Turretine and Grains of Rice From All Directions
State news brief compiling scattered notes from North Carolina papers. Reports include Cherryville mills adding spindles, a death by suicide in Asheville, a dry county movement in Winston, construction booms in Goldsboro, a wrecked caboose at Weldon, and various local incidents from Ashe to Craven counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherryville Manufacturing Company
New Berne Daily Current
D. D. Adams
Asheville
Temporarilly
Beacon
Currituck Sound
J. E. Wilfong
Hickory Mercury
Winston
Forsyth
Smithfield Herald
Chick & Co
Elkin
N.C
Goldsboro
Adam’s
Mongomery
W. B. Turner
Mocksville Road
Weldon
Welrre
Roxboro Courier
C.L Adams
Charlotte
Gastonia
N. C
Windsor
Geo. Grey
Postal Telegraph Company
Durham
Winston- Salem
Twin City
Forest City
Cleveland County
Welden
G. W. Harmon
Danbury
Joseph Petree
Germanton
Florida Vestibule
Atlantic Coast Line
Weldon F
Hende
Ison Herald
Seaboard Air Line
Portsmouth
Atlanta
Morganton Herald
South Mountains
Claywell
Wm. F. Burbank
Winston Sentinel
Blanche Watherly
California
Hill
Gaston Hickman
New Britten Ferry
Brunswick County
Blill
Hickman
Star of Columbus
Azzell Keever
Taylorsville
J. B. Makepeace
North Carolina
Franklinville
Randolph County
Sanford Express
New Advertisements Across Multiple Firms
Page lists offerings for Woven Wire Fence Co of Adrian Michigan Keystone Washing Machine of Harrisburg Pennsylvania Dr Roe s Liver Rheumatic and Neuralgia Cure from Knoxville Tennessee and Portraits and Frames from the National Portrait Society based in Brooklyn New York. The items present a mix of household goods health cures and portrature services reflecting early 20th century advertising.
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Page Woven Wire Fence Company
Adrian
Mich
Keystone
Harrisburg
Cathedral plans trigger Rome construction boom
Seven thousand families eye the Cherokee strip wealth while Rome plans a 20 million cathedral with about 14 000 workers for six years. Richmond doctors warn cholera may strike this year amid global clashes and local disasters.
Fatal Fire in Madrid Kills Dozens in Tenement
Maprio March 19 A pastry shop fire at 3 am spread to adjoining houses after a keg of spirits exploded. Tenants slept as flames closed in. Fifteen people leaped from windows. ten died and three injured. Twenty one known dead, others missing or believed burned or crushed.
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Maprio
Saint Sebastian
Major Ragland Dies at 70 at His Tobacco Farm
South Boston Va March 21 Major R L Ragland died at his home near Hyco in Halifax county Sunday morning at 7 oclock. He was in feeble health for some time and his death surprised his friends. He had cultivated and improved tobacco varieties and founded the Tobacco Seed Farm renowned for pure reliable seed. He authored a key agricultural report on tobacco for the 1880 census and visited leading tobacco centers.
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Boston
R. L. Ragland
Hyco
Halifax County
Major Ragland
Box of Dead Bodies Found Floating Near St Joseph
A farmer on the Missouri river south of St Joseph discovered a dry goods box drifting in the river. Inside were five decomposed bodies, four men and one woman, likely murdered and placed in the box before being set adrift. Authorities link them to a vanished immigrant family reported near Rule last fall.
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St. Josefue
Rule
City Mayor Shot at Moscow City Council Meeting
M Alexjiff mayor of Moscow was shot at a city council meeting and died from injuries. Adrianoff, the alleged killer, cites no reason. police link the act to Nihilist plots. Also report from Alexandria that the British warship Undaunted ran aground and refloated, heading to Malta. The vessel, 5600 tons, 8500 hp, 12 guns, is part of the Mediterranean squadron under Lord Beresford. In London, a five month cotton strike nears conclusion despite federation rejection.
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Moscow
Malta
Mediterranean
Lord Charles Beresford
London
Federation of
Master cotton spinners accept operatives offer to return
The master cotton spinners will accept a two and a half per cent wage reduction to end the dispute. It is reported today that the settlement of the wages question will be announced tomorrow, with preliminaries for reopening the mills arranged. Minor details remain to be settled, but no delay is expected in the final settlement of the prolonged fight.
Reichstag Opens Amid Demands for Adlwadt Papers
Large Reichstag turnout in Bexwix as Adlwadt promised papers alleging fraudulent contracts under Bismarck. He would submit eleven documents now and add more after Easter to support claims of state funds diverted to Hebrew financiers. Committee to review the papers, session suspended for an hour.
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Bexwix
Adlwadt
Bismarck
Adwardt
Two Lives Lost in Athens Fire in Alabama
A devastating Athens fire at 4 am destroyed eight east side buildings around the public square. William Chandler of McKenzie Tennessee and Oscar Brown Courier Publishing pressman died saving goods. Losses reach $100000 mostly insured. several shops including Sanders Richardson Hyman Warren Russell Coffee and Hollin burned or damaged. Further deaths feared.
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Nashville
Athens
Ala
Public Square
William Chandler
McKenzie, Tenn
Oscar Brown
Courier Publishing Company
W. B. Russell & Co
Sanders & Richardson
D. S. Hyman
Henry Warren
W. B. Russell
T.J. Turrentine
J. D. Coffee
Hollin
Explosion at Planet Mills Destroys Town and Kills Many
A massive early morning explosion at the Planet or Kehler flouring mills in LicurieLp on March 21 1893 devastates the town of about eight thousand. Loss estimated at $1 2 million with at least one confirmed death and feared many more disabled by the blast and dust. Fires fed by powder demolished seven story structures as debris crushed nearby buildings and alarms failed due to hydrant issues. News wires from towns 60 miles away confirm the shock’s wide reach.
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Lincoln County
Texas
Bob Jones
Smith
Trinity Church
Bouie
Noah Deal
Alexander County
Deal
Will Roberts
Galveston
Lebanon Township
Durham Sun
Asheville
Faerias
George W. Vanderilt
Carolina
Tarboro
Mra. Whitaker
Halifax County
Raleigh
J. H. Whitaker
North Carolina Calvary
Lee
Gettysburg
Shelby
Aurora
Dunn Times
Fayetteville
Dunn
Scotland Neck
Raleigh & Gaston Railroad
Halifax
Major Emry
Reed
Weldon News
Sheffield
Aaron Brown
Sanford Sr Press
Elizabeth City
Jas. E. S. Morrison
Wilkes Courty
Iredell
Charlotte Observer
High Shoals
Lincolnton
Bill Brewer
Jackie Means
Concord Times
Bill Pittman
Crawley
Wilcox
Superior Court
Haley Wilkins
Enfield
Pittman
Willcox
Hickory
D. W. Stacy
Hickory Mercury
Nettie
Alice Williams
Charlotte News
J. P. Palmer
Charlotte Electric Light Power
North Myers Street
Croata
Messrs. Gray and
Brice
A. DuFour
H. A. Brown
New Berne Journal
LicurieLp
Tjl
Gillespie
Butler
Hillsboro
Clyde
Planet
Kehler
Also Mentioned on This Page
State News
L. J. Moore
Dudley
Goldsboro Gascasian
Aberdeen
Rachel Blanton
Kinston Free Press
Gracie Green
Ashe
Alleghany
Timothy Abernethy
Costner
Lincolnton Courier
Carr
William
Thomas Whitson
Mitchell County
Washington
Alpha
Cove Point
Baltimore
John F. Crowell
Trinity College
Young
Sen's Christian Association
Sam D. Alexander
Mecklenburg County
Providence Township
John O. Alexander
Milton Gazette
R. J. Williamson
Yanceyville
Statesville
Newton Enterprise
Jasper King
Catawba College
New Berne
Ged Gates
Clyde Deaver
Young Gates
T. N. Freeman
Jesse Randall
Swain County
Harry Franklin
Wil Tibten
George Bates
G. A
D. W. Aderholt
Cherryville
Moody
Wilmington
Young Men's Christian Association
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Wm. L Little
Law ‘Wner
Hugh W. Harris
South America
John Young
Carthage
Charlotte Ews
Mt. Airy
Morehead City
Daly Wade
Mack Lewis
Charley Willis
Second Broad River
Henrietta
Shelby Aurora
Washinton
Kugler Lumber Co
Walling
Falcon
Wilkesboro
Patterson
Roberts
Lovelace
Reider
Jesse Allen
Allen
Durham Recorder
Dos
Ben Franklin Suttle
Carolina Central
John Fry
W. L. Bruce
State Museum
Stanly
Eben Burleyson
Bubyson
Rome
Richmond
Bangkok
Mekong
Lecxamper
Derbyshire
St. Peterspurg
Madrid
Ragland Dead
Missouri
Late Foreign News
England
Reichstag
Litchfield
Ill
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