and household use. The notice highlights Cayler as a leading merchant and prominent local figure, with W A Hayes druggist selling the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. J. Cayler
Red Creek
N. Y
Cayler
W. G. Phippin
Reed Creek Herald
W. A. Hayes
Quarantine Raised Around Graham and Surrounding Areas
The Graham quarantine is lifted and residents may travel freely. No new smallpox cases in Burlington for over two weeks and all patients are at the hospital. Physicians report the disease under control, easing county business disruption and imminent return to normal trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Burlington
Ommons
Free Life Pills Promoted by Local Drugstore Ad
An advertisement offers free samples of Dr King s New Life Pills via requests to H E Buck len Co Chicago. It touts benefits for constipation sick headaches malaria and liver troubles with a vegetable formula and no deleterious substances. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist. Also a quoted political clash between Filipino and American troops appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
W. A. Hayes
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed For Sores And Piles
An advertisement urges using De Witts Witch Hazel Salve for frost bites burns indolent sores eczema and skin disease and warns against counterfeit imitators. It notes W A Hayes and remarks on marriages in Spain occurring by day or night based on the couple’s status and fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
W. A. Hayes
Spain
Hillsboro Market Report Gives Local Prices and Goods
Weekly Hillsboro market report lists wheat 75c per bushel, corn 40c, oats 35c, meal 55 60c, pork 5 6c, flour 4 6 per barrel, beeswax 20c, eggs 10c per dozen, beans 75c to $1.00, hides 4 10c, chickens 10 25c, wool 5 25c, coffee 10 20c, sugar 6c per pound, and strong demand for all country produce.
Peace Treaty Ratification In Washington Report
The article notes ratification talks for a Spain United States peace treaty occurred in Washington last Monday. It quotes editorials praising Bryan’s growing influence in American public opinion and includes short anecdotes and advertisements mentioning One Minute Cough Cure and De Witt's Little Early Risers. It also references a judge questioning a defendant and a streetcar conductor's daughter saved from croup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
United States
Washington
de Witt
W. A. Hayes
Washington Star
Wilkesboro Chronicle
W A. Hayes
Chicago News
J. Sheer
Sedalia
Provident life policy offer from local Benevolent Association
An advertisement urges taking out a life policy with the Peoples Mutual Benevolent Association of North Carolina to provide for families. It lists Orange and Durham County officers and division agents, including S M Gattis as president and A Griffin as division agent, with local agents Beal and Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples’ Mutual Benevolent Association of
North Carolina
Orange Division
Orange
Durham Counties
S. M. Gattis
H. L. Parish
John K. Hughes
James H. Hedgepeth
Thomas J. Oldham
L. B. Whitted
J. Frank Crawford
H. L. McDade
W. L. McDade
N. V. Ray
Forrest
P. M. Sykes
W.T. Wilson
Miller
R. A. Hodge
W. B. York
Thos. M. Cheek
J. Frank Pickard
M. A. McCauley
R. L. Smith
A. ©. Griffin
James VD. Beal
W. J. Scott
Various North Carolina Local Notes On Growth And Trade
The Wilmington Messenger reports continued house building in Wilmington since 1876 and a rising tobacco market in Durham. Sanford Express notes 1 600 guests in Southern Pines and Pinehurst hotels, with many from New England. Newbern Journal sells Rockwell farm, Craven county, 6 081 acres, for 46000 to John L. Roper Lumber Co. of Norfolk VA. Charlotte News cites copper finds near Salisbury triggering activity and investment. Norfolk suburban property sale discussed in Tarboro. Observers cover silk factory plans by Asheley and Bailey in Patterson NJ, with contracted tearing down of McKeathan brick buildings for new plant. A Messenger item recalls an April day with snow near Weldon and Raleigh, 41 1 2 to 44 degrees in Wilmington, and notes on weather. An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Care for croup and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Messenger
Durham
Sanford Express
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
New England
Newbern Journal
Brise’s Creek
Craven County
Rockwell Farm
John L. Roper Lumber Company
Norfolk
Charlotte
John B. Kenny
Salisbury
W. Dorsey Pender
Tarboro
Ralph Hale
J. A. Weignal
Asheley and Bailey
Patterson, N. J
McKeathan
Weldon
Raleigh
Wilmington
TAKERS AND APPRAISERS FOR TOWNSHIPS LISTED
The County Commissioners on Tuesday April 4 appointed list takers and appraisers for several townships. Hileboro Charles P Strayhorn list taker Capt John Kirtland and V M Jones appraisers. Chapel Hill R A Merritt list taker A S Barbee and Charles W Johnston appraisers. Cedar Grove D S Parker list taker S J Hall and A W Breeze appraisers. Little River S W Terry list taker P Lockhart and N V Ray appraisers. Bingham S S Webb list taker R L Smith and Adeswon Andrews appraisers. The petition for a bridge over the Keo river at Dimock's mill was not allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hileboro
Charles P. Strayhorn
John Kirtland
M. Jones
Chapel Hhl
R. A. Merritt
Lis
A. S. Barbee
Charles W.johnston
Cedar Grove
D. S. Parker
S. J. Hall
A. W. Breeze
Little River
W . Terry
P. Lockhart
N. V. Ray
Bingham
S. S Webb
R L Smith
Adéswon Andrews
Keo River
Dimock’s Mill
Gravel Hill Items: Social News and Local Notes
Local notes report weather quirks and spring hopes with seed time mention. Community updates include visits by Mr. George Mebane and Postmaster J. D. Brown, a Gill's Mill Easter Monday picnic, Miss Julia Cheek moving to Swepsonville, and relatives visiting. Hebron church to host Sunday School celebration on April 30, and One Minute Cough Cure ad copy ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mebane
Greensboro
E. F. Mebane
Gill's Mill
J. D. Brown and Son
Efland
Mary Brown
Julia Cheek
Swepsonville
C. B. Holmes
Burlington
N. L. Holmes
Granam
D .I. Holmes
Ethel Thompson
Graham
Samuel Nelson
Hebron Church
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Orange County Observer
Hillsborough, N. C
Peumisnep
Joseph A. Harris
Klondike
A. C. Thomas
Marysville
Danville
Castoria
Graham Tribune
Patrick Henry
Hillsboro
Thomasville News
God
Ww. H. Newman
News and Observer
Associated Press
Daily News and Observer
News & Observer
Raleigh, NC
NEW York Weekly Witness
Spirit of the Press
Doctor
Geo. R. Scott
Talmage
John Dougall & CO
Nassau Street
New York
State News
Commissioners of
Haw River
Alamance
J. T. Shaw
Co. R. Parish
N. C
County of
Superior Court
D. H. Hamilton
Orange County
Calvin E. Parish
Cc. R. Parisied
Carolina
Foremost Newspaper
John Laws
W. A. Maddry
the Daily Observer
Chm'n Board Co
Coma Vs
Susan Sharp
W. A. Jordan
the Weekly Observer
The
Weekly Observer
Ssmple
Cuagrotte, VC
Gopymiants &c
Cimmunice
Munn &0
Scientific American
J.argest Oilation
Ny Scientific Car
Terma
F St
D. c
Hb A
Ayer
Union Mercantile
Inieb L. Whitted
Pany
Union Mekantile Hillsboro
Sam
L. Whitted
DT. Strudwj
R Ay
W. Grabhan
Oxford, N. cc
Granville
Supreme Court
S M. Gatyis
Hillsboro, N
John W. Graham
Paut, ¢Eaasan
Granaaw
Attorneys-At-Llaw
Caswell
Tee and
Hewaro I. Cooley
Notary
Hillsboro, M.C
Cooley's
Furninore Wes Room
Des Spurgeon
Churton Street
Jones
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