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Tar River
Teat's Bridge
Falls Tar
Ae. Edgecombe
Scotland Neck Female Seminary Exnication Announcement
The public is informed that the Exnoication of the Shore named Seminary will take place on Friday the 16th at the residence of the sulseriec. Parents and guardians are invited. Exercises will recommence on the institution.
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Sulseriec
Methodist Conference session in Petersburg ends with praise
The Virginia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened on Wednesday the 8th and adjourned on the 20th with over one hundred members present. Bishop Andrew was absent, replaced by Bishop Waugh of Baltimore. Ministers preached to large congregations, and citizens welcomed them with hospitality. The Virginia Conference splits into two, Roanoke River marking the line. North Carolina Conference listings and schedules for 1837-38 follow, with stations, circuits, and agents named. Timber prospectus from Tannahill & Lavender promotes high timber prices and mill-supply facilities, promising profitable returns for local suppliers.
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Petersburg
Methodist Conference
Virginia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Andrew
Waugh
Baltimore
Roanoke River
Richmond
North Carolina
Tar River
W. B. Pell
T. R. Brame
Roanoke
Robert J. Carson
EL Roanoke
Compton
Pitt
Peatherston
W. Wash
Washington
R. P. Bibb
Mattamaskeet
W.W. Kane
Portsmouth & Ockracoke
W. M. Jordan
Washington Station
Joseph H. Davis
Plymouth
Samuel Pearce
Tarboro
Alfred Morman
Samuel S. Bryant
Greensboro’ Female Volleguate Institute
Robert O. Barton
Aegent
Randolph and Macon College
Greensboro
Washington Marine Railway boosts town prosperity and industry
The Washington Marine Railway, owned by Messrs Tannahill and Lavender, is described as in complete order with a first rate team of carpenters caulkers blacksmiths and sparmakers. Their steam mill steam boat railway and related operations provide employment to many and strengthen local mechanical activity and population growth according to the Washington Whig.
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Washington Marine Railway
Messrs Tannahill & Lavender
Fire Strikes North Second Street Property. Buildings Burned
Fire alarms rang Tuesday evening as a blaze devoured two structures on the north side of Second Street on property owned by Captain Bartimens Williams. The fire began in a smoke house caused by a careless gro black carrying a light. Firefighters halted the spread, saving nearby buildings. Also noted: a gray report of apoplexy felled Diana, a young enslaved woman of Mr. George W. Pied, with fatal outcome after a sudden collapse in the kitchen. The Hamilton Gazette recounts a strange tale of Alexander Jackson, a man who misrepresented his origins and forged ties with the James family, exposing a web of deception and ruined domestic happiness.
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Second St
Bartimens Williams
Capt. W
Diana
George W. Pied
Scandal Tangles a Justice of the Peace and a Town Figure
A village tale recounts a man named Jackson exposed as a fraud in Orange County and Albany, revealing he fathered a child with his daughter by adoption. The story traces disgrace, flight from the region, and a painful return as Sarah James learns her true paternity. Mr James, a respected justice and lawyer, is urged to confront circulating rumors with this account.
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Jackson
Orange County
Albany
Mr. James
Sarah James
Mr. J
James
Dream foretelling death ends in fatal factory accident
A Brooklyn glass factory worker named Cunningham dreamed of a heavenly visitation and told his wife he believed he would die that day. He left for work, bade his wife and children farewell, then was killed when caught in machinery. The incident is reported as true and sparks broad inquiry.
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Cunningham
Seymour
Brooklyn
Silliman
Éavan
Destructive Shelbyville Fire Kills Entire Carter Family
A late night blaze destroyed the home of William Carter in Shelbyville Tennessee. The fire killed Mrs Carter and three of their children, with bones found on the ruins. The remaining children and servants escaped. a dramatic maternal sacrifice is noted. Nearby, two youths planned forgery in an oyster cellar. a bank teller identified the forged check and exposed the offender, who confessed and paid back funds. The culprit's name was revealed as the merchant’s son.
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Sdul
William Carter
Shelbyville
Tennessee
Big. C
Wnfer
Spurigus
Piil Penn
Man Arrested in Portland for Wife and Mistress Murder
The Portland Advertiser reports an arrest in the city over the murder of a man’s wife and his mistress. Police have not released additional details.
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Portland Advertiser
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Willo
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State Bank of North Carolina
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Tuleigh
Scotland
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