town notes and local happenings bustle in Salem area
County Commissioners meet next Monday. The New Garden Fair is set for October 24. The Watermelon market shows waning supply but steady prices. A street macadam project advances toward the Presbyterian Church. Governor Jarvis and Mr Hazard scheduled to speak. A lamp explosion on Salt Street causes scattered debris. The daily Pilot debuts with M L and J C Stuart on masthead. Salem sees hydrant plans for iron works and a proposed artesian well. Captain Warren and Miss Fentress wed in Raleigh.
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Davie Court
McGrrxarp
Depot Street
Set Brothers’ Circus
Greeksboro
Cantenherp
C.S. Hauser
Salem
Tue
A. W. Beyis
Mt. Airy News
Lowery
Davip BrepLove
Old Shallowford
Salt Street
Daily Pilot
M.L & J. C. Stuart
Gro. Sitters
Geo. Washington
Liberty Street
Presbyterian Church
M. P
Maple Springs
Tece
Samonel C. Warre
State National Bank
Effie Fentress
Raleigh
T. L. Vaughn
Winston
Senmon
Leader
Republican
Salem Press
Agricultural Society
First National Bank
Wachovia National Bank
Gray & Martin
Winston News Highlights From A Busy Week
Items cover postage notes debut on September 3, tobacco display by Aaron Whitaker of Surry County, Davie County Court term with Judge Shipp, matrimonial of M N Williamson and Miss Sallie Phifer, corner stone of T L Vaughn's factory, tobacco for Boston exposition by Hall and Shelton, humorous Salt River timetable, and local personal notes including visits and appointments in Winston.
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M. N. Williamson
Williamson & Smith
Sallie Phifer
Concord
Winston
Messrs. M
Stockton
R.J. Reynolds
Henry Roan
Pritchard
W. B. Williamson
W. T. Gray
T. W. Huske
Sanenpaneen Tobacco
Messrs
Hall
Local notes report giant wheat yield from a single grain
Forsyth facts from near Salisbury and Davie County include an 28 stalks 28 heads wheat from one grain, census reveals more females than males in Davie County, court cases and marriages noted. Obituaries list Wilson Graves and James Holman. Hog cholera cure: smart weed tea or mash fed to hogs.
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Forsyth
Lewisvil_s
N. C
J. P. BrinkieEy
Davie County
Davie Times
Forsyth County
I. G. Lash
W. F. McMahan
J. P
D. B. Moss
Mary E. Ellis
South Yadkin Association
Society Church
Iredell County
Wilson C. Graves
Holman’s
James S. Holman
Clarksville Township
Notice of Mortgage Sale and Advertisements
A collection of ads lists mortgage sale notices and various business promotions in Richmond and Winston. Includes references to J B McKenney Steam Dye House, Luther Sheldon Norfolk, Sash Door and Blinds, Salem Female Academy, Crawford hardware, McAdoo House Greensboro, Thompson's Drug Store, Wright and Bowles school, and other products and services. Also mentions land for sale in Yadkin county and diverse merchandise offerings throughout the Greensboro-Winston area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. McKenney
Richmond
Luther Sheldon
Norfolk
Yadkin County
Salem Female Academy
South
Brown Rogers and Co
Greensboro
McAdoo House
Tobacco Market and Local North Carolina Tidings
North Carolina items include High Point with six churches and Madison county tobacco sold in Lynchburg for 52 dollars. Raleigh reports 1 761 residences and 260 business stands. New NC military companies organized. Greensboro Female College has 79 boarders. Governor’s mansion brickwork begun. Moravian Falls Academy opens with 75 students. Excerpts note female trades in Wilson, extended exhibition in Boston, political maneuvers for Governor, Cape Fear and Paduka Valley Railroad progress, and a nurse of local commerce. Tobacco pricing and market corrections from Wixson and surrounding counties listed with tape of leaf, wrappers, and other grades.
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High Point
Madison County Tobacco
Lynchburg
Raleigh
Farmer & Mechanic
North Carolina
Greensboro Female College
Patriot
Moravian Falls Academy
Biblical Recorder
World News Briefs From Many Sources
The summary aggregates various items from Pensacola to Switzerland including a yellow fever reach in Pensacola Florida and cholera deaths in Egypt. It notes Sherman declining a presidential run and Liberty Hall homestead for sale at 10000 dollars as well as a new hotel planned on Kimball House site in Atlanta. Richmond grocers Wm Jenkins & Co fail with 35000 liabilities. Swiss import ban on cotton and factory jobs affected. New Orleans quarantines Pensacola and blocks Cuban ports. A Rochester Minnesota tornado killed 24 and injured 47, destroying 300 homes. Texas cotton crop drought expected to reduce yield while grain crops are satisfactory. Siberian students sent to Siberia. Revenue Agent Powell tasked with alleged illicit still seizures in South Carolina.
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Egypt
Sherman
Alexander H. Stephens
Liberty Hall
Kimball House
Atlanta
Wm. Jenkins &Co., Grocers
Richmond
Prince Bismarck
France
Europe
University of St. Petersburg
Russia
Siberia
New Orleans
Pensacola
Rochester
Minnesota
Texas
Switzerland
Revenue
Powell
Raleigh
Internal Revenue
South Carolina
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Twen City
Ntsabout OU
R People
W. W
WWE
K-Chamberlain
Shallowford Street
Carpenters
Cecil
Jesse Carter
Rockingham
Somes
Newsdalé
Price
Dingille
Brown
Aaron Whitaker
Surry County
C.F. & Y. V. Railroad
Mt. Airy
Saturda
Boone Hill
Mindat Ad
Mary Ann’s
Dalton’s
Jesse Holmes
Enoth Griffith
Chapel
J. M. Howard
Mt. Olivet
Bahnson
Piedmont Springs
Taylor
R.D. Hay
Mattie
Madingville
G. H. Rights
Mr. R
Young
W. W. Workman
I. W. Durham
Sean Williams
Sacoces
R. T. Joyce
Crawford's
Nooks
Thompson’s
Lizzie Neal
J. A. Bowles
Smith
Smith & Brown
Arthur
PAXNE
Pace
N.C
United States
Gresham
Indianapolis
Saxe
Lydia E. Pinkham
William K. Vanderbilt
Long Island
Long Island Comprises 2,000 Acres and Is Valued At $200,000. New Te & Byuom
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Yonkers Gazette
U.8
Cnet
Bismarck Nat
Sas
Ben. Best
Story Creek Township
Goldsboro Bulletin
Collins
Halifax County
News- Observer
John A. Gourley
Rowan County
Concord Register
Len Estes
Blowing Rock
the Rock
Journal- Observer
John E. Brown
Stonewall Jackson
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Old Fancy
Dr. Morrison
Gen. Jackson
Lincoln County
Journal Observer
Wm. G. Cochran
Person County
Philadelphia
Augusta
Market Report
Wixston
N. LS
Messrs. Yipshaw
Wisston
Buyixe Parcs
McGurrn
Wavay
Dobson
Surry
Guffin
Wener
J. H. Lewellin
Hoepsow
Margaret Grace Groce
Htc
Dhcchir
Ieee
Bethatia
THE
Florida
Marshall Street
Ricunoso
New Onixams
Louisiana State Lottery Company
saaceMae
Southern En Co
T. M. Wescoat
Louisiana National Bank
Jos
H. Oglesby
Louisiana State National Bank
H. Kennedy
New Orleans National Bank
Baldwin
Union National Charlaron
Citizens’ Bank
Louisiana
U. S
M. A. Dauphin
Ite
Wisconers
Be Berle
PRIZ
Paeae SA Ees
Prises
Bof
Wi Dieeeret Craa
New
Orfo
Winston, N. C
Drug & Medicine
H. M. Sciplf
N. Third Street
Gyver
Brown, Rogers & Cd
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