State News highlights across North Carolina beans to cotton
A sprawling list of local items reports diverse happenings from Wilkes to Mecklenburg and Henderson counties including crops, rail dividends, poison and crime, a haunted house scare, electric rail plans, floods, fires, and notable deaths. It notes land purchases in Washington county, a new Trinity College president, and various local incidents such as drownings, battles, thefts, and accidents.
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Wilkes’ County
Pion
Davidson County
Ohio
Washington County
John C. Kilgo
Wofford College
South Carolina
Trinity College
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Thomas Raffin
Wilson
Atols
Mecklenburg County
Alleghany
Eunice Papipps
Victor Taylor
Charles Stewart
Newton Enterprise
New York
Wilson County
Lilesville
Edwin Fuller
Ben Parker
Fayetteville
Richmond County
Goldsboro
James R. Parker
Chimney Rock
John Neathery
Ig Gee
Durham Sun
Wm. A. Gaskill
Ellis
Jos. Gaskill
New Berne Journal
William Hyman
Slade Barnhill
Washington Gazette
Lexington Dispatch
J. McElroy
Charlotte News
McLaurin
Elmore
Laurinburg Exchange
R. L. Duffy
Baltimore
New Berne
Eureka Springs
Jno. C. Thompson
Frank McNeill
Rockingham
Guy S. Lane
Bellair
Thos. Ray
Windsor Ledger
Biture
Here
Monroe Enuker
Elizabeth City
G. A. Mebane
Aving
Northern
Mebane
Burlington News
Waxhaw Creek
Jackson Township
Monroe Enquirer
United States Geological Survey
Transylvania County
Tate
Aurora Progressive Age
Methodist Church
Union Institute
Union County
Red Mills
Shep Benton
William Love
Charlotte New Charlotte News
Lowell
Col
A. C. Davis
Davis Military School
LaGrange
Winston
Jefferson Davis
Col. Davis
C. W. Griffin
Asheville
Big Tom” Wilson
North Carolina
Big Tom
Dick Broadnax
Caswell News
Henderson
Geo Holand
Penelo
Nash County
Lands Mill
Lincoln Courier
Hager
Lowesville
Frank Forney
Forney
Jason Connor
Connor
Concord Standard
Gibson
Concord
Eighth
Brunswick
Wilmington Star
Scotland Neck
East
Durham
James A. Foust
T. C. Foust
Alamance Gleaner
Hendersonville Times
Tryon
Wil Kilgore
J. W. Lankford
Downs
Lankford
Butler
Kilgore
Indefinite mine closures as workers demand higher pay
The New Castle and Glenwood coal mines will close indefinitely after workers refuse return without wage increases. Paris reports four relatives of Cesario, Carnot assassin, died in insane asylums. A $50,000 gold consignment goes missing between Havre and Paris. Baltimore and Ohio declares no union-linked discharges in Chicago. Cholera epidemic feared in Marseilles per Spanish consul, while Mindanao battle reports claim 250 Malay fatalities.
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Denver
New Castle
Glenwood
Paris
Cesario
Carnot
New York
Havre
Baltimore
Campbell
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Chicago
American Railway Union
Maprio
Marseilles
Mindanas
Populists Nominate Candidates in Georgia Districts
Georgia Populists in Waycross nominate Dr. W. L. Johnson of Appling for Congress in the 11th district to oppose Judge Turner. At Americus W. White is named to run against Speaker Crisp. Democrats expect both districts to tilt heavily their way.
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Savannah
W. Johnson
Appling County
Waycross
Turner
Americus
W. White
Crisp
Fire burns through Minneapolis with multiple blazes reported
Minneapolis reports six additional fires after the Sheerlin Carpenter blaze. Several suspected incendiaries. the entire fire department has labored nearly twenty hours. July fire losses exceed 1,150,000 dollars across the city.
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Minneapolis
Sheerlin Carpenter
Crazy Stone-Cutter Seeks Jobs at the Kite House
A Boston stone cutter named Thomas Cadogan, who has visited the Kite House repeatedly, insisted on meeting the President to seek work. He carried his tools, threatened violence after being refused, and was taken away in a patrol wagon.
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William Walker
Lowe's
Will Simpson
Simpson
Washington, D. C
Boston
Thomas Cadogan
British Mohawk lands sailors at Bluefields in Nicaragua
Coton Cotompia Aug 1 The British warship Mohawk six guns a twin screw cruiser of the third class commanded by Capt Leslie C Stewart has landed a force of sailors and marines at Bluefields. The adherents of Chief Clarence the Mosquito leader have fortified Bluefields and the river front in anticipation of a Nicaraguan advance from Rama.
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Coton Cotompia
Leslie C. Stewart
Bluefields
Clarence
Rama
Honoring Longstreet Pension Bill Introduced in Senate
Washixeton August 1 A bill to grant General James Longstreet a 30 dollar monthly pension for wounds from the Mexican War was introduced by Senator Walsh. Longstreet already receives 12 dollars monthly under the Mexican War veterans act and seeks an increase due to age wounds and total disability.
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Washixeton
James Longstreet
Senate
Walsh
Longstreet
Chicago's Big Blaze in Lumber District Wrecks Yards
A massive fire in Chicago's lumber district engulfed J Martin Co and neighboring yards sending flames across vast timber stock. The fire near Ashland Avenue and Blue Island Avenue burned millions of feet of lumber from multiple yards and plants, with the extent of the damage still being assessed as the blaze raged.
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Cuiiaco
J. Martin & Co
P. m
S . Martin's
Perley, Lowe & Co
Bowa & Richards Lumber Company
Wells & French Company
Siemens & Haiste Electric Company
John Spry Lumber Company
Whitcomb Cedar P St Company
Palmer
Cedar Pasta
Ashland Avenue
Chicago River
Blue Island Avenue
Roby Street
Fire and election cases dominate the scene in a chaotic ledger
A flood of damage reports lists numerous firms and yards deeply burned, including Simons Electric Company and Wells & French, with losses ranging from 100 000 to 800 600. Separately, Williams Settle election dispute in North Carolina hinges on a minor notary appointment, raising questions about eligibility and the seating of Mr Settle as a congressman.
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Sing Ag ~ Hoa
Simons & Ite Electric Company
Wells & French
Perley, Lowe & Co
K. Martin Lumber Co
R. F.conway
Barber Asphalt Co
Chicago
Longley, Lowe & Co
Shoemaker & Higbee
Keystone Lumber Co
Edward Hines Lumber Co
North Carolina
Wasu Hineton
House
Committee On Elections
Paynter
Settle
Messrs. Woodard
Patterson
Hayes
Denison
Jones
Williams
Rockingham County
F. Telfair
Rattliffe
House of Representatives
H. M. Joyce
Danbury
P. B. Johnson
Chinese Volunteers Depart for Shanghai to Fight the Japs
Seventy five able bodied Celestials from the Chinese colony in New York and Brooklyn left Grand Central Station bound for Shanghai via Montreal and Vancouver. The company, first regiment of volunteers, carried drums, tubas, crates of bombs and sky rockets, and received public support amid Chinatown’s excitement.
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Corea
Grand Central Station
China
Montreal
Vancor
Brooklyn
Chinatown
Josshouse
Ben
Sun Kwong On
Mott Street
Kwong Gwen Ok
van Brunt Street
Celestia
Joss
Shanghai
Learthess
Tuck High
Quong Sun Wah’s
Sang Chong’s
Joes
Coomieettet MG
Gwen OK
Quong Tuck Lung’s
Mott and Bayard Streets
Bowery
Fourth Avenue
Grand Central
New York Times
War Declared Between China and Japan
Lonpoy Aug 1 The Exchange Telegraph says war was declared at noon by Japan. The Japanese minister informed Lord Kimberly that a state of war exists between Japan and China. Kimberly wired British representatives to warn captains of foreign ships that contraband of war cargoes will be treated as cargoes at risk to owners or charters of vessels.
Late items drift through Mt Olive visitors and party notes
Mrs. H. J. Barfield of Mt Olive visits daughter Mrs. Geo R. Casey at 419 North Salisbury. State Democratic convention passed resolutions endorsing Grover Cleveland and the Chicago platform. Tennessee Supreme Court election yielded gains for Populists. Hot winds in Kansas and Arkansas damaged crops. many counties report ruined harvests and scarce wagonloads.
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8. J. Barfield
Mt. Olive
Geo. R. Casey
North Salisbury Street
Grover Cleveland
Chicago
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Conte
Kansas
Arkansas
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Shelby
Ann McCarter
King’s Mountain Battle Ground
Igh Point Enterprise
Robert Benfield
Buffalo Creek
Ashville
Mitchell's Peak
Elisha Mitchell
Black Mountain
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W. P. Woodcock
Fourth
Swann
Winston Sentinel
James Martin
Samuel Martin
Cecil Heggie
Arch Heggie
East Winston
Myra Huggins
Frank Carter
Criminal Court
Rockingham Superior
Surface Hill
John P. Morris
Morris
Bays Charlotte News
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Flour City
Japan
Tiex Tien
Chen Tuen
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