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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1881
Page
3
The paragraph blends scattered notices from a small town paper. It mentions 4TRADE refitting schedules, local meetings on February 1, branch markets, Hats at Peter Igne's, Waxe Forest College opening, drugstore ads, sunrise times, paper sale, shoe and hat store openings, tobacco taxes, beer in testy form, local book and band updates, lamp arrivals, college session start, and various local commerce notes.
Mee. Lesa Trae left all Tuesday evening to visit her family in Jacksonville Florida. We wish them pleasant time. Fresp Brexer has thrown up his position as lamp lighter in Sates and is succeeded by Dockery Kansas. Mr. Wren Naraxé closes his grocery establishment to the young and enterprising citizen W. B Spaugh Eyerr & Bao, and Dusheimen Frog”. fine Shoes for Ladies and children. The death of Philip Mock Esq who removed to California years ago. Lamps and other town needs are discussed along with prices. The Warehouses were crowded with wagons and tobacco. lamps and lamp woods sold cheaply at Trusty supply. Thad deus Buteer celebrated his 21st birthday with a social gathering. Mr. Aaren Saxrarrn, Salem’s police, was ill recently. The town hopes for inaugurations and contracts. Closing sales advertise cheap clothing. The Winsten Light Infantry may attend the inaugural exercises of General Garfield.
Fragmented local item recounts a census clerk appointment in Washington, praises farmers as free to spend where they choose, and notes a visit from Mr Charles Yates from Yates factory. It also advertises E ALLEN's Hard Silure and promotes new boot and shoe store offerings with column commentary on prices and styles.
Wisetow grows as a trading point with drovers passing from Virginia and upper counties. A new factory for furs is nearly complete with a large structure to employ many. The first issue of the BK GC Educational Journal edited by Rev J Heitman appears as the Y C Stareachers Association organ. Beware defacing notices. offenders may pay.
A garbled Winston column lists railroad times, hardware store ads, bank officers, and factory notes. It mentions trains at 4:20 PM and 2:22 AM, an upcoming tobacco warehouse on Holland Property, and officers of the First National Bank of Winston. Also includes a riddle-like Exraya puzzle with numbered clues.
Local items report Mrs Andrews of Nova Scotia visiting Salem Hotel with Col Andrews of Major Yates surveying corps, and praise for a central welcome. The issue notes a railroad schedule change, a depot incident, and farm tips. It covers a temperate crime note, a tobacco crop point, a Philharmonic concert set for the 26th and 27th, and a murder case in Stokes county with multiple suspects. It also discusses fence law reform petitions and county political sentiment on rural governance.
Bey secures a rare 132 pound bout victory in a tense Tap Tens contest. The match featured quick exchanges and bold holds as Bey claimed the decision.
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