Buried News From Buncombe and Beyond
Local notes report Presbytery gathering in Che State Chronicle area while Winston aldermen mull water works purchase. Fires claim the steamer R E Lee at Vanceboro and snow blocks Black Mountain. Dems mobilize in Buncombe with Ashe and Wilkes contests. a Fayetteville postmaster scandal unfolds. Fishermen report strong shad catch at Avoca and notable historical papers surface in Gov Swain era collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pines
Winston
R. E. Lee
Vanceboro
James Miller
Julius D. Miller
Vrs
Var
Little Falls
Rocky
Bell's Bridge
Buncombe County
Ashe- Hemocratic Club
Norfolk, Seton & Charleston Railroad
Windsor
Conviction Company
Benjamin Henderson
Fayetteville
Revea
FlenTeron
Lamberton
Robesonian
With
Wilkesboro
J. O. Wilcox
Ashe
L. L. Jenkins
Vnsions
A. L. Hendrix
Wilkes
W. F. Stipe
Forsyth
James Melvin
Caldwell
Melvin Watson
Wice
Greer
Watson
Iverman Cheer
Melvin
Albemarle Sound
W. R. Cape Bert
Avoca
Bocklen Arnica Salve Offered For Sale By MacRae
Arnica salve advertised as best for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever fetter chapped hands chilblains and skin eruptions with pasty cures piles or money back. Guaranteed satisfaction or refund. Price 25 per box sold by John Y. MacRae.
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John Y. MacRae
Electric Bitters praised as pure cure all ailments
Advert says Electric Bitters are highly popular and purport to cure liver and kidney diseases remove pimples and other skin issues drive malaria and prevent fevers relieve headache constipation and indigestion with guaranteed satisfaction or refund sold at John Y. MacRae's drug store priced 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle.
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John Y. MacRae
Swift's Specific praised by farmer and doctor endorsements
An 1890s promotional piece extols Swift's Specific or P P P as a blood purifier. It features Ralph Elkins of Marionsville Missouri claiming relief from blood impurities, lung pain, and stiffness after taking P P P. It cites physician endorsements and a railway official’s recovery, promoting the product as a cure for syphilis skin diseases and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Ralph Elkins
Marionsville
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
New York
P. PP
Savannah
South
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Che State Chronicle
State News
Oomge Presbytery
Heboro
B. F. Liepsner
A. M
the Olivet Baptist Church
Philadelphia
J. B. Wilson
Clay Street
Sharpsburg
Dr. King
Simmons Liver Regulator
Niagara
Ayer
Hood
Abdullah
Raleigh
Simmons
Humboldt
Cosmos
Dr. Bull
Bocklen
Perenne
Colvin
McEr
Dock Mills
the Express
Bradfield Regulator CO
Onugarere
J. W. Evans
Raleigh, N. Vu
Morgan and Blount Streets
Frazer
P. P.P
W. Hh. & B.S. Tucker & CO
B.S. Tucker
Fayetteville St
North Carolina
Criminal Code and Digest
Lippman
Business College
Pemberton &Jerome
N. C
Savannah, GA
FIDE
OCA
Raleigh, N. C
Dunlop Pr
E.C. Meacham Arms CO
ST. Louis
D. T. Johnson
Avi
Bola
P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
N. C. Decn&w
J. H Scott
Lacy Scott
Register of Deed
Wake County
Court House
N.C
T. Olive
Mortgagee
E. C
D. Tr. Johnson, Agt
8. C
Rid
Cherry Jones
Mare County
Eish
Seid City
West North Street
B. F. Montague
Morteagee
Raleigh, N.C
A. C. Briscox
L. W. Agnolo
Alice Tuller
F. A. Waite
Prine
F. E. Murray
L. F. Haypen
Junaluska
Glaret
South Carolina
Virginia
A. Dughi
Junaluska Wine Co
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, OF
Newark, N. J
John C. Drewry
QUEEN
Queen's
Queen Chemical CO
Race Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. J. Thomas
A. A. Tuompson
B. S. Jerman
H. W. Jackson
Ass’t
the Commercial and Farmers’ — Bank
Patapsco Flouring Mills
America
Maryland
Patapsco
Medora
Rolando
Orange Grove
Mapleton Family
Camden
Bedford
Baldwin
Severn Mill Extra
A. Gambrill Man
F’g CO
Ice
Commerce Street
Baltimore
Alf. A. Thompson
Milan
Maggie Reese
Fayetteville S
I.L. Leary
Durham
J. H. Zeilin & Co
C. B. Judd
Detroit
Botte City
Bs Montt
NEW Bro Drug CO
C.B Judd
Mich
Mre Wa
Don Sun
On & Honths’ Trial
Newround
Pav
Page
BaLaam
Harris
Spencer
Moore
Lire
SroiGron
Barre’s Nest
Supreme Court
Alfred Williams & CO
Raleigh, S.C
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