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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1882
Page
1
A miner named Bentley, isolated near French Creek in 1875 76, is hunted by hostile Indians. He escapes a cliff top siege by sliding into a pine crevice and hiding for two days until the danger passes.
A Boston retailer explains advertising pays by noting cash receipts rise when ads run. He says stopping ads causes a sales dip later, stores fix prices at one rate, and if challenged on cheaper offers they verify and mark down stock. Advertising is the steam keeping business moving.
A medical man offers $1,000 for Charles Guiteau’s body immediately with payment on delivery after law outcomes. Guiteau reflects that others may bid more, hoping to settle debts and possibly fund a new trial, while noting Corkhill’s role in the legal saga.
Miss Chloe Ann Violett died after sixty days without food while believing a divine command to starve. The Newlin’s township treasure tale follows a claim of hidden coins found in a rail cut near a schoolhouse.
The umbrella stick export boom threatens to uproot pimento trees as mills and growers fear long term loss. Five year data show 2000 handles yearly, while three quarters of 198L report over 4560 bundles valued at 15000 dollars, each bundle holding many sticks from young pimento trees.
The daughter of former President Taylor living in Virginia received 16000 dollars from the U.S. Treasury, matching the salary he would have earned at the end of his term. The payment follows authority in the deficiency appropriation bill passed June 10, 1880.
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