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State News and Local Incidents Roundup
State News reports on reopening Hamburg cotton mills near Mount Holly, fruit harvests, and local celebrations as Lincombe county nears its 100th anniversary. It notes the Charlotte opera house sale, pillory of violence rumors against Mormons in Stanly, and political shifts with Rev Dr Abernethy tied to public instruction. Other items cover a train-wreck suspect recapture, a fatal fireplace accident in Caldwell, and court actions in Greensboro and Asheville. Also mentions Panacea Water endorsements and medical cures popular in Raleigh, with assorted crime, arrests, and liquor-license approvals in Charlotte.
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Hamburg
Mt.Ky
Goldsboro
Lincombe County
Charlotte
E. W. Pugh
Concord
Stanly
R. L. Abernethy
Presi
Rutherford College
Wilmington
Farmers’ Alliance
John Hoyd
Bastian’s
Great Y
William H. Green
Sol. Haas
Hill
Washington
Federal Court
Greensboro
W. J. Bynum, Jr
Seales
J. W. Gil
John W. Wayne
Asheville
Venteen Street
Sonzo Lindsay
Walter
John Tlarkins
Old Fort
Sam Jones
Arch
Sil. Morse
Charlotte’s
Crank
Observer
Y. M.C
Christ
L. J. Wilson
Mecklenburg By Commissioners
Wil‘wyco