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Newspaper
Tarboro Southerner
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1876
Page
3
The page surveys Tarboro and Rocky Mount surroundings with irregular notices. It lists business ads for Whitlock's and Doughty's, shipping updates, a plan to appoint immigration commissioners, and local social events, including a Christmas tree, dances, and marriage notices. It also mentions healthcare, law, and weather snippets alongside miscellaneous merchandise and theatre notes.
Tarboro visitors Hon. George Toward and Capt. Fred Philips recount sleigh rides and banquets in Chicago and St. Louis, observe bulldozing at the Chicago Howl, and mock the late election count amid pork packing protests. They sketch fierce scenes, from festive dining to brutal depictions, concluding with uncertainty over Hayes or Tilden.
At a December meeting in Rocky Mount physicians formed a “black list” of clients with unpaid 1875 and 1876 medical bills and pledged to refuse professional service to those named until settlements are made. They urged voluntary charity for genuine cases and planned publication in local papers.
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