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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1880
Page
3
Seeding oats and early springlike weather as Winston and nearby areas report varied farm work. Town notes include road improvements and street repairs, market reports on tobacco, horses and goods, church notices, visits, travel to Cincinnati and Missouri, and local events shaping daily life in the Winston area.
The item lists the dissolution of the firm Vauzhn and Crutchfield with Crutchfield continuing at the old stand. It reports local notices on deaths, moves of G. M. Rucker, social happenings at Trse's mill, a runaway incident, travel ads for Avant-Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, revival at Moon church, new inventions, illness of F. W. Meller, flower arrangements by Reynard, visits of Lewis Suutrz and Kern Hege, and various local business and court notes including a Supreme Court affirmation in the Hiram Rights and Nath Blum case. It also mentions water supply expansion efforts, the Jenkins vs Jenkins case, and Midland Road extension talks, plus a Piedmont Warehouse sale totals.
The record lists Forsyth county real and personal property values including horses mules cattle and stock in firms. It also notes White and colored poll counts and a 1879 assessment total. Salem Fire Company officers are elected and federal internal revenue data for the Fifth District is summarized. Local tobacco history and post office data complete the digest.
A fragmented page item lists fresh garden seed from Landreth and others at Toomizor's Drug Store and a large lot of Oronoko tobacco seed. It notes fashion offerings by R. D. Johnston and mentions various cassimeres and suitings. It also references patent medicines including Slop Bitters and Hop bitters with general claims of cures and endorsements.
A Moravian brother Rev Rondthaler preached in a Greensboro Presbyterian church during a Sunday service to a large attentive audience. Communion was observed by many, and the event marked a notable ecumenical moment between denominations. Also reported are the Kerr monument ceremony in Danville and Brown's Warehouse sale prices with multiple buyers and figures.
Market update lists items such as leaves, wrappers, and tapperes with varied conditions and prices. Entries include red leaves, waxy fillers, mahogany wrappers, and several price points like 12.00 and 40 356.54, reflecting a busy trading scene in an old market ledger.
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