State News Briefs From North Carolina’s Harvest Season
Readable items report rainfall, crop yields, and storm damage across counties. Mentions Salisbury electric storm, crop prospects in Rockingham, Forsyth, Guilford, and surrounding areas, hogs vs cotton profits, drownings in Tar River, deaths in Durham and Charlotte, rail developments, fire alarms at Wilmington, and looming railroad surveys reaching Watauga and Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ory
Salisbur
Thealler
Vets
Rae Enquirer
T. M. Brown
Red Springs
C. A. Williams
Durham
Salisbury
Rockingham
Richmond County
Susie W. McDonald
Charlotte
No. 6
Concord Standard
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Winston
Thomasville
Wilmington
Raleigh
Wrightsville
Forsyth
Guilford
J. E. Harrell
Surry County
Kinston
Pitt
Greenville
Thos
Nicholson
Roland Walker
Tar
Jesse J. Yeates
North Carolina
Washington
P. M. Bernhardt
Treasury
Rutherfordton
Will T. R. Bell, Jr
The
Methodist Church
Washington Duke
Trinity College
Burke County
Jim Williams
Salisbury Watchman
A. L Hobbs
Davidson College
Organ Church
Rowan County
C. M. McLoud
Carolina
Senecame
Sanford
Wilson
Wilmington and Weldon
Hendersonville Times
Asheville
Richmond and
Danville Railroad Co
Murphy B
Western Railroad
Shelby Aurora
Rutherford
Cleveland
Winston Republican
John Alspaugh
J. W. Wildman
Virginia
Baptist Church
Wadesboro
Leaksville
Oxford Ledger
Lancaster New Hampshire
Carthage Blade
Monroe Enquirer
Baxter Williams
Union County
W. H. Erwin
Greensboro
H. T. Hudson
West Market Street
Morganton
Riley Leonard
Lexington Dispatch
Lincoln Courier
Lawrence Webb
Campbell
Columbia
Goldsboro Argus
Goldsboro
William Shelton
Grant Tweed
Madison County
Tenn
Chandly
Madison
Shelton
Rocky Mount Argonaut
E. H. Miller
South River
Here
Jerusalem
Davie Times
Caswell News
Charles G. Hill
Baltimore
Stephen B. Weeks
Mill Creek
Walnut Cove
Norfolk & Western
Winston Sentinel
Nevada silver party and scattered midcentury headlines
A late 19th century update reports Nevada forming a silver party, Congress adjourning for lack of quorum, and various brief items from New Orleans to Knoxville. The notices include political pledges, a deadly ice factory blast, a trainer starting in Orchard Bay, Gladstone injury, and multiple local crime and accident notes across cities such as Utica, London, New York, Philadelphia area, and Tennessee.
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Nevada
Congress
Richard Crocker
Tammany
Cleveland
New Orleans
New York
John L. Sullivan
Orchard Bay
L. L
Gladstone
General Assembly
Utica
Theodore W. Dwight
Columbia College
London
Leven
Fifeshire
Scotland
Galzell
Boston
Albany
Ida Bates
Watertrace
Tenn
Phillisburg
N. J
John Skillman
Chattanooga
Sam Looney
BrussEls
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Martin, Jr
Martin
Court of General Sessions
Koch
San Francisco
Internal Revenue
Joss
Knyoxville
East Tennessee
Chilhowie
Nashville
Polk
Gos
Mount Olivet
Jas. K. Polk
Polk Place
Denison
Texas
E. W. Harris
Greenville Herald
Wetz, Beidler & Co
Breidner
Baltimore
Mowrok
David Barton
Barton
Retribution in Galveston after Spurgis assault arrests
A dispatch reports three newly arrested men Tom Smith Henry Gaines and Calmee’s Mill confessing to assaulting three white women near Spurgis. Deputized men escorted the accused toward Woodville jail until fifty masked riders halted the convoy and demanded release, leveling guns at the guards.
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Galveston
Texas
Calmee’s Mill
Prince Woods
Tom Smith
Henry Gaines
Spurgis
Woodville
Three Negroes Shot by Masked Men in Deputies’ Patrol
A brief, grim report notes a patrol by deputies ended with three Black men killed by gunfire. Prince Woods, described as the group’s leader and a former convict, is named in the account as the incident’s notable figure.
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Prince Woods
Tin box trick robs Pittston farmer of six thousand five hundred
Montgomery, a retired farmer from Kit tanning Armstrong county, fell for a tin box scam. Two strangers lured him into a farm deal for six thousand dollars, had him deposit the amount in a tin box, added a thousand to prove intent, then vanished with the box containing only two sticks of wood and Montgomery’s money. He offers a thousand dollar reward for the capture of the con artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittspure
Thomas Montgomery
Kittanning
Armstrong County
Montgomery
Buried Beneath the Ruins at Winston Building
A brick wall under repair collapsed in Lyncapore Virginia at 8 30 am burying twelve workers. Nine rescued by noon, three dead including J H C Winston a leading local businessman. Four seriously hurt and two lightly injured. Debris removal underway as two more men remain trapped.
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Lyncapore
Winston Building
J. H. C. Winston
Drouth Devastates LaSalé County Texas Area
A LaSalé county missive from eighty miles southwest of San Antonio describes a three year drought with no rain, dry wells, barren prairies, and heat as bright as the sun on bare earth. Wildlife has fled, livestock moved out, and residents urge Governor Hogg to provide relief by transporting Mexicans to cotton districts for work.
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San Antonio
Texas
LaSale County
Hogg
Five Injured In Collision Near Poughkeepsie
On June 29 the Albany and New York local on the New York Central Railroad from the North to Poughkeepsie collided after leaving the main track and entering a side track yard. The crash involved an engine, baggage car, smoking car, and two coaches, with forty five passengers aboard. Five passengers suffered severe injuries while most were thrown or hurled by the impact.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Albany and
New York
New York Central Railroad
William Mellus
George Harding
Tower's Furnace
Ea Aa
Fire destroys Sewabacher Bros stock on Puget Sound
A large fire in Seattle last night destroyed the Sewabacher Bros & Co building and stock. Losses reach about 320 000 on stock and 80 000 on the building with total damage near 400 000. The Northern hotel nearby suffered heat and water damage while several surrounding structures were affected. The blaze began in the basement where oil cases were stored and quickly gutted the warehouse. Insurance is expected to cover the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington
Sewabacher Bros. & Co
Puget Sound
Death by own action in Baltimore lodging house
Four found dead in a Baltimore lodging house after unpaid $60 bill. F St Cloud and wife were discovered amid disorder with laudanum and morphine present. Coroner declined inquest, deeming the woman dead about three hours and the man recently after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
F. St. Cloud
Wees
St. Cloud
E. Kelly
Alexan Hill
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State News
Scotland Neck
Jno. A. Blackwelder
Tosnen & Fetzer
Goldsboro Lumber Company
Bladen County
Southport
Kitty Hawk
Weather Bureau
Oxford
Oxford and Coast Line
Statesville
Gardner
Atlantic Coast Line
Cheraw and
Salisbury Road
Norwood
Charlotte News
Stokes County
Lindsay Lowe
Main Street
Phillip
Bettie Cannaday
Summerfield
Jane Griffin
Geo. C. Bernhardt
Westpoint Military School
Chicago
Salisbury Herald
Mott
Eaves
Republican Party
Henry D. Cowles
National Executive Committee
Cowles
Dr. Mott
Anti Administration
Harrison
Shelby Review
Adam Hamrick
McArthur’ Fish Pond
Cleveland Oe
Morehead City
Joe Willis
Cage
Oliver Smith
Oliver
Cape Lookout
Lumberton
Frank Mears
Ping
W. C. Petty
Railroad
Curriersville
Carthage
Moore Conty
Art
A W. A. Derr
Lincoln County
Maggie McMahan
Our County
Mocksville
Mr. Derr
Times
Edward McDonald
South Tryon Street
Tuckaseege Ford
Tarboro
Conetoe
J. R. Bell
Transylvania
Hendersonville
Rutherford Banner
W.D. Harris
de Press
Carolinian
Robert Forney
N. Martin
Caroline Cobb
R. F. Cobb
Glasgow
James Wolfe
Sulphur Springs
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