Raleigh reports 300 bicycles in use across the city
A long list of state items notes Raleigh maintains 300 bicycles in use while the recent legislature’s acts await June publication. Other notes cover Duke and Winston tobacco wages, rail moves, a new Durham ice factory, and local court and crime chatter across multiple towns.
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St Ig
Raleigh
Durham
Winston
Southern
Salisbury
Spencer
North Carolina Railroad
Greensboro
The
Mercury
Hickory
Points
Georgia
Monroe Enquirer
Columbia
Tyrrell County
Willie Rhodes
Aince
Hail Storm Kills Forty-One in Rio Verde Valley
San Luis Patosio dispatch reports a terrible hail storm in Rio Verde Valley Mexico destroying crops and killing forty-one people. One hacienda lost twelve farm hands. hail stones reportedly weighed over three pounds.
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Rio Verde Valley
St. Louis
San Luis Patosio
Mexico
Globe Democrat
Norfolk Bank Failure Shocks City in 19th Century Record
Norfolk Va April 27 news reports the assignment of N Burruss Son & Co a leading local bank. Assignee Judge Theodore Garnett to wind up assets totaling about 400000 with liabilities around 340000 to 350000. Bank founded 1864, vast real estate holdings, mass withdrawals since July 1st, feared large adverse business impact.
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NorFolk
Burrues
Richmond
Bain Bank
Cassin Remanded on Embezzlement Charge in Atlanta
Harry Cassin former cashier of the Georgia Loan Savings and Banking Company is held in a bailiff’s private office after arrest for embezzlement. He also served as secretary treasurer of the Washington Loan and Investment Company now in receivership led by George W. Gross. Bond set at 15000 dollars after bank directors favored 25000.
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Atlanta
Harry Cassin
Georgia Loan, Savings and Banking Company
George W. Gross
Cassin
Waters Rise Overwhelming in Mississippi River Floods
Emergency flood report from April 27 describes rising waters at Vicksburg and across the Mississippi Missouri region. Levees breach, land and crops submerged, thousands of acres flooded, and lives lost as rivers threaten the Ponchartrain system and Illinois drainage areas. The Hunt levee breach endangers the Illinois side below Warsaw as levee districts scramble to reinforce protections.
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Vicksburg
Gulf
St. Louis
Misissippi
Missouri
Minnie Frazier
Ida Bugg
Jackson
Hunt
Hunt Drainage
Illinois
Warsaw
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Alliance guano critique urges trust in agency guidance
A publication urges readers to follow the Agency’s advice on guano purchases. It compares three brands sold for cash at $21 per ton with Alliance guano, showing up to 504 in value differences and higher freight losses. The piece argues misinformed buyers hurt themselves and the Agency, and asks brethren to heed the Agency’s value guidance.
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Alliance
Seaboard
Wedight. Co
Cece Cde
IAND
Aoc
Casaessees
N. S. Alliance
Ro- al Racccis
Preight
Ceccasd Xe Tao
Nore
N. C
Carlota
Bureau of Information
Hertford County Alliance Charges in State Business Agent Deals
The writer responds to resolutions from Hertford County Alliance alleging vague accusations against State Officers and notes a specific claim that purchases ordered by the State Business Agent were not billed as quoted. The piece defends or questions the implications of those charges.
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Hertford County Alliance
Hertford County Alliance complaints spark agency critique
The writer argues complaints come from distant sections and prices, not the agency, noting market fluctuations drive quotes. He cites coffee and flour price shifts, confirms shoe fund receipts, and warns resolutions may be out of tune with agency realities. Belfour's death described as likely natural in Tyrell county.
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Hertford
Hertford County Alliance
N. C
Raleigh
Hartford County
T. Ivey
Bro. Ramisey
James Belfour
W. C. Tarkinton
Tyrell County
Executive Committee Meeting Notice in North Carolina
The Executive Committee of the N. C. F. 8. A. will meet at Headquarters near Hilleboro on Friday May 7 1897. By order of A. F Hiemay Chairman W. S. Barnes Secretary-Treasurer April 7 1897.
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Hilleboro
N. C
A. F Hiemay
Chm
N. W
Executor's Notice for Estate Settlement at Apex
Administrator announces qualification as executor of the will of the late I Bs Seat Head. All persons with claims against the estate must present them for settlement on or before the 13th day of April 193. Failure to do so may affect recovery. A. D. Upchurch, Apex, N.U., Executor.
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I Bs
Persoi
A. D. Upchurch
Apex, N.U
Pomona Hill Nurseries Prop Office Note
J. Van Lindley advertises Pomona Hill Nurseries of Pomona North Carolina two miles west of Greensboro on the Southern Railway. Promoting thirty years of experience and a wide fruit trade from Maine to Texas with new Japan fruits and other varieties suited to the trade.
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Pomona
N. C
Greensboro
Southern Railway
Maine
Texas
Japan
Tralee
J. van Lindley
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