Butler Visit Recalls College Life in Caldwell County
The writer details a trip to Butler, visiting Shull’s Mills, Farthing and Curtis, praising local hospitality and the Butler college events. He notes graduation of a single female, a snowbound return through Roan’s Creek, sermon at Beaver Dam church, and weather affecting farming with corn, wheat, and fruit prospects. A long insert warns against bond syndicate conspiracy theories about McKinley era politics.
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Democrat
Oval
Butler
Hota
Jas. Shull
Shull's Mills
Dave Farthing
Mrs Farthing
F. P. Curtis
Pastor Sytler
Dougherty Bros
Pres. Smith
Curtis
Farthing
Lla. In
Wake Forest
Dougherty
Miss Smith
D. D. Dougherty
Baptist Church
Boone
W. W. Presnell
Caldwell
Sardis Church
Hugh Nelson
IW. Thomas
McKinley
Congress
United States
Army
Navy
Cuba
Bond
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Popular in Oakland Md
A local merchant promotes Chamberlain's cough remedy as a trusted family medicine for coughs and colds. The Oakland Pharmacy advertises it as widely used, noting repeated sales to the same customers and endorsing its established merits. Sold by M. B. Blackburn.
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Ali
Jos
BE. Harnep
Oakland Pharmacy
Oakland
M. B. Blackburn
Chasey Jobson
Louisville SV
M.B. Blackburn
North Carolina Boys Restart Scrap After Yankee Singalong
A Jacksonville letter recounts a past skirmish between North Carolina and Yankee soldiers. An Illinois company began singing Marching Through Georgia but the North Carolina lads responded with Lang deff Davis on the Sour Apple Tree, leading to a lively altercation. The Wilmington Messenger reports the incident with colloquial emphasis on North Carolina resolve.
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North Carolina
Hinois
Georgia
Lang
Davis
Wilmington
Murder, hanging, and political notes from a bygone era
A fragmented report recalls a hanging of a Spaniard in Winston last week and a police rescue of a dummy from a street pole. It also covers a murder case appeal, a Texas marriage plan, Aguinaldo’s proclamation, Georgia melon shipments, and political disputes over silver in a Populist context.
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Alphonso Nil
Winston
Peague
Winston Sentinel
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Lenoir
Dust
Simon Giage
Supreme Court
Charlotte Observer
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D. T. White
Little River
Texas
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Jasper Craige
Lenore
Vernon
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New York
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Omnor
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Thadel
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Madison
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U.S
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