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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1882
Page
3
February news from Winston Salem reports the small pox scare nearly over with no new cases after January 83rd. Dr. Gray vaccinates over 500 people in ten days and warnings linger about plant bed burning and vaccination side effects. community notes cover births marriages local commerce and upcoming events.
In this 1882 Keokuk page, merchants tout St Jacobs Oil as a reliable pain healer for men. Local notices mention Gov. Jarvis and Wood’s sentence, traveling residents, an upcoming Martins Hall entertainment, and a quirky number puzzle about the year 1882. Also, Society Belief extols Floreston Cologne.
The George Adams Humpty Dumpty Troupe, touring under Adam Forepaugh, will perform at the Opera House on Wednesday evening the 8th. Advertisements praise Adam as the leading circus manager and lauded Geo H Adams as a premier clown, with high acclaim from multiple papers.
Local notes recount a calm period with matrimony chatter and declining smallpox fear. Wheat and tobacco prospects look good despite poor farming weather. A fatal accident near Styres Mill claims Calvin McGee after a falling tree. Rural letters promise future updates if not stuck in mud. Radical Republican soils and St Jacobs remedies mentioned amid miscellaneous remarks.
Our jail holds several prisoners awaiting the February 6 Inferior Court session. The docket includes presentments and warrants, with a full week expected. The County Commissioners meet with Dr. Frank Pringle as chair and praise for fiscal prudence. Topics include bad weather, smallpox, Guiteau debate, typhoid, pneumonia, wheat, ice, taxes, and road conditions affecting farmers. An anon note mentions Sheriff pressure for funds and tax collection.
Rutledge's Monthly February issue announces a $20 prize for identifying the shortest verse in the Old Testament. entrants must mail 20 cents in silver by Feb 10 1882, with a March issue to reveal the winner and answer. Send to Bortenes Pussisample Company Easton Pa.
An 1850 advertisement extols a silicon based cleaner and polish for silver tin and glassware sold by Allen the Hardware and through Frank L. Haran. A letter from Dr J D Mitchell notes Hutchison Bros claim a neuralgia headache specific sold by all Druggists.
A garbled OCR fragment lists pouches unvated pared dark items and a string of obscure berry names and numbers. It reads as a damaged dining note with unclear context and no clear event or identifiable entities.
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