Protracted Struggle Ends in Pike's Senate Victory
After a lengthy contest Hon Austin F Pike is elected United States Senator from New Hampshire. The piece notes political reaction in North Carolina and praising a poem by John Henry Bower, urging support for a female college in the state connected with the Campbellite Church, and mentions the Southern Exposition opening by President Arthur and tobacco factory shutdowns due to dry weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin F. Pike
United States
New Hampshire
Virginia
North Carolina
Winston
Mt. Auburn
Warren County
Virgil Xs Wilson
Bethania
N. C
Editorial on partisan influence in county courts and federal judiciary
A Republican editorial ridicules claims that electing Democrats to a county Inferior Court Solicitor would subjugate public interests to party bias. The piece argues for merit over partisanship, cites the US Supreme Court as proof politics belongs away from courts, and ends with a call to concede the point.
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Jesse
Scribe
Ourself
United States Supreme Court
Heaven
Stanley Mathews
Garfield
Jay Gould
National Campaign Fund
Dorsey
Star Route Fame
A Letter From Capt Ashe Defends Winston Views
Captain Ashe replies to a Winston item, denying prejudice toward North Carolina sections. He praises Winston’s growth, tobacco industry, and architecture, insists he prints Winston communications, and explains sourcing and publication practices to quell local misapprehensions.
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Eprior Tely
Ashe
Sis
Heditor Sentinel
Winston
Capt. Ashe
Olds
Inston
S. A. Ashee
Forsyth County Fair to Feature Guenon Cattle Judge
The Forsyth County Fair plans a grand finale late this month with Governor Jarvis delivering the annual address. Willis P. Hazard of West Chester Pa will speak on the Guenon system of judging cattle, explaining how milking qualities relate to the escutcheon hair patch on the udder and surrounding skin.
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Forsyth
Jarvis
Willis P. Hazard
West Chester
Providence
R. L
Hazard
Francis Guenan
France
Guenan
Guenon
James Curry Shot Dead Aboard Steamer Melrose
James Curry, the informer in Phoenix Park murder cases, was killed on the Steamer Melrose between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth by fellow passenger O'Donnell. He was being transported to South Africa by the Government and was believed watched by authorities. A confessed criminal with no home or friends, he met a violent death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Curry
Phoenix Park
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
O’donnell
South Africa
Immigration Agent Calls For Laborers To Contact In 60 Days
John T Patrick, Immigration Agent for North Carolina, Wadesboro, urges all seeking white farm laborers or domestics to contact him within sixty days. He says arrangements are in place to fill orders sent in this period and to secure suitable workers by year end or early next year.
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John T. Patrick
North Carolina
Wadesboro
N. C
Political points and campaign rhetoric across papers
A collection of editorials and quips from La Crosse Chronicle Cincinnati Times-Star and Asheboro Courier criticizing new generation voters party loyalty and post election behavior. The items compare Democratic and Republican missteps praise civility during campaigns and mock partisan zeal with sharp humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tueree
Moses
la Crosse
Wis
Cincinnati
Deaths from Cholera in Egypt Rise to 16448
News in a nutshell reports cholera deaths in Egypt reaching sixteen thousand four hundred forty eight to date. It notes Irish Nationalists in Chicago tracked by secret Canadian agents and tobacco crop yields with North Carolina lowest at seventy percent. A Martha's Vineyard fire burned fifty acres, about two hundred thousand dollars lost. Western Union wires were cut by strikers denying involvement. A Baltimore schooner sank after collision near Point Lookout, five drownings. Kimbell house in Atlanta burned, total losses near a million with insurance around two hundred thousand.
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Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
Mexico
City of
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Baltimore
Point Lookout
Uncle Ned and the Brindle Steer Steam Through Town
A townsfolk tale recounts Uncle Ned arriving in town with evaporated fruit, then a hose jet knocks the steer into a wild run up Liberty street. The cart’s wheel detaches after a collision with a rock, sending Ned airborne, hats flying, amid cheers and mistaken meteor talk. The steer returns home calmly to munch corn.
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Ned
J. E. Gilmer
Crawford’s
Liberty Street
Raurus
Terra Ferma
Texas
Darkey
Parker's Toxic: from Parker's Ginger Tonic to Toxic
In West Milton, Saratoga County, a rural gathering voices views on women and marriage. George T. Graham defends wives and praises Parker's Ginger Tonic, noting its strong benefits for his wife who suffered illness. The remedy is renamed Parker's Toxic to curb dealer confusion while preserving the original formula and signature.
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West Milton
Saratoga County
George T. Graham
PARKE
Parker's Toxic
Parker's
Hiscox & Co
Company Payments Across United States Totals Noted
Total payments are described as sums under $1,000 made at various offices of the Company across the United States. The wording notes the aggregate payment approach and distribution by location without listing specific figures or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Ceg
Deaton
Times
Tacric
Sentinel
N.C
Atoz
Louisville
Arthur
Raleigh News-Observer
Mansa T. Pox
Anessee
Raleigh News- Observer
Wilmington Star
Philadelphia
Vance
John Henry Bower
Ple
Asheboro
Egypt
Chicago
Oldham
Wisston Sentinel
Western
Hatton
George Washington
Uncle Ned
Lone Star State
Asheville
Fort Worth
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Nashville
Memphis
Little Rock
Arkansaw
New Orr
Gresham
Louisiana State Lottery Company
New Orleans
T. M. Coat
Louisiana National Bank
Jos
H. Oglesby
Louisiana State National Bank
H. Kennedy
New Orleans National Bank
A. Baldwin
Union National Bank
Charlarozi
Citizens’ Bank
E. le. Garriere
Hibernia Nation
Chas. Palfrey
Canal Bank
BE. Toby
Calid
Mutual National Bank
Des Mitchell
Louisiana
U.S
M. A. Dauphin
Shai Ares
Propoortio
Comminioners
Legilature
A. D
MM. A. Daupmen
Seventh St
Washington, DC
Germanton Street
John O. Wood
Terrell
Y William Workman
Main Street
Sixth Street
City Water Works
W. W. Wood
Germanton
Stokey County
J.G. Bynum
Germanton, Stokes Co
South Carolina
Alabama
Salem
J. A
M.H. Holt
Oak Ridge
Gray
Martin
Winston, N.C
Patent Medicies
Fourth Street
Winston,m
Yamitas
Epunes
F. & H. Fries
Eagle and Phenix
E. T. Miles’ Sons
Bay State Shoes
Boots
James A. Leach
Thomasville Shoes
J&p. . Coats
MT Cotton
Excelsior” Cook Stores
Hinshaw & Bynum
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