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Durham improvements, rail row, and river tragedies in North Carolina
The State Chronicle reports a Durham brick plant project with a large sum, a Winston revenue office robbery, Charlotte baseball struggles, and Durham improvements totaling 540,900 dollars. It notes a Jackson County grand jury finding against Western North Carolina Railway for unsafe road bed, and a Catawba College trustees and alumni gathering with W J Cansler as speaker. Also covered are a steamer accident near Hamilton that drowned a wheelsman, Liberty Academy commencement on May 26, Winston police shooting attempt, Granville iron mine boom, and multiple obituaries and public notices amid a string of regional events and commercial growth.
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Durham
Jackson County
Western North Carolina Railway Company
Catawba College
Newton
Ilumor
W. J. Cansler
York County
Lucy
Hamilton
Norfolk
Hamilton Landing
Randolph County
Solomon Pool
Greensboro
Thomas ST. Tlume
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Winston
Mayo
Joseph Mitchell
Mitchell
Reeds
Granville County
G. W. Crawford
Asheville
Rollins
Fifth Revenue District
Swift
Revenue Department
Ith
The
Sentinel
Norfolk & Western
North Carolina
Ashevile Citizen
Black Mountain
Vance
Ombreon
Black Mountains
Sheville
Physons
Constantine Davidson
Mecklenburg County
Catawba