Prohibition clashes and political feuds in North Carolina
A Carolina collector accuses a Raleigh newspaper of libel and reveals a wide web of family appointments in the Collector's Office. He names relatives of Judge Starbuck and others in government roles, questioning enforcement of the Department order amid political infighting. The piece also reports on Republican and Prohibition debates, patronage shifts, and local temperance resistance, with broader commentary on federal appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Distersi
North
Inley
North Carolina
Judge Starbuck
Starbuck
Department
L. A. Ebert
J.W. Goslen
Sige
Anderson Stipe
B. F. Bynum,Sr
B. F. Bynum
J. F. Tucker
F. A. Tucker
Millard Masten
Leander Nelson
W. R. Bennett
T. Walser
Rt. Walser
Guager
D. C. Welker
W. A. Welker
P. A. Wilson
Thomas J Wilson
Gashee B.evenert
Raleigh
Republican State Execute Committee
Prohibition
Raeigh
Republican Party
Washington
Charlotte Observer
Garfield
Blaine
White
Newbern
Wilmingston
Wilmington
Ike Young
Hill
George W Stanton
Albertson
Douglas
Dockery
Mott
Col Meyers
J W Bowman
Mitchell
Judge Furbes
H C Cowles
David A. Jenkins
T J Bula
Henry
Col
W S Lusk
Maj. Yeates
Col. Boyd
Department of Justices
Congress
Osborn Hunter
Interior Department
Claude Smith
William A. Smith
Wilmot Leach
The Cow Tree and a Dreamy Market Fable
An excerpt blends Humbolt like notes on a cow tree with tales of damas keening inlays and a desert landscape. It narrates a strange encounter with a merchant, a clever clerk, and reflections on pity and envy in a compact, old‑tone prose passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humbolt
Venez
Tamerlane
Persia
Damas
Lebanon
Nela
How the Japanese Keep Meat Fresh
The Japanese method preserves meat in hot weather by placing raw flesh in porcelain vessels and pouring boiling water to coagulate surface albumen, forming a protective layer. Then oil is added to seal out air, reducing putrefaction, a practice not novel but preferred to the writer’s own method.
Expenses and soap in the treasury ledger a critique
The piece mocks treasury charges citing soap brushes towels and odd items like a corkscrew poaching humor on clerks and alleged misuses. It blends social satire with a brief joke about a minister and a Mormon remark, reflecting dated tone and misprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
John Sherman
Sherman
Miner Returns to Claim Long Lost Love in West
At Amherst College in the class of ’53 two friends shared a close bond until fate separated them. One, wealthy, pursued mining fortunes from New York to San Francisco and Leadville. Reunited with the woman he left behind, now a school principal in Western Iowa, he and she marry as Mr. and Mrs. Shearburn of Leadville Colorado after arriving in Wilton Lawn seeking a minister.
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Amherst College
New York
San Francisco
Nevada
Leadville
Wilton Lawn
Chicago
Westtern Iowa
The
Sherman
Mrs. Shearburn
Colorado
Garfields praise public thanks for condolence messages
Secretary of State releases a statement on behalf of President and Mrs. Garfield thanking the nation and foreign friends for countless messages of sympathy received since Saturday morning. He notes the wide circulation and inability to reply to every inquiry while expressing deep gratitude for the devotion shown during the hour of affliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
James G. Brarnr
Secretary
Salt as fertilizer for crops due to soda and chlorine
The article argues salt supplies soda and chlorine to many plants and lists amounts in white clover beet, cabbage, turnip and tobacco. It asserts benefit from salt application and ends with a proverb about truth and falsehood.
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Everett
U.S
Danville
Mose Skinner
Gore
Toledo
Canada
Frree Press
Kansas
Mm Atchison
F. Sun
Arkansas
Conkling and Platt
Louisville
Courier-Tourns
Conkling
Platt
Hot Springs
Jose
Doe
Dives
Old Dives
Mr. Roe
Roe
State of
Winston Sentinel
Geo. M. Mathes
Sentinel
Winston
N.C
Preston Roan
Ollice
Srinsox É ‘Uo
Portland, Maine
Hoya
Avidres Tees & Co
Augusta
Maine
T. Vogler
Winston, N. C
Main Street
Merchants Heal
Mlwe Elson
Averert & Whrson
Virginia
Yolino
Robert D. Johnston
Merchant Tailor
Cassimores
Hay
EOY
J. W. Foy
WEW Livery Stable
Winston, N.C
Hesfoy & Bre
Proprietos
Hotiore
Gilmer & Joyce
Tise
Court House Square
Finston, N. C
Jonn H. Allen, ‘Watchmaker
Winston, N
Winston, Abe
Igpee
Eee
R. D. Sohheen
Evlow
Tom
Massa
A. Ward
Plata
Chum
Ward
Mr. and
Mrs. Garfield
Secretary of State
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