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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1884
Page
3
The Sentinel notes May court opening and diverse local items. Salem home additions, appointments, church events, and reunions are listed alongside harvest news, fishing, and advertisements. Widespread community updates include clergy changes, rail and post office notes, and civic activities in Winston and Salem.
The Times-Democrat urges removal of swinging awing signs as dangerous, noting widespread damage in towns. Winston locals discuss the issue, while social news, meetings, and local notices fill the page along with ads and notices about insurance and community events.
A collection of short items From East Bend and nearby towns describe praise for Miss Bettie Long’s day school at Mrs. Martin’s home, tobacco land interest around Jonesboro, Oak Grove’s scenery and streams, and local trade at R. D. Martin’s store. Other notes report crop planting, frost damage, a Davie County school network, a fire at Yadkin College, a hail-storm impact, and local keystone details about paths to the river and steamers on the French Broad and Yadkin rivers. Major names include Miss Bettie Long, Mrs. Martin, R. D. Martin, and Chas. Saree.
A compilation from various papers notes Greensboro completion of the C. F. & Y. V.E.R. to Greensboro, a new $14,000 Baptist church in eenville, Raleigh cotton receipts down 14,177 bales, North Carolina asparagus traded in New York at 6 to 7.5 per dozen, and Henderson to gain a $6,000 passenger depot with reception rooms. It also reports Durham Woolen Mills increasing capital, a southern plaid manufacturers meeting in Greensboro, and local tales of tobacco farming, church meetings, jail escapes, and incidents across North Carolina and beyond.
A collage of classified items lists ads for subsistence supplies, loans, lodging and employment, with notices from Dr D N Dalton and C D Rice. It also notes goods for sale such as corn, meat, sugar, fish, bundles, hoes, and tools, plus medicinal elixirs and tonics. Amid product pitches, local notices urge tobacco shipping to Pironext Warriorsx for top prices and a public notice by J Grogan. References to Smith's worm oil, Potter's Cough Drops, and Shriner's Indian Vermifuge appear alongside testimonials and editorials from various sources.
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