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Newspaper
Tarboro Southerner
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1875
Page
2
DOSSEY BATTLE, editor, leads CHARLES Publishers with 55 Nes address in a note about Harbors' Sonth establishment and local proprietors.
In 1875 dispatches report Democratic leaders and editors urging organization and harmony to support the party. Debate over Naval Secretary Robeson, Cuban passages, and potential war notes shape expectations as Republicans and Democrats discuss the President's Message and Cuban policy.
The New York Sun reports several American officers including Surgeon General Warren and Colonels Jenifer Cogers Rhett Reed and Bassel have resigned from the Egyptian service over harsh treatment by General Charles B. Stone at the Khedive’s staff. The writer says Stone aims to worsen rifts between the Khedive and Sultan and notes a resolution may be offered in Congress supporting recall of officers.
The New Senate includes twenty five new members with four re-elected. Notable appointments replace Summer and other Republicans and Democrats swap seats. The analysis forecasts a Democratic net gain of up to eleven seats, narrowing the Republican majority ahead of the 1877 administration.
State Agricultural Journal suspended publication Travocks of Perquimons reports 610 pounds at Kinston apistopal Chur. A new Lovel at Durham nears completion. Kingsbury arranging to start a paper at Durham. Tolenot received 1515 bales of cotton this year, up from 1165 last year. Cornelius Stephenson of Jonson county yielded sweet potatoes at 145 per acre. Halifax revival adds twenty six converts and twenty two join the M E Church.
A convict in the Penitentiary donated a dollar to the Oxford Orphan Asylum. A Knights of Pythias lodge is planned for Kinston. Toisnot youths host a Thursday tournament, ending with a coronation ball. Seventeen Peace Institute young ladies joined the Raleigh Presbyterian church last Friday. John W. Rice and Hattie E. Wood wed on the 1st. Mary Ducas of Raleigh, 11, handmade a lace handkerchief without glasses. George Mitchell of Forsyth grew 1100 bushels of corn on 28 acres upland. Wilson steam gins produced about a thousand bales this season. Levi Edwards sale in Nash county saw corn at 1.75 per barrel, signaling better times. Fayetteville Gazette notes Sheriff Hardie aiding orphans, James Kyte donors and 500 yards calico. A Wilmington letter from El Obeid describes Gen family’s unchanged condition. A Hickory paper uses handwritten news with proceeds aiding Episcopal Church. Fayetteville Light Infantry presented Maj. Haigh with silk regimental cheapeats, lace, and ostrich feathers. The Wilson Advance reports Miss Olivia Corpet of Pitt county sent to Raleigh lunatic asylum after long religious study. mind deteriorating, desire to recover.
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a gentle, effective cathartic option. It mocks large nauseating pills and touts the pellets as small sugar coated and non debilitating, nature’s remedy for ill stomachs.
Dr William H Storfs of Baltimore testifies Liebig's Liquid Beef Tonic Invigorator as the most effective tonic for consumption fever indigestion and related maladies. The advertisement lists endorsement by physicians and names purchasers including Lucinda Thigpen and Thomas Edmondson with unknown addresses. Sold in pint bottles at $1.00 through agents in Maryland.
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