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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1880
Page
3
Montacue and Gray operate a drug and general store with notes on tax listings, road and market activity, and new building growth in town. Reports mention a mid July track completion, limited stock, rising rents, and a quiet Fourth of July in Winston and Salem. Weather temps reach high levels, with a recent rain aiding tobacco farms.
Community notes report houses being erected near Douthit store in Salen and a social hop at the Salem Hotel this evening. Census work continues with support from locals, while a storm damaged crops and sidewalks need repairs. Executive changes include Jarvis & Hartman dissolution and Dante Powers named street Commissioner.
Vacation joy arrives for students as families plan recreation. boys collect bird eggs while a child narrowly escapes a well accident. The Supreme Court releases forty four young lawyers, including E B Jones and W B Booker. Local tin wire firms E A Struve and W S Remp son merge to form a new company. Davie Inferior Court sends three convicts to prison, one acquitted for step horse aid, later convicted for theft to five years.
The piece notes the popular Summer resort Mr. Atey Surrier Springs opened on the 15th under Mr. M. Hines and Crutchfield & Stedman operate passenger service for 2.50 or 5 round trip. It mentions White Sulphur Springs, local hardware offerings, a list of August jurors for Stokes County, and various local items from school catalogues to weather records and a walking stick from Sitting Bull.
A fragment reports a Workingman praising Hop Bitters for curing family illness and cutting medical costs. It then covers a Moravian Academy commencement sermon by Rev. Rondthaler, with reflections on Proverbs 18 10 and remarks to departing female students, sung by a choir and led by Rev Mr Zorn.
Fragmentary OCR list of goods including lugs and lugs types, luge items, waxy wrappers described as good red and bright, various leaf and wrap terms, trade nouns such as sheet iron, hammer, horse shoes and nails. Includes prices like 38.00 and 2.00 and mentions cast steel, steel plows.
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