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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1880
Page
2
The Binston Sentinel reports a House bill to reduce the President's salary to 25,000, plus notes on international tensions with Russia and China, a divorce suit involving ex Senator Christian, and various political moves including a Greensboro Beacon editor declaration and third term tensions in Missouri Republicans.
Amid debates on the Monroe and Washington doctrines, critics attack a possible third presidential term for Grant and warn against compromising republican liberty. Reports cite a Washington source about Western North Carolina Railroad sale opponents and a Greensboro National party convention planned for May 5.
Raleigh notes show both Senate and House moving rapidly on bills. Measures include selling state assets, repealing attorney fee taxes, schoolteacher pay scales, road work for prisoners, tax redemption extensions, fish passage ways, rail governance, livestock on rails, and county line and depot duties. Lawmakers boast wide agenda and aim to appeal to voters next fall.
The Virginia Midland extension fuels a legislative fight as critics accuse the Richmond & Danville line of seeking a monopoly over North Carolina rail transport. The Raleigh observers warn against foreign corporate interference and urge senators to protect local rights amid talks of repealing Mooresville and Statesville to Danville charters.
Local items advertise new garden seeds from Landreth and others, tobacco and white goods for town stores, rental housing, and new stock arriving. Promotions hype shoes hats and dress goods with scattered details about shops and prices.
OCR fragments urge preventive spring health work and one bottle of a product for the month. Mentions Winston and Winsted hardware, tobacco prices, and a local merchant's stance on reasonable pricing. Contains garbled lines about health, tools, and commerce.
An old advertisement extols a housewife's care during spring renovation and promoting Hop Bitters as a perfect purifier. It claims the bitters cleanse the blood, purify the stomach, and prevent malaria, urging readers to trust this cure as the best and purest remedy.
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