23 Apr 1885
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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1885
Page
1
A Norfolk retailer advertises a vast stock of dress goods, blankets, gloves, hose, and menswear with discounts up to 25 percent. It promotes cashmeres, cashmere blends, and wool fabrics, plus handmade shoes and assorted accessories. The note closes with thanks and a friendly sign-off dated Nov 6.
Washington dispatch discusses alleged government robberies and frauds during the Republican era, criticizing prosecutions and prompting debates on innocence and reparations. It mocks government detectives, cites Navy Department frauds, and critiqued public indifference to acquittals while detailing misconduct and investigations.
A collage of North Carolina items notes elks in a Rockingham buggy, Norfolk bank losses surpassing a million dollars in the east, Governor Brogden’s early reference to Oxford Asylum, Captain E Conklin’s Raleigh tenure and death in Binghamton, Hodges buying half interest in Mrs Joe Person Remedy to be produced in Tarboro, Maurice Thompson's novel in press set in NC mountains, Major Howell’s Manchester consul post declined, a bronze Fillmore medal in possession of J H Jarley, Jacob Thompson former interior secretary, Geo N Thom of Leasburg, Mrs Hubbard of Franklin County and her son linked to Attorney General Garland, and a Washington dispatch from Messenger.
Special correspondent describes spring prosperity in Ford county Kansas as prairie lands turn to farms with sod houses, cattle, horses, and new settlers. Immigration brings young women to improve society while local tows rise. note on Tarheel seeking a female adopter. Also brief dispatch on political appointments, University society elections, and a church legal note urging action against vile literature.
Col W T Blackwell secured a subscription of 10000 dollars for a Durham street railway project. Plans call for a main track from Blackwell's park near town to the cotton factory on the east and lines through the business district. Citizens and investors expect rapid growth and a 12000 population within five years, with rail service boosting convenience and profits for stockholders.
In March 1885 a note to Commissioner of Patents questions validity of Samuel Garrard Durham NC Plant Bed Protector patent No. 311,116 granted January 1885. prior use of gauze covered protectors acknowledged. single claim covers entire structure. letter from Z B Vance to Ben Butterworth, with official reply from Acting Commissioner G Dyrexroem.
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