Tarboro Officials and Masonic Lodge Meetings List
A dense list enumerates Tarboro officials including commissioners county officers and clerks, with notes on mails, rail arrivals, and the schedule of lodge meetings for Concord, Edgecombe and local orders. It records names such as J. Cobb, A. McCabe, H. Staton Jr. and others, plus lodge timings and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
H. L. Staton, Jr
Register of Deeds
Alex. McCabe
Joseph Cobb
Rowl
UW. Austin
Dotin E. Baker
J. B. Myatt
H. H. Shaw
Duggan
Williams
Poor Howe
Wm. A. Duggan
Commissioners—Inc
Lancaster
Wiley Well
J. B. W. Norville
Frank Dew
A. McCabe
Concord K
Odd Fllows’ Hall
Edgecombe Lodge
O. F
T. W. Toler
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Edgecombe Council
Odd Fellows
Advance Lodge
G. T
There
Zanoah Lodge
No. 255
A. Whitlock
Friends of Night
Centennial Exposition Opens With Vast Musical Nation Pageant
Philadelphia special correspondent reports on the June 2 1876 World’s Fair in Philadelphia. The article praises the scale and novelty of the exhibition, notes America as a growing musical nation, lists planned state lectures and orators, and highlights Mississippi’s log cabin building as well as concerns over high concession prices. It also describes guidance for visitors, Fourth of July crowds, Knights Templar events, an across the continent rail excursion, and spring landscape scenes surrounding the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George VT
John Adams
United States
George
Aineld
New York
Academy of Music
James Herron Hopkins
They Say and Slander in a Community Reflection
A long, streaming piece laments gossip and slander as a social scourge. It argues “they say” corrupts homes and neighborhoods, urges exposing authors, and condemns slander as a grave moral crime. It cites a Massachusetts Republican convention critique of party leadership and corruption.
Radical Consolation Mockery Of Alleged Gop Corruption
A derisive column mocks Republicans accused of graft by listing Democratic names and alleged crimes. The piece argues opposition rhetoric seeks to deflect by imputing corruption to Democrats, naming figures such as Grant, Tweed, Schenck, El Delano, and others, with charged insinuations across public offices and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Dem
Blaine
Rep
Tweed
Dem—Schench
Dem—Bristew
Dem—Delano
Rep—Tweed
Dem—Babcock
Dem—Grant
Knaves
Dem—Shepard
Joyce
Avery
Dem—A. M. Clapp
Washington
Dem—Robeson
Dem—Beecher
The Negro in Orange County Call for Independent Vote
A Durham Tobacco Plan article cites colored voters in Orange County asserting independence and rejecting Radical control. It argues the negro vote will move away from fear tactics, but warns Radicals will fearmonger about slavery to keep power while praising emancipation yet noting widespread ignorance among the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
South
Durham Tobacco Plani
Benevolent Old Man Tries Insurance Scam Then Leaves
An elderly man named Brown enters a life insurance office and asks for a plan on a five thousand dollar policy for a roughly sixty year old. He pivots to offering a wart-removal bottle, then abruptly exits, leaving the agent puzzled by the quick departure.
Out of Her Element and Local Tidbits Heard in Illinois
A vine gar-faced spinster near Chicago quits church after two years of uneventful attendance citing no gossip or scandal as the sole reason. The Observer reports a Charlotte boy’s miraculous escape from a well rope, saved by his mother’s strength as he clung to life. An Illinois man, W. S. Williams, says he won’t be responsible for debts his wife Ann Eliza may run up after she left home. Miss Ida Davis of Rutherford County is charged with fatally striking her sister with a hammer over a suitor, with the case noted as a domestic dispute. A folksy exchange: Sambo asks if cats kill mountains. the reply: No, but I’ve seen wind kill mice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikera
Celestial City
Jane
Adolphus
Pry
Charley
Massachusetts
Llon
John 8. Sanford
Republican Party
National House of Representatives
Chicago
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General Directory
Tarboro
Maron
Fred
Philips
Jesse A. Williamson
Dacol Feldenheimer
Daniel W. Hartt
Kobt
Whitehurst
Curer
Potrox
John W. Cotten
Peurce
John Mudra
Jas. E. Simonson
Altimore Macnair
Malle North
W. W. RR
Tarvorot
Washington Mail
G Falkland and Spa
Episcopal Church
J. Cheshire
Methodist Church
Mr. Swindell
Presbyterian Church
T. J
T. R. Owen
Primitive Baptist Church
Mor Adams
Corner Main
Pitt
C. F
Rank Powell
Tarborg
N.C
T. Blount Cheshire, JR
Attorney AT Law
Notary Public
Old Bank Building
Trade Street
Jersat
Ik. Johnston
Poe Philips
Federal
Supreme Cou
AY Aetee, P. Williamson
N. C
Pra
Cie
Pit
A. Whitlock & Co
Rocky Mount, N. We
W.J. Thorp
Rocky Mount
Edecombe
Halifax
Nash and
Wilson
Supreme Court
North Carolina
United States District Court
Raleiy
E. D. Barnes
Main Street
N.C. Ee
G. L. Shackelford
Nash
Times
Ada
the Sun
York Sun
New York City
True & Jy
Augusta
Maine
Fuller & CO
Brockton, Mass
Waters
Waters & Sons
O. Vickery & CO
Agusta, Me
Stinson
Porte
By Mail Ltds
Mont & Co
Tih St
Centennial Grounds
American News Company
N.Y
P. Rowell & Co
Park Row
Detroit
Max
Addre
Bank and Pitt Streets
Abem
Geo. S. Hawes
Win
Ing
Caurt Tee
Leffel
Adress
Poole & Hunt
Baltimore
Uealeno 1 Groceries
Staple Dry Goods
I. C
J. KE. Simmon Pitt
Metalic
Whitaker’ S
Geo. L. Pender
Bruff, Faulkner & Co
Baltimore Street
D. C. Farrar & Co’s
C. Farrar & CO
Farrar &Co
Percals
T. H. Gatlin
N.B
Gatlin
C. Doggett. Sa
Garrisron Southerner
Musical Nation
Ippi
Knighty Templars
Whittier
John K. Paine
Sidney Lanier
Dudley S. Buck
Europe
Centennial Commission
R. C. McCormick
Arizona
David Walker
Arkansas
J. Marshall Paul
Colorado
M. K. Armstrong
Dakota
John Hanson
Delaware
Thomas Donaldson
Idaho
C. H. Fowler
Illinois
A. M. West
Mississippi
Thomas Allen
Missouri
W. A. Clark
Montana
Thomas IH. Williams
Nevada
Richard B. Hubbard
New Jersey
Mansfield
Ohio
John C. Brown
Tennessee
B. Hubbard
Texas
W. Bennett
Utah
N. Elwood Evans
Washington Territory
W. C. Pendleton
West Virginia
Michigan
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Agricultural Hall
Horticultural Hall
France
America
England
Norway
Sweden
Austria
Germany
Italy
Memorial Hall
Stone Works
Vienna
Pennsylvania
New England
The
Knights Templars
Vine
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Dickins
Radical Party
Waal
Yaal
Toled
Brown
Shelby
Ida
Phillip Davis
Rutherford County
Catskill Mountains
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