State News Roundup Of Odd North Carolina Tidbits
Collections of regional items report fruit rot in the east a new Stateville colored fire company a Shelby goat that knocked horns off a tree a North Wilkesboro root herb warehouse and Wilmington citizens moving to form a National Bank. News notes whales oysters lumber five burglaries in Charlotte and farmers' crop conditions with wheat corn and cotton prospects.
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State Press
Stanly
Colored Fire Company
Statesville
Shelby
North Wilkesboro
Wilmington
Alex. Moore
Beaufort Herald
Asheville
Island Ford
Catawba
Charlotte
High Point
Oakland
Cal
Boone Democrat
Crab Orchard
Charlotte News
Buncomb County
Winston Sentinel
Roxboro
Romulus Hargis
Bush
Tom White
Elizabeth City
C. W. Boyd
Gazette
Gastonia Gazette
Smithfield Herald
Watkins
Clayton
C. A. Lewis & Co
Henderson Gold
Tom Taylor
Shelby Aurora, Sanford Journal
Holmes
Sanford
Spout Springs
Harnett County
Davidson Dispatch
E J. F. Spainhour
Turnpike Co
Henderson
I. T
Hendersonville Times
Indian Territory
Trinity College
Trinity
Durham Sun
A. ©. Boggs
Crossing
Newton Enterprise
Poe
TF Com Miller
Upper
Homing Township
Miss
J. C. Curtis
Court House
Utah
Durham Globe
Mill Creek
Pender County
Messrs
Hawes & Sellars
Wilmington Star
Caswell News
Erwin Cotton
Durham
North Carolina
Goldsboro
Geo. D. Bennett
Raleigh
Oxford Ledger
James Bass
Newton Cotton Mills
Washington Gazette
Chacowinity
Wm. Spears
Spears
Heath
Vanceboro
C. W. Hoover
Troutman’s
Canfield
Long Island Cotton Mills
Monico
Catawba County
Jas. Brown
Statesville Dmark
Prosperity Column Reveals Local Assignments in Germanton and Wilmington
E H Rainey of Germanton assigns to Wm Campbell as trustee with liabilities around 4000 and unspecified assets. Preferred creditors listed include W W Tuttle W M Slack and H W Rainey. In Wilmington June 28 Jesse W Lewis, retailer at McRae and Alberry, assigns to Jno Weer with preferences to Herbert McClammy 75 dollars M E Lewis 100 dollars Holmes and Watters 301 31.
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E. H. Rainey
Germanton
N. C
Wm. Campbell
W. W. Tuttle
W. M. Slack
Herbert McClammy
M. E. Lewis
Holmes & Watters
Bladen County Trustees Fire Loss Prompts Bond Sale
Bladen County officials issued and sold bonds to rebuild the courthouse after a fire destroyed the Elizabeth town structure. Funds were deposited in the Bank of New Hanover days before the collapse, leaving residents hopeful for prompt restoration.
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Bladen County
Elizabethtown
Temple of Justice
Bank of
New Hanover
Fayetteville N. C
Bank failures sweep through nations and states
The Cataract Bank of Niagara Falls closed its doors and a nationwide wave of failures followed. Banks in Seattle Whatcom Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and Cincinnati suspended, with deposits at risk and assets varying from double liabilities to renewed confidence. Several firms including Crane & Co Alexandria Investment and Bonnekamp Bros faced assign ments or receiverships amid mounting liquidity strains.
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Burrato
N. Y
Niagara Falls
United States
Middle States
New England
Southern
Western
Northwestern
Pacific
Territories
Canada
Seattle
Washington
First National Bank of New Whatcom
Peru
Ind
J. O. Cole
Crane & Co
Cincinnati
Clinton Crane
Milwaukee
Wis
Plankinton
William Plankinton
President Day
Milwaukee Brass and Copper Works
MinyeEapouis
Minn
Deposi
Peouine
Cincinsnati
Ohio
Samuel W. Collin & Son
Cincinnati Dry Dock Company
Wal. P. Collins
Ill
Palmer House
Leroy Payne
Exchange National Bank
Friedman & Friedman
Washineton
Eckels
ExLmwoop
Alexandria Investment Company
Frank T. Searce
Lexington
J. P. Lanck
Searce
Alexandria
Gill
Loren Fletcher
Hamilton
Butler County
Louis Snider
C. M. Harding
Franklin
George B. Parmlee
Embarrassed Dyes Importers Banning and Bissell in Tight Money
Banning and Bissell & Co importers at 96 and 98 Reade street and Philadelphia face financial embarrassment attributed to tight money. Deputy Sheriff Mulvaney takes charge. they confessed judgment for 23,854 to Tradesmen's National Bank. Partners are William C Banning and Edward H Bissell. operations since 1873 with claimed capital of 200,000 and past investments in tannin extract and Gondola Tannin Co. The firm reported assets 280,000 liabilities 80,000 last year. cashiers and bankers cite tight money hindering negotiation of commercial paper. Additional notices recap multiple June 28 failures or closures across cities, including banks and hardware firms, with varying liabilities and assets.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Cincinnati
Cisccinnati, O
Bonnekamp Bros
Clinton Street
Curiaco
Ilinois Fuel Company
Sangamon County
Cuicaco
World's Fair District
Everett
Costello
Boston
Ashland
Second National Bank
Chicago
Huntingdon
Philadelphia
Banning
Berry
Bissell
Mass
W. C. Jackson & Co
Ill
David M. Pollock & Co
Burnington
Bennett & Franz
Lock Haven
State Bank of Lock
St. Louis
Brepford
Ind
Bedford Stone Quarries Company
A. W. Wishard
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Paul
Bank Raid Endangers Italians Banking Pair In Williamsburg
Sixty depositors seized the Italian bank run by Petro Ferraro and Edward Michael Angelo at 316 North Second Street Williamsburg on Saturday night June 24. They left with claims from $60 to $300 each. enraged, they threatened to loot the place until officers from Bedford Avenue station arrived and blocked further violence. Ferraro and Angelo had operated the bank as a front for their store.
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Petro Ferraro
Edward Michael Angelo
North Second Street
Williamsburg
Cane
Bedford Avenue
Ferraro
Angelo
Bank depositor fury after failed Italy fund transfer
A Brooklyn bank run by Ferraro and Angelo collapsed after depositors demanded funds. Dominico Bicano sought to send his $70 to Italy, but the ticket proved a Chinese loancheck. A depositor drew a revolver, fled with his money, and the pair disappeared with an estimated $7,000, possibly to South America. Locals suspected bond and mortgage ties and the eight percent promise, while the bank remained closed and the safe emptied.
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Second
Havemeyer
Ferrara
Naples
Italy
Dominico Bicano
North
America
Bicano
Ferraro
Angelo
South America
New York Herald
North Carolina friend defends office removal claim
Spokane dispatch reports Patrick Henry Winston denies a clipping accusing his removal from office of involvement with opium smuggling and Chinese connections. He brands the accusers as liars and says the charges are false.
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Spokane
Wash
North Carolina
Aes
Patrick Henry Winston
Indian mints close to free silver coinage under gold plan
In the Lords the Earl of Kimberley announced the India Council has ordered immediate closure of Indian mints to free silver coinage. Rupees will be issued against gold at sixteen pence per rupee, and sovereigns will be received at treasuries at the same rate. Gold is to be adopted as standard, but not yet legal tender.
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Loxpon
House of Lords
Earl of Kimberley
India
India Council
Effect of India's Action Felt in Silver Market
Salt Lake City reports a drop in silver prices causing mine closures and anticipated shutdowns in several Western mines. Daly West at Park City and Diamond at Eureka Nevada plus Jordana Galena at Bingham Utah were ordered closed. Mines including Sampson, Bullion, Champion, Caroline, Yosemite, and Anchor at Park City are expected to close within days. all had been steady producers.
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Saltt Lake
Utah
Daly West
Park City
Eureka
Nev
Jordana Galena
Bingham
Sampson
Bullion
Beck
Champion
Linti
Caroline
Yosemite
Escent
Bangkok Prepared for Fire Upon French Gunboat Move
Bangkok readies defenses as the French gunboat Latin anchors opposite the city in Siam. The admiral's flagship may enter Siamese waters from Saigon while Bangkok strengthens riverside forts and awaits possible assault. Siam fields 12,000 troops to defend a 6 million population, with heavy-channel fortifications at the Meimam river mouth.
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Londox
Bangkok
Siam
France
Annam
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Rockingham
Maggie
Hasty
J. Hasty
T Place
White
Wadesboro
Albany
Spainhour’s Mill
Kirby
Patterson
Winston Republican
J. Allen Smith
W. B. Lockett & Co
Knoxville Provision Company
Knoxville Tenn
Bakersville News
Murfreesboro
W. Grimes
Peter de Graff
Ellen Smith
Forsyth
McArthur
Adams
Gideon Russell
Pitt’s Bar-Room
Winston Wie Point Enterprise
Hassell Ward
Wm. Dorsett
Morganton
W. G. Hogan
East Morganton
John Pitman
Francis Fails
Factory Hill
Justice Bunting
Pitman
Wilmington Messenger
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer
Levander
John Jones
Kinston Free Press
Joseph Stricklin
Wilson
Jenkins
Sam Pringle
Kirkpatrick
Greensboro
J. D. Belk
B Street
Waxhaw
D. C
Weston R. Gales
Lilesville
Tise
Simon Kiger
Fayetteville
Bladen
Pender
W. K Baxter
Stonewall
Annie Young
Miss Oung
Pamlico
New Berne
New Berne Journal
Mitchell County
Cranberry
Johnson City
Bakersville
Good
Burke County
Sanford Express
A. G. McDonald
Cameron
W. H. Eee
Swann's Station
Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley
C. A. Hege
Salem Ironworks
New York City
Hege
Banning, Bissell & Co
Taz Progressive Farmer
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