Trap Hill renamed to one word in Wilkes county
The Fayetteville bursted bank stockholders face a fifty dollar per share assessment. Various regional notes report heavy NC fruit crops, court exchanges, missing bicycles, and local incidents from Greensboro to New Bern, including mules struck by lightning, church adoptions, burglaries, and rail line shifts.
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North Carolina
Greensboro
Lamberton Robesonian
Henry Purvis
Durham Globe
Durham
W. M. Monroe
Buchanan Street
Alex. Farnsworth
Rutherford County
Clare
Steve
Shelby
Wilfong Smultt
Hickory
Saddle Creek
Dickey
Shumate
Sparta Star
Guage
Aylander
N. C
Norfolk and Carolina Railroad
Presbyterian Church
Johnson
Elizabeth Falconet
Germany
Lumberton Robesonian
New
WH. C. Evan
Wilmington Star Wed
Swept by a Cyclone in Arkansas County
Ark June 1 Howard county endured a severe storm with wind and rain causing fatalities and extensive property damage. County Assessor Stewart and two children died when their home collapsed. several bridges and trestles were wrecked. railroad sections washed away. Property losses reach about 90000 with many injuries and widespread destruction across multiple towns.
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Here
Ark
Howard County
Stewart
Arkansas and Louisiana
Harrisburg
Candy Lumber Company
David Roberts
Jacob Suzede
Fearful results of the Mississippi floods
Vickspurg Miss May 29 There are at least 10 000 homeless and hungry people in East Carroll Moorhouse West Carroll and Madison parishes Louisiana and the suffering is appalling. The northeast portion is under water except for a few small elevations Forty four negroes were rescued from a perilous position near Swan Lake East Carrollton parish Sunday night They were almost insane from hunger having been without food four days Two children died Friday from exposure.
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Aaron Griffith
Sharon Township
Charlotte Democrat
Oxford Ledger
Col
W. A. Bobbitt
Norwood
J.R. P. Snuggs
Parker's Mill
Kinston
Hamlet
Richmond County
Mitchell
Farmington Township
Mocksville Times
Reidsville Review
IT Deming
Harrisburg
North Carolina
Chicara
Jamesville
Williamston
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Charlote News
Charlotte
Florence
D. C
Yadkin Valley News
Mount Airy
Winston
Statesville
Key West Cigar and Tobacco Co
Charlotte Observer
Clinton Emery
Eliza Emery
W. W. Rankin
M. A Canipe
Cleveland Mills
Trey
Shelby Aurora
South Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Mhood
Durham Sun
Theo Sheffields
Williamson
Carthage Blade
Jasper Alexander
Joe Dawson
Pamlico County
Raleigh
Campen
New Berne Journal
Lenoir Topie
G. M. Goforth
George Brandon
H T. Btandon
Darien
Warsawsville
Messrs
Poe & Co
Fayetteville
Lincolnton
Catawba
King’s Mountain N
Princeton
Jake Langston
Laron
Smith Sanford Express
W. J. McBryde
Wilnow
Kinston Free Presse
Woodington Township
Alex
Stroud
Ed. Hart
Hugo
T. H. Martin
Canada
P. H. Mason
Mount Pisgah
Alexander County
Mason
Red Springs
Scotchman
Robeson
Lee
Burlington News
J. J. May
Academy
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Andrew _ Nixon
Castle Haynes
Bunting
Wilmington Star
Bakersville
Tank Mine
May J. Lorison
Stephen Greene
Elbert Greene
Arch Green
Dr. Highsmith
Robeson County
Vickspurg
Miss
East Carroll
Moorhouse
West Carroll
Madison Parishes
Louisiana
Swan Lake
East Carrollton Parish
Tomb of Jefferson Davis draws crowds in Ricamont
Crowds visited Hollywood to view the Jefferson Davis grave in Ricamont on June 1. Mrs. Davis and family viewed the casket as workers began bricking up the tomb. Floral designs in the Davis section were given to the Valentine Museum trustees for embalming before transfer to the Confederate Museum of Antiquities.
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Ricamont
Hollywood
Jefferson Davis
Death by Self Destruction of F H Milburn Comedian
F H Milburn son of the blind man eloquent committed suicide in Caricao May 28 1893 by cutting his throat with a razor a note from Jacksonville Ill dated May 26 explains lack of funds and family hardship. He died after bleeding to death and was found on his bed. He is the son of W H Milburn the blind chaplain of the United States Senate.
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Morganton Herald
Thomas Wright
Crossnore
Mitchell County
T. W. Wright
Linville
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Greensboro
Rockingham County
Harris
Nash
Jenkins
Hamburg
Hampurg
Committee On
Senate of
F. H. Milburn
Jacksonville
Ill
Milburn
W H Milburn
United States Senate
Mohammedans Plan Land Settlements in Georgia and Alabama
New York May 29 Alexander Russell Webb the American Mohammedan leader says he is negotiating with responsible men to purchase large tracts of land in Jacksonville Pensacola Augusta and Alabama for settlement by Muslims. Rich supporters will finance long term land notes. Webb claims 25 000 acres in Georgia and predicts 5 000 Muslims in the United States within years.
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New York
Alexander Russell Webb
Fiskates
United States
Webb
Jacksonville
Penscola
Augusta
Alabama
Georgia
Circus Train Wreck Near Tyrone Leaves Many Dead
A Tyron Pennsylvania May 30 report states a Walter Main circus train derailed at Vail station after losing control on the Tyrone on Clearfield line. Six men died instantly, twelve to fourteen wounded, some fatally, and several animals escaped before recapture. the circus cars and property were destroyed, marking one of the division’s worst wrecks in lives lost.
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Tyron
Tyrone
Clearfield
Walter Main
Vail
Big Stone Gap Land Company Goes Into Liquidation
A Tennessee land company with 2 million dollars of capital and 1 million in bonds is liquidated after a U S district court suit in Abingdon alleging mismanagement and fund misappropriation. Receivers H Clink Wood and J K Taggart are appointed to wind up, with assets including lots in Stone Gap and land in Wise County Virginia.
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New York
Bristol, Tenn
Big Stone Gap Land Company
United States District Court
Abingdon
Messrs
William McGeorge, Jr
John Dingce
John ©. Bullitt
Samuel W. Coulter, Jr
Wm. Rider
Philadelphia
Goff
United States District Court of
West Virginia
H. Clink Wood
Bristol
J. K. Taggart
Stone Gap
Wise County
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High Point Enterprise
James toTay
Lexington
Yadkin Valley Railway
Wilmington
Hartland
Bee Mountain Mining Cer
Lenoir
Wilder
D. Currell
Davidson
Lamberton High School
J. A. Melcher
Thia
Mooresville Register
Myrtle Grove Sound
Newton Enterprise
Newton Cotton 13
R. E Beaman
Greene County
Ry Tlones
Sanford Express
Asheboro
Lou Stewart
Villanow
Jnc. A. Hooper
W. H. Hooper
Texas
Esquire
L M. McAllister
Berryhill
Charlotte News
C. Moore
Snider Bridge
Court House
Smithfield
McDowell County
Joked Creek
Concord Standard
T. A. Rogers
Cabarrus
Joe Culler
Joe Wright
Wall and Gilmer
High Point
Lou Davenport
John Davenport
Corporal Belton
Ruffin Rycroft
Granville
People’s Bank of
North Baltimore
Aveusta
George Arnold
Georgia Road
Union Point
Foster
Fostoria
Ohio
Little Rock
Buddenbeig Furniture Company
Farno
N.D
Bank of North Dakota
Mears
Dwiggins
Socian Cmcle
W.B Malsby
George Connell
Big Mincuam
Ala
Age Herald
Pink Haley
Doughten
Savannah
Hazelhurst
Crosby
Iitis
Macon and Northern
Athens
Macon
Richmond
New Plain
Gulf National Bank
Tampa
Pia
McDonald
Mississippi
Meuruis
Tenn
Rosedale
W. W. Bowdre
Capt. Miller
John Water
A. V. Foote
Lucas Veal
Lynn Robinson
Baptist
Strawn
Mohaimmedans
Tennessee Land Company
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