State board reports on North Carolina railroads and canals
The 1878 board of Internal Improvements details state holdings in the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad North Carolina Railroad and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company. It notes stock values debts receipts and potential future extensions while praising the canal’s prospects as part of a national inland waterway. It also gives a separate scientific note on human anatomy and physiology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Internal Improvements
Col. Wm. Johnston
Periony
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
North Carolina Railroad
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company
Canal Company
North Carolina
Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley
Lamberton
Robeson County
Carolina Central Railway
Western North Carolina Railroad
Purified Love and the Comfort of Pet Affection
The piece argues that loving beauty and pets brings happiness and moral order. It urges cultivating love for birds and other companions to enrich life and prevent moral decline, urging care and simplicity in home life and heart as a path to well being.
Peculiar English Taxes From Ancient Times
The passage outlines various English levies and fees, noting odd charges such as a $10 tax on gifts of $500, $15 for dying intestate to claim a $500, and large sums tied to wills and legacies. It also lists admission costs for professions, patent and license fees, carriage arms costs, and a gun license, highlighting the unusual and extensive taxation practices described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Child’s Quick Wit Stuns Stranger in Garden Notice
A clergyman’s young daughter met a stranger who asked to see her father. The girl answered that her mother was in the house and would pray for him, calling him a miserable sinner.
Violette Reunites with Mother After Clairvoyant Fortune
A vanished heiress Violette returns home after a fortune teller reveals she is alive and married to Senor Espanol. Her penitent mother forgives the past, and the two embrace as the mansion fills with the laughter of children and reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Senor Esponal
Violette
Martha
Violett
Missus
Mrs. Lorrimer
Marriage advice and historical notes mix with global economic figures
A humorous bit by Josh Billings urges practical marriage prospects with a balanced, sensible partner profile. The page then shifts to political and economic commentary noting Amos T. Akerman's resignation over a Honduras fraud matter and估imates of national wealth growth, with figures for the United States and major powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos T. Akerman
United States
Honduras
Grant E
Grant
A Stranger's Mistake in a Broadway Dry Goods House
A stranger in a Broadway dry goods firm questions several men about partnerships and church schemes, mistaking shipper and traveler for owners. After misreading each reply, he identifies the true head as the proprietor in a humorous twist ending.
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Broadway
New York
Bell
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the National Hotel
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Raleigh, N.C
Street & Son, Owners and Proprietors
Preston Roan
Winston
I. W. Durham
Practcal
T. Vogler
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Merchant's Hotel
Gentral Hotel
Greensboro
Benbow House
Nan Veen
Seymour Steelf
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Cratchfield & Bredman
H.8. Foy
J. W. Foy
Winston, N.C
FOY & Bro
Peat Take
Keeneth
M. A. Curtis
Erin
Winston, N C
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Kespome
Blanet Books
WABCY
Robert D. Johnston
Winston, N. C
Max House
Robert J. Colverwell
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Aun &T
Fifth Avenue
Senor Espartol
Josh Billings
Joe
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Germany
Great Britain
France
Russia
Wilmington Star
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