Mahone Defies Hill in Eccentric Senate Clash
The 1881 senate battle between Virginia's Mahone and Georgia's Hill is told through vivid portraiture of Mahone's frail yet imposing presence. Hill's attack is met with a counter asking about loyalty and a famed dancer’s retreat to his seat. The tale ends with the senator’s reassuring answer to his daughter and no further clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Benjamin H. Hill
William Mahone
United States Senate
Petersburg
Mahone
Senate
Readjusters
South
Benjamin
Georgia
Hill
Lee
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Washington
Senator Hill
Senator Mahone
John P. Jones
Nevada
Mr. Hill
Senator Jones
E. J. Edwards
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Florida orange grove leadership in 1883
The account recalls Harriet Beecher Stowe buying a Mandarin orange grove and winter home, making her the first northern figure to spotlight Florida's climate and orange industry. Her venture helped attract northern capital, ease Civil War tensions, and spur Florida’s early prosperity in orange growing despite expected ostracism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ership
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Professor Stowe
New England
Florida
Floridua
United States
E. J. Edwards
Edmunds Breaks Policy to Back Marsh for Italy Post
Vermont senator George F. Edmunds repeatedly refused patronage requests yet broke his rule to urge President Lincoln and later Grant for George P. Marsh as minister to Italy. Marsh served from 1861 to 1882, the longest U S diplomatic post, earning widespread Italian and U S acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
United States Senate
Justin S. Morrill
George F. Edmunds
Edmunds
Edmmunds
United Kingdom
Italy
Lincoln
William H. Seward
United States
United Kingdom of
Seward
George P. Marsh
Marsh
Congress
Constantinople
Europe
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Quirinal
Mr. Marsh
E. J. Edwards
Masterful Borrower Causes Iron Fracas
Mrs Wilbur laments Mrs Nesbitt’s firm grip on borrowed irons as a dress pressing claim collides with household wash duties. The caller discovers Nesbitt refuses to lend again, insisting pressing a dress is less important than family laundry.
Raleighs Governor Kitchin speaks at Virginia Military Institute
Governor Kitchin delivered the address at the graduating exercises of the Virginia Military Institute in Blaksburg Virginia. The dispatch also notes various items from North Carolina towns including law enforcement, road improvements, and civic actions affecting multiple counties and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Kitchin
Virginia Military Institute
Blaksburg
Monroe
County Bankers’ Association
Wrightsville Beach
Nashville
Arthur Taylor
John Sample
J. G. Little
Asheville
Cok Lusk
Greensboro
J. P. Smith
Fayetteville
Third Infantry
Ordnance Department
Third Regiment
Washington
HB. A. Anderson
Yorktown
Wilmington
Million Dollar Damage Claim in Tobacco Suit
Ware Kramer company sues American Tobacco company in Raleigh alleging acts to destroy competition including substitution of American tobacco for Ware Kramer goods in shipments to China. W. M. Carter implicated in undermining Ware Kramer sales. Trial set for weeks with counsel named on both sides and judge warning jurors to avoid influence. Also notices on auto license renewals and Grand Lodge Officers Eastern Star elections and Builders Exchange meeting at Wrightsville Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ware-Kramer Company
American Tobacco Company
A. T. Company
Ware-Kramer
China
American Tobacco
Ware- Kramer
W. M. Carter
Carter
C. C. Daniels
F. A. Woodward
F. D. Swindell
Wilson
N. T. Green
D. Ware
Richmond
Connor
Eastern Star Lodge
North Carolina
Order of the Eastern Star
Hendersonville
Masonic and Eastern Star
Greensboro
Grand ' Ada
Maggie Hester
Sus Weat
Lelie Godfrey
Eugenia Taft
Annie Hale
L. F. Fetnries
L. M. Clymer
Laura M. Jones
B. F. Edwards
Annie E. Bynum
Rural routes promised but not acted on by post office
The article notes Raleigh petitions for rural routes from numerous North Carolina towns were never acted on by Washington. It cites broad complaints about the postal service’s pace, citing Mr. Hitchcock’s economy plan and dropped mail delivery for thousands of rural families. It also reports on crops, Eastern Star, local taxes, tobacco forecasts, a shooting incident in Wadesboro, a liquor raid in Hendersonville, a rail survey, a special court for Blind Tigers, and Catawba wheat prospects.
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Raleigh
Postoffice Department
Washington
Aberdeen
Addie
Aulander
Bear Creek
Bladenboro
Bridgewater
Brewers
Carbon Ten
Carpenter
Chapel Hill
Chocowinity
Cid
Clarendon
Clayton
Cofield
Columbia
Denton
Elizabethtown
Ether
Fair Blutz
Farmer
Forest City
Grandview
Hamlet
Hillsboro
Jackson Springs
Knightdale
McGrady
Maiden
Margarettsville
Marion
Mebane
Mechanic
Merry Mount
Mica
Nebo
Newbern
North Wilkesboro
Norwood
Parmele
Pelham
Raeford
Ranger
Red Springs
Richfield
Richlands
Ridgeway
Riverdale
Rosman
Round Peak
Roxboro
Roxobel
Shalotte
Siler City
Sauls
Staley
Stovall
Tomahawk
University
Wadesboro
Warrenton
Weaverville
Wests Mill
Wilkesboro
Winston-Salem
Wise
North Carolina
Hichcock
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. John’s River
Stanford
E. K. Foster, Jr
New Haven
S. E. K. Foster, Jr
Foster
Mandarin
OLD North State News
Newton
Farmville
Reddin Smith
Robert Barrett
Revolution
White Oak
Charles T. Nesbitt
Oxford
Dgg
Ain
Raleigh—Royal
Quill Rose
Swain County
Salisbury
Charlotte
South Carolina
W. §. Fallis
Franklinton
Church of the Good Shepherd
O'Donoghue Hall
State Board
Lexington
Woman’s Missionary Society of Western
Pounds
Pawtucket
R. L
Tampa
Seaboard
Nerlina
Spring Hope
Stallings
George A. Bell
Kramer
Department of State
Grand Lodge
Eastern Star
Grand Lodge of the
Fastern Star
Sallie M. Boettcher
Elizabeth City
S. H. Lyle
Franklin
Florence R. Wilcox
Halifax
J. W. Rowell
Wingate
Mary C. Weatherly
Franklinville
Emma B. Siler
Kate Taylor
Winston
Grand
jAnnual Meeting
Builders Exchange
Builders’ Exchange
J. A. Jones
Exchange
N. Underwood
Durham
E. P. Tingley
James R. McClamroch
South Carolina Exchange
Washington Postoffice Department
Moore
Hoffman
Moore County
J. W. Butler
Butler
State Department of Education
R. B. White
Franklin County
Cedar Creek
Pitt
R. R. Cotton
Pitt County
J. B. Martin
Will Allen
Martin
O. N. Carson
R. P. Henry
Winston Salem
Daniels
Criminal Court
Bull City
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