State News Roundup of North Carolina Observations
North Carolina items report deaths, fires, business losses, and legal matters across counties. Notable notes include Judge Schenck and son David acquitted. Governor Holt delaying Dawns case reviews. a large asbestos find near Rich Mountain. diverse railroad, tobacco, and mill news. and multiple fires and accidents affecting towns from Mecklenberg to Dare.
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Bishop Lyman
Wm. Alphin
Jones County
Ednton
Charlotte
Schenck
David
Winston
State Universit
Burlington
Chatham County
Raleigh
Jowest
Wilmington
Charlotte Evening News
Carthage Blade
Cole’s Mill
Lagrippe
Mary C. Crudger
J.C. L. Gudger
Waynesville
Cozart
Oxford
Cherry Hill
R. W. Lassiter
Granville
Eli Marable
Peter Marable
Mecklenburg
Vance
Person
W. T. Blackwell
Durham
Washington, D. C
The
Atlanta Journal
F. King
North Carolina
South
Stephen B. Weeks
Johns Hopkins University
Asheville
RG. Pearson
New York
W. H. Battle
Louisburg
Weldon
Pennsylvania
Excelsior Alliance
Lawrences
Tarboro
Paris cab drivers strike and global notes in brief
Paris cab drivers announce a strike while meanwhile reports cover a Denver murderer denying confessions and Ethel Parton preparing a biography of her father James Parton. The item also notes insurance pay for a woman manager, gold demand in Europe, and various short global briefs.
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Paris
Graves
Denver
Col
Ethel Parton
James Parton
Europe
Concorp
N. H
Georgia
Grand Army of the Republic
Augusta
Tallapoosa
Brotherhood of Railway
Ida Grove
Edision Electric Light Company
Chicago
India
Boston
Gen. S. Armstrong
Hampton Institute
Hampton Portland
Oregon
John L. Sullivan
Slavin
United States
Loxvoux
Chelsea
Norfolk
Jan
J. M. Spindle & Co
Roanoke Avenue
Bil White
French Republic
CuicaGo
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
San Francisco
Blaine
Chili
Patric Shields
Keweenaway
Valparaiso
Foraker
Cortuano
N. Y
David Hannum
Cortland County
San Antonio
Texas
Rio Grande City
Thomas Garza
Jacksonville
Ill
Aladdin
Hannibal
Lonon
Great Britain
Jasper
Fla
Tompkins
C. B. Tompkins Drug Store
Bern
Stageholdup near Idaho line nets $6100 in jewelry
Three masked highwaymen stopped a low sled stage near Bonner's Ferry, took about $6100 worth of jewelry from Edward L. Huntley of a Chicago wholesale house plus around $100 in cash. Four men and two women rode. no violence occurred as victims were tractable in a dense snowbound wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Idaho Line
Bonner’s Ferry
Edward L. Huntley
Chicago
Bloodshed Looms as Coal Creek Miners Threaten Strikes
Report from Coal Creek valley dated January 6 describes miners circulating a call to action against convicts and state troops. The note threatens resistance and violence, with scattered cheers for a flag and warnings of imminent bloodshed within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naspvniur
Teno
Coal Creek Valley
Reeser
United States
Mob of Negroes Led by White Man Terrorizes Pine Burr
Lawwood residents report a mob of about a dozen negroes led by a white man named Puryear terrorized the village, burned a doctor’s cotton gin, fired on homes, destroyed the depot, and prompted a sheriff's posse to imprison Puryear and three accomplices as a vigilance committee forms.
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Jackson County
Franklin Press
Irving Place
Oxford
R. E. Haskins
Couch
Concord Standard
Dolph Litaker
No. 4
Tom Litaker
Dolph
Raleigh Chronicle
L. L. Nash
Wilmington
Nash
James Carpenter
Cary
Joseph Sabeston
Stella
Craven County
Raleigh
Asheville
St. Louis
Congress
Elon
B. F. Grady
North Carolina
W. M. Blackwell
Oxford Ledger
Tarboro Southerner
Well
Monroe Enquirer
Tilero Wantz
Condor Stinson
Vance Township
Wentz
Experiment Station
First Presbyterian Church
Watkins
Hatch
Tarboo
Dare
Iis
Elizabeth City
New Berne Journal
Jas. A. Bryan
Brooklyn
Rachel Simmons
Charlotte Chronicle
D. C
Lilesville
Pine Burr
Ark
Lawwood
Puryear
Bryan
Destructive City Fire in Nashville Sets Million-Dollar Loss
A severe Nashville blaze began in a block between Church and College streets and spread toward the Western Union Telegraph office. By 10 PM the loss reached $1,000,000 with several fatalities reported and aid requested from Louisville and Chattanooga as winds fans the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Talton Hall
Gladesville
Skyeca
Richard Lewis
Oconee County
Walhalla
Judge Lewis
Macon
Bright & Williams
Turpentine
Chevy County
Ed Williams
John Parker
Parker
Williams
NorFoulk
L. H. Pearson
Chestnut Street
Portsmouth
Loxpon
Scotia Engine Works
Short’s
Sunderland
Louisville
Chattanooga
Church
Union
Che
College Streets
Western Union Telegraph Company
College and
Church Streets
Western Union
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State News
Lenoir
Durham Globe
Hawkins
Florance
S. C
King’s Mountain
C. R. Faux
M. A Small
Jas. Small
Weeksville
North River
Falcon Henderson
Margaret Taylor
Thomas J. Taylor
James M. Bunch
Branning Mfg Co
Drew's
Windsor Ledger
Laurinburg Exchange
Cary Covington
Scotland Neck Alliance
California
John Hey Wiliams
Jordan Stone
Los Angels
Preumonia
John S. Morrison
Board of
County Commissioners
Cabarrus
Rocky River Township
Mount Airy News
Baltimore
Mount Airy
Owen Davis
Henderson
A. S. Rascoe
T. Gillam
Walming
Robert Shipp
Newton
Twin City
Tarboro Advocate
Raleigh and Guston
Durham Sun
D. A. Moore
Dick Jeffreys
Selma
Virginia
Lynchburg & Durham
Atlantic Seaside
J. L. Gibbs
Beaufort
Seaside
Gov. Holt
Dawns
Greensboro
Charles A. McNeill
A. H. McNeill
Carthage
N. C
Robert W. Donnell
Great West
Wister Tate
Morganton
Tate
Georg Welsh
Carolina Central Road
Welsh
Capt. Welsh
Monroe
Winston Sentinel
Martinsville
J. T. Read
R A. Traymore
J H. Matthews
W. R. Matthews
W. R. Nunn
Evangelist Fife
Catawba
Hattie Brown
Redfrew
American Tobacco Company
Stanly News
Silver
Ferdman Foreman
Foreman
Stanley
M. A. Underwood
Montgomery County
Halifax County
Geo. Best Colored
Dover Station
Rachel
Greenville
G. F. Evans
Evans
Murphy
Western North Carolina Railroad
Sam. Francis
Sam. Arthur
Rufus Hemphill
Nile
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