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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1879
Page
2
A collection of items from the Gollinston Sentinel covering subscription price changes, radical-era elections, federal overreach, Grant celebration plans, and telegraphic dispatches. Topics include advocates against Supervisors of Elections, costs of Deputy Marshals, a planned Grant ovation with large excursion efforts, Nile famine reports, a Lynchburg clergyman turned Confederate officer, and Tennessee Virginia debt measures.
A Confederate Soldiers' Survivors' Association committee in Winston calls a meeting to honor fallen Confederate soldiers buried in local cemeteries. The piece urges patriotism and memory across generations and notes the public duty and privilege of paying tribute at May 10 ceremonies. Also included is a report on tax law: fruit tree sales now incur a $10 county license, per Section 22 Schedule B, sheriff licensing.
A collection of brief notes touching on ArtecHany Court in Raleigh and 1883 New York World’s Fair plans. Reports mention political sniping, trials in Kentucky and Richmond, accusations of bribery in Kansas, social gossip in Connecticut circles, and invitations between Grant and the King of Siam. Also notes on court suspensions, legislative actions, and a proposed spring fair in Lynchburg with prime tobacco and flower exhibits.
John Dodson of Pilot Mountain reports a farmer used brood of young chickens in a coop placed center of tobacco beds. The chickens raided the beds and ate flies, ending damage in three polars. The simple method yielded splendid plant growth and no further trouble. A comet is near Earth, at 75 million miles, with five and a half year orbit. It will be brightest near April 10, no collision risk. Court House square trees trimmed. paving and plastering resume. Danbury news notes deaths, estates, and local happenings.
Cor. vlificate of Partnership records the creation of Hinshaw Brothers Limited Partnership in Winston North Carolina for general merchandise guano fertilizers and agricultural implements. George W. Minsilaw William M. Hinsaw Jas W Allison and H B Addison named as partners with $5000 capital each. partnership to begin Jan 1 1879 and end Dec 31 1885. acknowledgment by S Hauser Forsyth County.
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