Summer engagements and breach of promise suits
A speaker recalls meeting four maidens by the sea during summer and proposed to each. They all sued for breach of promise after the season ended, and every plaintiff won.
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1891
Page
6
Louisburg Breaks Ground for Tobacco Factory and Hotel
Louisburg moves forward with a new Building and Improvement Company, capitalized at 100000 dollars, to build a large leaf tobacco factory and a hotel. Dirt started this morning for the factory expected to finish by October 15, with the plant already rented to yield at least eight percent returns after taxes and insurance. The company plans immediate hotel construction with options on three prime sites, joining three other new factories and numerous homes under way as Louisburg grows into a leading NC commercial town.
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Louissure, N. C
Louisburg “Building and Improvement Company
Louisburg
North Carolina
Arrest of J L Bay Over $100000 State Scrip Theft
A sensation in Rock, Arkansas as J L Bay was arrested on a warrant sworn by State Treasurer Morrow. Bay, a clerk for Woodruff bondsmen, faced charges of stealing $100000 in State scrip while examining books of a defaulting State Treasurer.
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Agricultural Society meeting discusses scientific papers
Washington August 17 nearly all of the forty members of the society for the promotion of agriculture met in the city. Members represented every part of the country. The session was devoted to reading scientific papers on subjects of interest to the society.
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Washington,d
Society For the Promotion of Agriculture
Rates for North Carolina Firemen's Association trip
Richmond and Danville Railroad offers round trip tickets to Durham North Carolina for the N C State Firemen's Association event. Tickets go on sale August 24 25 26 and return by August 29 from Charlotte 4 50 Greensboro 2 10 Winston Salem 2 85 Henderson 1 80 Raleigh 1 20 Selma 2 10 Goldsboro 2 60 with proportional rates from intermediate points.
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Richmond & Danville Railroad
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Raleigh
Selma
Goldsboro
Simmons Liver Regulator Aids Digestion and Indigestion Relief
The advertisement proclaims Simmons Liver Regulator as a universal cure and preventive for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming it supports digestion and overall stomach health.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Extraordinary Bargain Sale Draws National Attention
A persuasive advertisement touts a Dry Goods sale with railroads offering reduced ticket prices to attract shoppers. The piece claims unprecedented bargains, cites a blind man who learned of prices from home and sought goods, and urges readers to act before the sale ends.
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