North Carolina News Highlights From May Reports
Iredell County faced drought with no rain since April while the Gilbert knumber company in Elmwood entered receivership. Other notes cover Boyd counties, deaths and accidents, a rail plan for Salisbury to Greensboro, a Greensboro bridge project, a World’s Fair wheat medal, and a Buffalo building collapse with many killed.
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Iredell County
Gilbert Knumber Company
Elmwood
Rowan County
James W Heay
Reidsville
Jaler
Statesville
Carolina Beach
Alamance
John H. Jones
I. P. Conley
Lenoir
Salisbury
Southern Railway Company
Greensboro
Yadkin
Lincolnson Democrat
Southern Railway
Conover
Catwha
Southern
Newton
Clover
Hickory
Graham
L Banks Hall
Burlington News
Odd Fellows’ Orphans Home
H. C Zchars
Powhattan Lumbar Company
Godsboro
Green Woods
BuffaLto
N. Y
Cen Perous
Josh Brockman
G. E Metz
J E Jeanie Gribben
Tae Buiding
Debria
Tae Dstrict
Mike O'Brien
Free Scholarships Offered by Bingham’s School
North Carolina young men may win eleven free scholarships covering tuition and living costs. One awarded per U S Senator and one per Congressman, chosen by competitive exams in English, spelling, arithmetic, geography, and U S history. Exams set for August 15 with Asheville make‑up on August 26.
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North Carolin
U. S
United States
U. 8
Asheville
Bingham’s
U.S
R. Bryeuan
Death and ruin by cyclones across Kansas Kentucky and Texas
May 18 reports describe funnel storms wrecking Sabetha and Frankfort Kansas, killing and wounding dozens, destroying homes and churches, and forcing evacuations. A separate Kentucky strike near Lovelock killed a family, and Sherman Texas tallied extensive casualties with many missing as more storms spread damage across the region.
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Kansas
Kentucky
Texas
Sherman
Topeka
Sabetha
Here
Nebraska Line
Grand Island Railroad
Falls City
Miltonvale
Frankfort
Presbyterian Church
Benon
Lovelock
Evant
Anderson Jones
Jones
Elva
Graves
Vis Sympsonia
Sympsonia
V Sits
Sneea
Sherman Tex
R. I. Burns
Otto Paulding
James Nicholson
T. H Montgomery
John Ames
Mr. Shearer
Peace and Richardson
Craighead
Burns
James Davis
John Fields
Lusinda Lake
Ches. Cox
Eli Cox
Rosina Like
S Ballinger
Kate Ballinger
William Nickerson
Wright Clark
A.hens
K+hler
J B Irwin
Ds. Michael
Atkins
Clark
Casisholin
Anderson
Brody
J. D. Siers
Oto Ballenger
Jane Tuckett
Harriet Tuckett
May Patty
Postmaster General cites Seaboard Air Line weighing scam
Wilson states Seaboard Air Line attempted to game mail weighing for four years by sending 300 sacks of documents and mass newspaper shipments to station agents in Virginia North Carolina and Georgia. Weighed sacks 100 to 125 pounds with remailed books and multiple agents involved. The scheme expanded to mass paper shipments from Portsmouth Raleigh Atlanta and Norfolk. Reformers in Texas owe Alliance for current reform groundswell.
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Wilson
United States
Seaboard Air Line
Portsmouth
Atlanta
Congress
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Elenboro
N C
Post Office Department
Raleigh
Norfolk
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State News
Joseph S Adams
K Hough
Cherlotte
McGregor
Anson County
Nancy Hallfied
Rutherford County
Johua Winkler
Boone
Wilkesboro
Ealls
Rockingham
AE. Pops
Scotland Neck
Arisnta
Joshua
Soatesville
Azentieman
Trboro Suthernes
Taos Birnsvill
Eagle
Z . Howell
Yancy County
State Board of Medical Examiners
Winston
Miss Joy Harris
Guilford County
W. H. Brantley
John B Bonner
Beaufort County
Bonner
W. H. Sikes
Swann
Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley
Harnett County
Asheboro
James Ragain
Concord Township
William Penn
Eizabeth
M. J Inca M. Watson
Oxford Ledger
Field Herald
J W. Rudd
Rocky Mount
Dr. Noble
Selma
Charlotte News
Charlotte
Staboard Air Line Company
Holly
Charlote Osserver
Euclid Fichte
John C. Fichte
Mountain Island
Teague
Robert Teague
Alexander County
Hickory Mercury
Fayetteville
Langdon Jones
Bennettsville
Cape Fear
Tatum
Lillington
W. C. Harris
Tomanville
Lexington di
Washington, D.C
Williams
State Department
Weyler
Havana
Piar del Rison
Spain
Bufalo, N. Y
Bingham's School
Masay Bixnellam Farr
Asheville, N.C
Ville Jenkins
Ed. Hassell
Eliza Cox
Harriet Lake
Lettie
Jimmie Burns
Josie Bown
Brown
Ixe Shearer
Shearer
J B King
Phillip Nichols
John Irvines
Burwick
Jim Hester
Nance Nicholson
Dave Harring
DL Pieres
Mary Patrick
Mattie Johnson
John
Alice Newhouse
Harriet Bendricks
Eva Pierce
D. L. Pierce
P.s. Osk Creek
J.s
W. J. Evans
Keller
Juatin
Justin
Carpenter Buff
John Devant
Devant
Armour
Denton
New York
United S
Sates
Emanuel Niger
Fagtown
N. J
Ninger
Secret Service
Meade
Treasury
Wilmington
N. C
Horsa
Southport
Caps Fear
Port Morant
Jamaica
Bahama Islands
C. E Cock
Calais
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Postoffice
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