Local Items From August 5 1880
Forsyth Inferior Court opens next Monday. The State Normal School closed on the 29th. Peaches priced 80 cents to $1 per bushel. Harvest reports favorable from the worn crop. Hancock and Jarvis flag and poll raising touted. Several Winston youths form a Literary Society. Mrs. M. A. Creris organist at St. Paul’s Church. Grape crop expected to be immense. market well supplied. High Point and Danville circuses come. Mrs. Bacan dies at 35. Missionary Baptist Abbott’s Creek meeting begins August. Excursion train to Charlotte planned. Best cotton crop prospect in Linwood. Emory Berry to Miss Emily Bowincer. Teachers’ examination set for July 12 at Court House. Goldsboro opens revised asylum.
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Corrox Cror
J. Hayden
Linwood
David
Marrrer
J. E. Faw
Emory Berry
Emily Bowincer
Forsyth
Local notes from Salem and surrounding area
A mix of notices from Salem and Forsyth County cover social events, lectures, travel pieces, and local business. Highlights include a Hancock and Jarvis Club formation, a Sunday School convention at Moravian Church, a Warm Spring guest count, the widow’s house roof restoration, and local ads for Dr. W. Montague and Gray's Drug Store. A railroad schedule change, a large musk melon discovery, and a planned public discussion at Yadkin College are noted alongside various community updates.
Street Orrra Company delivers fair house performance.
A Tuesday night show by Street Orrra Company drew a highly pleased audience, deemed first class by reception though reviewer admits not judging opera talent. Internal Revenue in Fifth District NY weekly totals rise to about 25,978.64. emphasis on random figures and local notices. Gardner jailed Tuesday for stealing five bushels of wheat from Nathaniel Meek with a jury hearing before Justice Johnson.
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Internal Revenue
N. Y
Cosantren Rd Jaie
Wm. Gardner
Nathaniel Meek
Johnson
Gardner
Local notices and strange reports from Winston area
A jumble of notices from Winston recounts an obstruction attempt on the R and D railroad near Pelham and the arrest of two discharged workers who confessed. The item also notes a sensational death in Davie County and a memorial for Jane Glenn, plus ads for Peruvian Chill Cure, a perpetually moving machine tale, and local commerce notices in Piedmont and surrounding towns.
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Pélham
Greensboro
County Commissioners and Justices Convene in Winston
The board at the courthouse held a lengthy session including pauper claims and tax levies. A 25 cent real estate tax and 75 cent per poll were set for county purposes with a 5 cent stock law tax in applicable townships and 60 cents per 100 real and personal property plus 1.80 per poll for debt liquidation. Winston Township boundaries were to be extended and county commissioners re elected A E Conrad T J Valentine and T T Best. A decision created School District No 56 from Valley District No 20 with Uriah Dean Martin Jones and Mathew Martin named as committee. An order ratifying a polling place move in Middle Fork and appointing judges for the August 14 election for three graded school commissioners was also recorded.
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Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Justices of the Peace
R. A
Board of Commissioners
Winston Township
A E. Conrad
T J. Valentine
T. T. Best
Tursday
Zews
Kernersville Township
Board of Education
Valley
Uriah Dean
Martin Jones
Mathew Martin
Middle Fork Township
Crews
Winston
No. One Gardner Wanted for Yearly Wages
Employment notice seeking a No. one gardener at good wages for the whole year. Apply to Pfohl and Stockton in Winston North Carolina for specifics and submission details.
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Gardner
Pfohl & Stockton
Winston, N.C
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Glinston Sentinel
Geo. H. Rights
Hancock
Jarvis
The
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Forsyth Inferior Court
Tur Benlah Baptist Association
Waughtown
Beaufort
Hancock and
Cor. J. W. Alspaugh
M. A. Creris
St. Paul’s Church
Delip
Bob
Leroy
Pfoll & Stockton’s
Pilot
Joux Barser
Surry County
Hammqn
New York Circus and Gold Band
Danville
Witton
Tuer High Point Mercury
Wa. H. Bacan
High Point
Tax State Normal School
Fayetteville
Missionary Baptist Church
Abbott's Creek
Dame Meériva
Davie County
Smith Grove
Charlotte
Courage Boys
Old Rome
S. H. Everett
Thurenay
Goldsboro
W. H. Moore
N. C
Miss Lyon
Jacksonville
Tenn
Satem Hotel
Vanity College
Davidson County
Hancock and Jarvis Club
John P. Nissen
Salem
J. B. Lineback
Curtis
Forsyth County
Moravian Church
Asheville
John Brown
Shelburn
Cotten
Warn Springs
Hous Salem
Dr. Bull
Allen
Tai
Robert Sloan, Jr
Greenshoro
Shvelling House
Pfost & Stockton
Our
Sloan
Nacional Bar
W.T. Brewer
Muddy Creek
Mining
Casey
Montague & Gray’s Drug Store
Riv. de. Perrcuaro
Wake Forest Coffe
Baptist Church
Will Reed
New York
Messers. Pfubl & Stockton
N.C. R
Sorerrok Jée Donson
Mancock
Joe
Orenthe
Thordirth
Hope Moravian Church
Stokes
S. E. Allen
Lexington Exchange
Garther Waltser
H. Pennix
Lexington
Yadkin College
Little Boy Biters
Alban Times
Seenother
Press
Danbury
Nbury
Piedmont
S.B. Taylor
Serine
T. H. Bowles
Pfohl
Stockton
Smith’s
Hermite
Davys
Winston of
Jerusalem
Davie
C. H. Wiley
Merchant's
Jane Glenn
Guilford County
Presbyterian Church
Herstif
Justines
Simmons
Montacuzr & G&ax
B.S. Powell
M. A. Curtis
Winston, N C
Merchant's Hotel
Keeers
Vaile
Prompee
Mariie
Ara
Adidredé
Dawe
Superior Court
John P. Nilsen
Waughstown
Just
Celebrnon
Anh
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TSON
Conisate Alls Buston
Conintemners
S. Whisel & Son
Percales
Nations Department
Hamburg
Lanchetps
J. E. Gilmer
HOLT
Hemlock
Cottonades
Carolina
Apt
Emer
MO. E.graefifm
FL. Moore
Maxie Oway
Stokes County
Nelson
Jokes County
Dschaft
Si Uwakes
Queensware
Wallo
Ati
Griffith
Moore
Nol
Hontague & Gray
South Side Court House
Phapumery
Mr. Watt Mar
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