Richard Jordan Gatling The Great Inventor From North Carolina
Long obituary outlines Richard Jordan Gatling born September 12 1818 near Murfreesboro Hertford NC. It chronicles his family, early schooling, business, and career shaping the Gatling gun noting trials, patents, and later leadership as President of the American Association of Inventors and Manufacturers.
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State Chronicle
Katesen
N. C
Richard Jordan Gatling
Murfreesboro
Hertford County
Jordan
Polly Gatling
Jordan Gatling
Julia
Thomas J
Jackson
D. C
John Peebles
Capt
R. B. Peebles
William J
Northwest
Flenry J
Vann
Winton
Raleigh
Henry
Richard
Bryan Grimes
Hard
Ary
Gatling
Old Academy
Buckhorn
Mauney’s Neck
John Kimberly
Chapel Hill
Lewis M. Cowper
Indiana
Aken
The
Mechanical News
New York
Dr. Gatling
Hin
Rand
American Association of Inventors and Manufacturers of
United States
Charlotte Smith
Industrial Association of the Union
Washington City
American Association of Inventors
Daniel
Virginia
South
Richard J. Gatling
North Carolina
America
Ohio River
Hartford
Conn
Plain Letter Criticizes City Streets and Tax Burdens
A correspondent praises cleanliness but blasts Raleigh governance east of Person Street. He cites knee high grass before the Supreme Court, uneven street work, and equal taxes, contrasting with Texas’ roads and urging duty from authorities ahead of the Southern Exposition.
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Person
East Jones Street
Supreme Court
Texas
Raleigh
Jno. Ropinson
Offer to Sell Bingham School Property in N C
The famous Bingham School has moved to Asheville North Carolina and the owner plans private sale of all school property. The Richmond and Danville line location fifty miles from the state capital includes barracks recitation rooms mess hall furniture residences baths orchards lawn and 380 acres. Over 30000 spent on improvements and the seller offers the property at a greatly reduced price to interested parties through Mrs. Wm. Bixcham. Bingham School N C.
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Bingham
Asheville
N. C
Richmond
Danville
Wm. Bixcham
Bingham School
Cora Chides Jake About Baseball and Blood Purifier
In a domestic scene Cora teases Jake about playing baseball while recalling a health ad describing scrofula as a blood impurity causing lumps and sores. The text touts P P P Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium as a remarkable blood purifier.
Seeds Arriving In Store At Raleigh North Carolina
Seeds of various kinds arrive including Crimson and Annual Clover Seeds. Southern Prize Turnip Seeds sold at 25 cents per pound or by the bushel wholesale. Seeds described as fresh, hardy, and suited for salad, with special Grass and Clover mixtures for broad use. Also farm implements engines boilers saw mills and a Pratt cotton gin and Nance power press for sale. R Wyatt at 216 Fayetteville Street Raleigh July 21 1891.
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Pratt Cotton Gin
Nance Power Cotton Press
R. Wyatt
Fayetteville Street
Raleigh
N. C
D. T. Johnson Wholesale Dealer Advertises Broad Fresh Provisions
D T Johnson agent promotes wholesale sales of lemons chickens oranges jags bananas butter garbage consignments quick sales and prompt returns families supplied with hams bacon flour coffee tea sugar and other canned goods in Raleigh North Carolina.
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N. C
E. C
Mechanical Adder Promises Easy Calculations
Advertisement notes a simple machine that adds with accuracy and speed. Priced at 7 dollars, with 14 cents postage. mail order from Rk. L. Burkhead, State Agent, requesting full particulars and testimonials.
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Shakespeare
Julius Cesar
Rk. L. Burkhead
Raleigh
N. C
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Ucation
New South
Tar Heel
Guthie
Doctor Richard Jordan
Catlogg
Cora
Jake
D. T. Johnson
Rock Bottom
D.T. Johnson
Fet
Raleigh, N
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