Forestry Building at Chicago World’s Fair Showcases Global Timber
The Forestry Building spans 200 by 500 feet with rustic design and veranda colonnades of three tree trunks per column. Its walls use barkless slabs, tiered entrances mimic woods from around the world, and a tanbark thatched roof frames an interior of varied woods and forest products. The site near the lake highlights a vast display of logs, lumber, dyes, barks, resins, and wooden wares.
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Chicago
United States
The Cedar Fork Flag Return Rally Proposal
Morrisville North Carolina February 6. Local citizens and Confederate veterans urge inviting Maj Higgins to attend a rally to return the Cedar Fork flag and heal old divisions. They stress reunion, shared history of Blue and Gray, and honoring veterans while inviting northern friends to join.
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Morrisville
N. C
State Chronicle
Durham Globe
Maj. Higgins
Higgins
Confederacy
Stars and Stripes
Chronicle
Salisbury Choral Union Performs Notable Concert
The Salisbury choral union presented a season second concert with performances of music of high excellence well rendered. On Thursday Mrs. Lee S. Overman hosted an evening of song for friends, praised for her hospitality.
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State Chronicle
Salisbury
N.C
Salisbury Choral Union
Lee S. Overman
Mutual Insurance Company of New York Insures
An advertisement extols the Mutual Insurance Company of New York’s superiority in life insurance. It touts leading position among insurers, large assets exceeding 147 million, nonstock ownership for insureds, low expenses, broad liberal policy terms, non-forfeiture and incontestability, and investment features with surplus compound interest.
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New York
Olvest
Lancxst Lita Insurance
Sinowitin
Death in Rowan County Rider Found In Mud
Nick Hopkins of Cabarrus county died after his horse dodged a mud-hole and threw him head first into freezing slush. A whisky bottle recovered from his pocket suggests the fatal accident occurred during a rapid ride.
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Nick Hopkins
Cabarrus County
Hood's Sarsaparilla Strengthens the Weak
The advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla makes the weak strong by naturally improving energy, appetite, blood purification, and bodily resilience. Testimonies from R. C. Begool e and Ep. Jenkins attest to regained health, vigor, and debility reduction after use. It urges buyers to insist on this product and not switch to alternatives.
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Hood
R. Cc. Begoole
Enterprise
Belleville
Mich
Enkins
Mr. Savage
N.B
Miller Lindsay district agents advertise policy cost estimate
An advertisement from Miller and Lindsay, District Agents for North Carolina, Raleigh office in Beary Building invites readers to mail in blanks for cost estimates and calendars. It promises a returned estimate and a calendar after filling in a form with name and nearest birthday.
Harper's Magazine 1892 issue preview promises vast cultural sweep
The 1892 Harper's Magazine Illustrated outlines a fourth centenary reevaluation of America, with in depth coverage of recent national development and dramatic episodes in American history. It highlights European war field reports on the Danube and new fiction by W D Howes and others, plus reminiscences of Hawthorne and a Brownings memoir by Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
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America
Great West
Danube
Black Forest
Black Sea
Poultney Kigflow
F. B. Millet
Mr. Millet
Alfred
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Horatio Bridge
Brownings
Anne Thackeray Ritchie
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Fonestry Building
Columbian
Fane
Specal Cor
Simmons Liver Regulator
Wilmington
Greenville
Bellamy
Bob
Randall Pope
Madison, Fla
Ely
R. H. Cressengham
18Th St
Brooklyn
Salisbury Society
Insurance
Hlobard
McCurdy
Rowan
Stanly News
C.I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Abbi Tine
SaRuRs
Oss Pai
King & McGre
Raleigh
N. Ge
Smoker
Kin
McGee
Fayetteville Street
W. T. Feircloth
Et Als
R.A. Smith
Wayne Superior Court
Court House
Goldsboro
Wayne County
Gregory Hotel
East Centre
Walnut Streets
L W. Humphrey
W. T. Faircloth
Merms
S. O.B. Robinson
Ler
Harper’s Magazine
Harper's Sees
Harper’s
Magazin
Harper’s Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
Canada
Mexico
Car Chance
It & Brothers
Harper & Brothers
Southampton
Virginia
W. G
A.B
Obronagl
Grocers
Washburn
Minnesota
Woollcott & Sons
Springwear
W. Hl & Rs, Tucker & CO
Tucker & [Oy
Fayetteville St
St. Cle
X Cg
Carolina
State Chroni
Famous & Co
Iim
Josephus Due
Northarolina
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