Mecklinburg and State News From North Carolina
State briefs report diverse items across North Carolina: agriculture notes from Mecklenberg to Polk. rail and mill developments at Salisbury and Durham. a 122 year old Greensboro death. church and college actions. crime and court tales from Wayne to Wilkes. lynching aftermath near Asheville. notable gifts, floods of charity, and local accidents. a wide mosaic of 19th century life.
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Mecklenburg County
Dilworth
Charlotte
Vance
Salisbury
Jane Wilson
Greensboro
Methodist
Louisburg
Wadesboro
Col
R. T. Bennett
Stanback’s Ferry Road
Rocky Mount
Phanir
Jennie Helms
Union County
Bertie
Trinity College
Durham
Braxton Craven
North Carolina Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
North Carolina
Madison News
Thos. Baker
Gentry
Rockingham County
Asheville
Lexington Dispatch
Will Sumner
Thomasville
W. P. Bynum
Thompson Orphanage
L. S. Pender
Tarboro Advocate
Raleigh Chronicle
Patrick
Rocky Mount Phonic
W. L. Hart
Methodist Church
Richmond County
Allison
Iredell County
Winston
Bostain Bridge
Wilkes County
Newton McCann
Wilmington
Sam Jones
King’s Mountain News
Catawba Mining Co
Shelby Aurora
Barrett
R. G. Barrett
Shelby Parsonage
Catherine Haywood
Stout
Haywood
Monroe Hiquirer
Hillsboro Observer
Oaks
Orange County
Henry McDaniel
Willoughby Sauls
Wayne County
Fayetteville
Tarboro
Edwards
Frank DeBerry
Frank
Laurinburg Exchange
New
Wide World Across Ailing Towns In 1891 News
Dallas reports fire at Oak Cliff destroys thirteen houses with losses around 39000 and 16000 insured. Other items include suicides in Brussels the heat closing LaFayette schools and a Long list of fatal accidents crimes and embezzlements across the U S with shootings hangings and rail disasters.
Chicago Street Fight Ends in Stabbing Tragedy
Cascado September 28 two dock labor gangs white and colored clashed on Western Transit Co dock. James Kelly white died from a stab wound to the heart inflicted by J S Boles colored. Boles fled but was pursued and wounded and later captured. Two others were shot by stray bullets.
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Cascado
Western Transit Co
James Kelly
J.S. Boles
Boles
Jailbreak Attempt Ends With Sheriff Wounding Prisoners
In Gadheden Alabama on September 28 a gang led by W F Bentley and four others overpowered Sheriff H H Mellon attempting to hang him with a rope. Policeman Roper fired, the men fled to cells, two were wounded, the sheriff survived and will recover.
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Gadseden
Ala
W. F. Bentley
John Bentley
Cagee
Harvey Thomas
James Cross
Baren Lethrow
H. H. Mellon
Roper
Mellon
Civil unrest in Arkansas leaves officer fatally wounded
A Marianna Arkansas report says William Miller superintendent for J F Frank was fatally harmed while aiding a sheriff's posse in pursuit of fleeing individuals accused in Friday's unrest. An insurrection allegedly grew from a cotton picking tax demand. two Black speakers sparked tensions as a large Black presence emptied from streets.
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Dallas
Texas
Oak Cliff
Brussels
Gen. Boulanger
Madame Bounamain
LaFayette
Ind
Board of Health
Utica
American Express
Little Falls
Marietta
Georgia
New York
Hudson Road
Waycross
Henry Jackson
Neill Talbert
Pittssurg
District of Columbia
Henry Jandorf
Sam Moore
Henrietta Murrell
Charlotte Court House
Spartanburg
8. C
Negro Williams
Hannonman
Marianna
Swainsboro
Charles Mack
Visala
Cal
Gratton Dalton
Erie
Kent
Atlanta
Emmet B. Stanley
Money Order Department
Atlanta Post Office
Roanoke
T. B. Payne
Justice Williams
Charles Clay Preston
Richmonpd
Smithville
Charlotte County
Ellendale
N. D
van Meter
Annekcans
North Dakota
Kansas City
Montgomery
Ala
Bradford Dunham
Alabama Midland Railroad
James Cunningham
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Arkansas
William Miller
J. F. Frank
Oil car blaze kills crew as freight hits stock train
At Farao North Dakota a freight derailment on a side-track sparked a fierce oil car blaze. Engineer J R Curtis and fireman Dodge died after trying to smother the flames while brake man Benton was severely burned and blinded.
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Farao
N. D
Gineer J. R. Curtis
Dodge
Benton
Curtis
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State News
Charlotte Light Artillery
Warrenton Gazetfe
Ann Faulkener
Charlotte News
C. A. Pitts
Wyatt Walters
Wilton
Granville County
Charlotte Chronicle
Tom Prichard
Dennis Brown
Hendersonville
J. B. Freeman
Chimney Rock
T. O. McAlhany
T. J. Murray
St. George's
William Hunter
Gregory
Goldsboro
John F. Southerland
Noah Benfield
Catawba County
Alonzo
John Nelson
Germanton Times
Walnut Cove
High Point
Burlington
Mary Morse
Sallie Albright
Rock Creek
Statesville
E. O. Elliott
Catawba Springs
Jos
Pitt County
Hazekiah Rankin
Fred A. Tyler
Western North Carolina
Tyler
D. F. Wemyss
Washington
J. K. Grannis
Albemarle Avenue
Jim Jackson
Jackson
Brevard
J. W. Crawford
Randolph Court
Crawford
D. H. Tuttle
Central Methodist Church
Lilesville
Raleigh
Christian Advocate
M. E. Church
Advocate
F. M. Smith
No. 9
Mecklenburg Times
Chattanooga
Monroe
Monroe Enquirer
W. J. Worley
French Broad River
Durham Sun
John J. Hedricks
A. D. Brown
Hedrick & Ryan
R. H. Humphrey
Garret
Winston Republican
Mat. Dean
Fogle Bros. Planning Mills
Air Line Road
Central
Monroe Inquirer
Brown Hagler
Goose Creek Township
Danville Register
Richmond and Danville Railway
Newton
N. C
Bostian Bridge
A. G. Baur
Baltimore Manufacturers
Morganton
State Hospital
Deaf and
Crewell
Salem Academy
Centenary M. E. Church
New Berne Journal
Manly
New Berne
Berne
Switzerland
Winston Sentinel
Mack Reed
Randolph County
Mack
O. K
Indian Springs
Shelby Aurdta
Shelby Graded Schools
Shelby
Wilson Mirror
Cal Barnes
Wilson
Pitt
Lenoir
J. R. Ervin Cameover
Linville
Grandmother Mountain
Davenport College
Alliance
Mecklenburg
Polk
Jerry Simpson
Macune
Burdette
W. R. Hinson
Kinston
Free Press
Madison Ledger
Maggie Richardson
Madison
Rockingham Rocket Court
Kyser
Moore County
Allen Foster
Johnson
Cedar Rock
June Gupton
J. N. Baird
Board of Education
Marion
Mrs. Benfield
Tennessee
J. Deal
Ambrose Parr
Millville
N. J
South Millville
Decatur
Springfield
State Board of Agriculture
Pennington
Fair Grounds
Savangan
Boston
Rep Lake
Minn
Bellrami
Itasca
Peterssurg
Chicago
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