Immigrant talk and political jostling in 1881
The Windsor Sentinel reports on Davis in Canada, Salisbury buildings, artesian well depth at Durham, Gov. Reid recovering from paralysis, and Hayes denouncing Conkling. It notes 18,000 immigrants in New York, May immigration records, and comments on Readjusters in Virginia. Also covers Grant’s return, Conkling’s party stance, and a Virginia gubernatorial ticket. The piece critiques liquor prohibitions and cites census corrections for Winston and nearby towns.
Fight Over Sentorial Question Dominates New York Politics
Albany dispatches report stalwart Republicans Conkling and Platt failing to secure return. Renewed efforts for a Republican legislative caucus are anticipated, though none hold sway. The Albany Expre ss warns that denying Conkling would fracture the party, with a political tornado said to have demolished the legislature’s Republican organization leaving it at the mercy of Democrats.
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Merere
Conkling
Platt
Robert
Port of
New York
Senate
Mesers
Ous
Albany
Democracy
Anti-Prohibition Convention Resolves Against NC Liquor Bill
The Raleigh conven tion of anti proh bitionists from across the state adopted resolutions opposing a bill to prohibit manufacture and sale of distilled spirits and fermented liquors. It denounces the measure as unconstitutional, unenforceable, economically harmful and discriminatory, urging temperance as a public good.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Pledge to Resist Adoption of Unjust Law
A fragment urges citizens of all creeds and political opinions to join in condemning what is deemed an unjust and improper law at the ballot box, appealing to collective action and civic duty.
Market-house proposal for Winston with new jail plan
A proposal to the Board of County Commissioners urges selling the current jail site in Winston to fund a new three story brick market house on Main street. The plan includes stalls on the first floor, Mayor and police offices on the second, and a town hall on the third, financed by six percent market-house bonds repaid from rents and taxes. Citizen of Wryston endorses the project as improving markets with little tax burden.
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Board of County Commissioners
Winston
Main
Board of Commissioners
Wryston
Rheumatic Remedy and Irish Immigration Report
A reporter notes chatter about rheumatism among citizens and praises St Jacobs Oil as the best remedy yet. In Chicopee, locals talk of the so called antidote and cite G N Manchester of Cutler Street praising its effects. The piece also mentions Irish immigration dropping forty five percent versus last year amid land law concerns.
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Chicopee
G. N
Manchester
Cutler Street
St Jacobs
Ireland
Woman's Wisdom Promotes Hop Bitters Cure
A New Haven Palladium quote praises a woman who prioritizes family health over fashion advising Hop Bitters at the first sign of illness to prevent costly medical care. The letter urges all women to use this wisdom for family well being.
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New Haven Palladium
Letter endorses Neuralzine for neuralgia and headache
A letter from Frank L. Wanacson of Atlanta Georgia dated January 14 1980 praises Neuralzine as a specific for neuralgia and neural headache and endorses its sale by druggists. It is accompanied by terse notes from J Mitchell a Georgia legislator and others confirming use and endorsement.
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Frank
Haralson
Atlanta
Meiers
Sidrhison
Wanacson
T. Mitchell
Georgia
J.D. Mitenerg
M. D
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Rockingham
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