Local Notes and Rural Developments Highlight North Carolina News
The Chronicle surveys state improvements in education and infrastructure, praising institutions like the University and Wake Forest while praising Lenoir’s mountain town setting. It reports on a land deal in Alabama via London, racial policy notes from G A R, cotton bagging price upticks, NC lumber output, and a nod to P P P as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University, Agricultural and Mechanical College
Trinity College
Wake Forest College
Davis School
Bingham School
Greensboro Female College
Oak Ridge Institute
Blue Ridge
Lenoir
Dream and gossip from the Mount Airy News column
The August 8 1891 item notes Brother Lowry of Mount Airy News recounting a fairy dream featuring Jor Coup-WELL Santer at a C F and Y W railroad scene. It also mentions Mrs Clevelant guarding propriety and John the utility man bringing salt water to Tudor Haven villa for a daily dip. The piece ends with a political aside about a Protective Tariff Supper and racial commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Lowry
Mount Airy News
Jor. Coup- Well
Santer
C. F
Y. W. Railroad
Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint as effective for corns bunions and warts highlighting its curative claims for foot ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Great Bargain Sale Sparks Nationwide Price Buzz
An energetic ad proclaims a dramatic Dry Gerds sale with railroads offering reduced tickets to attract crowds. The writer touts extraordinary bargains and wide community turnout, sharing a short anecdote about a blind man drawn by posted prices and leaving with valuable purchases.
10 Yards Nice Dress Lawns for 10 Cents
A humorous advertisement proclaims lawn textiles priced at ten yards for ten cents and a complete dress for a dime. The snippet highlights promotional thrift and playful pricing.
Simmons Liver Regulator Promotes Health Claims Ad
The ad urges readers to use Simmons Liver Regulator to cure or prevent headaches dyspepsia nervousness constipation and bilious attacks. It warns against imitations, noting the curved Z trademark and J H Halein & Co signature as authenticating marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
Simmons Liver Regulator
P P P touted by physicians for cleansing blood cures
A physician in New York reports using P P P on February 8 1800 and endorses its success across cases. A Savannah railway official crippled by rheumatism malaria and dyspepsia recovered after a P P P course. The ad claims P P P purifies blood treating syphilis old sores scrofula skin diseases and gout with numerous certificates.
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New York
Savannah
South
Mammoth Excursion to Richmond by Odd Fellows
Hope for All Lodge and Grand United Order of Odd Fellows sponsor a round trip excursion to Richmond from August 12 to 14 with special cars for whites and for colored people. The trip costs $2.50 with travel via the R and G Railroad. Morris Watts and Warren A. Alston handle details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hope
All Lodge
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Morris Watts
Warren A. Alston
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Rareiia
North
Caralina
Josephus Daniels
Josernus Daniels
H. B. Harpy
Geo. P. Prin
Liberal Commission
Ben Tillman
Chattanooga Times
London
Alabama
W. E. Dabney
Tennessee
Veasey
Grand Army of the Republic
Greenville
S. C
Alliance
North Carolina
New Boulevard
Juniata
Windsor Coret Tc
Wes. Grain Button
Wes Serge Lisce
Kid
Fox
Alamance
Brogan
Brussels
Jno
Ryan
Atlanta
Frank Thornton
Fayetteville, N.C
Harris
East Martini Sterrt
Raleigh, N. C
D. W. Co. Harris
J. H. Aeilin & Co
Mason’s Porcelain and Glass
White Mountain
Abi
Gogg
Rutherford Rutherfordton
W.B. Ava
Kateigh
Newbern
End City, N
Endans
E. D. Arthur
C. E. Holton
Greensboro
N. C
Littleton High Schl
Wnrd— Business Institute
United Loestion
L. W. Bagley
W.T
Bell
A.M
Rutherfordton
Orange County
Eno River
Dickson Mills
University Station
Cold Spring
W. W. Cox
Mountain Park Hotel
Lot Springs, N.C
Monn
W. F. Ross
Davidson
College, Mecklenburg Co
J. B. Shearer
Martin
Brot
W. D. Vinson
Sediecal
W.S. Graves
W.S. Currell
HL. Smith
Lippman
Druggists OO 9 Sole Proprietors
Savannah, GA
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