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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1880
Page
3
The Davie county election shows a strong push for a 4,500,000 dollar subscription to the Virginia Midland Extension. Voters in multiple townships cast ballots, with totals reported from subsets including Mount Airy, Mocksville, and others. The result reflects local support for railway growth and regional development.
Mr Salt of Salem, recent Salem Female Academy graduate, takes a position as assistant musical instructor. A Salem woman quilts 17 pieces since January, while a business school advertises penmanship and bookkeeping. Local court reports include a bank theft by a colored youth and a fatal wagon accident injuring a driver. Funeral for Miss Carnis Bonar. installation of drivers at the Opera House with an address by Charles U Bushee. Prof. Chas Siegel curates a Richmond Opera Company stay. Salient’s cornet band preserves classic pieces from the 21st and 25th N G A bands.
In Davidson county the estate of Miss Julia Clinakb is noted amid a church and school community report. The piece recounts a death on a Sunday morning, with family prayers and the passing of the patient. It also outlines Sunday school statistics for Salem and Winston, a Canary bird anecdote, and reflections on Winston and Salem’s growth, industry, and civic life including a Democratic club and local business development.
Fragments report the deaths of Jousx Maccer aged about 30 near the Gulfins, and another unnamed individual aged around 70 near Beth, with typhoid mentioned. A Surry county reference and Massau Neebian appear in the garbled lines, indicating multiple local notices.
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