Congressional Grief and Senate Row Over Hendricks Eulogy
The Sentinel reports Washington weather as both Houses mourn Vice President Hendricks and Rankin. It notes Republicans threaten filibusters, delays on appropriation bills, and a rush of many bills from North Carolina members. Also covered are Union Pacific worries, B&O opposition, government printers pay, national banks debate, and cultural items from Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Anna L Davis.
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Ransom
North Carolina
The
Sentinel
Wasuisaton
Hendricks
Rankin
Reed
Cook
Randall
Cleveland
SENA
Union Pacific Railroad
Senate
Union Pacific
Atlantic
Senator Ransom
Senator Voorhees
Appropriations Committee
House
Morrison
Congress
Treasury
Johnson
J. Washington Brank
Skinner
Cape Hatteras
Cowles
U.S
O'Hara
Knights
Ella Wheeler-Wilcox
Utica Herald
Col. Joyce
Hub. Smith
Suapow
Thrift and Life in Birmingham A city of growth
A correspondent recalls Birmingham Alabama as a growing boomtown of around 30 000 with new homes four furnaces mills and banks rising amid diverse neighborhoods The piece highlights rapid thrift and the mingling of northern and southern cultures alongside a booming yet chaotic cityscape. It also sketches local life including churches mills and a notable new Southern church with a 3000 seat hall.
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Alabama
Hawthorne
Atlanta
Virginia
New York's New Sport Tobogganing Excitement Spreads
A chaotic mix of social notes, a Governor’s appointment rumor, and urban entertainments. Toboggan clubs flourish as Canada’s fun lands in New York City, water supply worries persist, and railroad policy sparks political maneuvering. Featured items include Gov. Hill’s upcoming choice for Railroad Commissioner and social life reflections on Arthur.
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The
Sentinel
New York
Delmonico’s
Powers of the Air
Canada
Country Club
James Waterbury
Orange
Lawrence Turnure
Worth
Accessor
O'Donnell
Hill
Davenport
Gov. Hill
Jacobs
Senate
Elyre
Arther
Walter Brickrorp
A Specimen Republican Arrested in Chicago
A former North Carolina State Senator H E Scott from Wilmington District faced charges of disorderly conduct at Desplains Street Police Court after a night with a woman. Scott’s family described ruinous spending, a revenue of 6000 dollars, and a chaotic home scene with a revolver and dagger near them. The article notes his prior three-term service in the North Carolina legislature and his sister’s statements.
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North Carolina
Chicago
Chicago Inter Ocean
H. E. Scott
Wilmington
Desplains Street
Scott
Tuckling
Monroe Street
Union Street Patrol
Esplaines Street
Dr. Campbell
York
New York
Kalabout
Justice White
Washingtonian
Civil Service Reform and Political Critique Reprinted
A column from the Charlotte Democrat attacks civil service reform and praises long time officials like W. W. Was and John M. Rose while deriding Cleveland’s rules. A Weldon News item notes Governor A. M. Seales portraits offered to new subscribers, and a local ad mentions holiday stock, farm land for sale, and a Mt. Mary mill plot with land tracts priced per acre.
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W. W
Raleigh and
Aston Raisom
Tr. Willington
Weldon Raird
John M. Rose
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Western Railroad
Fayetteville
Cleveland
Civil
Mt Miry
Bayend
Dobson
N.C. Bee
Railroad to Roanoke and Danville route prospects
The Hawkinville News discusses a Danville rail link from Roanoke as the most practical path to connect North Carolina wholesalers east to Durham and beyond. It envisions a Danville line via Franklin reaching Winston and Statesville, tapping into tobacco country and potentially extending to Atlanta, with Duke Line expansion noted. The piece also adds a dated statistic: eight times as many bow-legged men as women.
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Roanoke
Danville
Franklin
North Carolina
Durham
Roxboro
Lynchburg
Richmond & Danville
Dan
Yadkin
Cape Fear
Winston
Statesville
Atlanta
Hawkinsville
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Mr. Dee
Pfohl & Stockton
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Howe
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Finston, N
S. J. Montague
Church St
Willie Aes
A Griffith
W. J. Conrad
Wattkins & Conrad
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Main St.wn
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J. Lindsay Patterson
Poua Aus
Winstons
Wit
Vaughn & Pepper
Cedar Cove
Geo. Stewart
Gleee B. F. Gleny Glenn & Glenn
Deok
H. Montague
Liberty Block
N.C
Trinity College
Ghereh
South
Managin
Carraudd
A. Gray
Siatnique Sodi
Urmis
Suitresa
J.F. Heitman
Tiinity College
Randolph Co
Congressional Grief
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Gulf of Mexico
Bay of
Boston
Pennsylvania
Vernment Printers
Postoffice Department
Washington
United States Postal Note Company
Weldon News
United States
J. N. Smith
Scotland Neck
Shotwell
Kinston Free Press
Anna L. Davis
Thrift
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Ala
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Yadkin County
N. C
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Camp Beauregard
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Crumpler
Lee
Stewart
Hampton
Gordon
Petersburg
Richmond Hill
Pearson
Wilkesboro
10Th Judicial
Wilkes
Sth
von Col. Cowles
Hon. W. IL
NEW Sport
Gotham
Wilmington Review
Gravelly Hill
Sampson County
Goldsboro Messenger
Third Party Movement
Bulical Recorder
Charlotte Home
Denver
Recorder
Charlotte Democrat
Aee
Winston Sentinel
A. M. Seales
Jos. Bevan
A. L. Mock
Winston-Salem
Lil Street
Nelson Building
F.C. Mung
T Willsell
Court House
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A. J. Hust
Jun.ards
Purcell House
Norfolk
B. R. Brown & Co
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Tech
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Lovelools & CO
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Carolina
Grand New
Temple OF Music
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Ludden & Bates Southern Music House
Savannah
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