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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1881
Page
1
Whisky Bob, a broke prospector, aids Nell in a rough frontier valley. He toils seven weeks to mine gold totaling about eight thousand dollars, wins Nell’s affection, and plans a life together in a new home after quitting liquor.
A fragmented piece traces the Modena bucket quarrel that sparked a long war over a public well. It mentions Henry of Sardinia, ransom, and a gold chain, then shifts to Col. Harrison G. Otis in St. Paul as a government agent, noting his yearly communication gap, his wife’s voyage, and politics in Chicago and Cincinnati. It ends with a moral line on affection and indifference.
A writer to an English agricultural journal recalls giving boiled onions to children for a cold in the chest and notes onions as a medical aid against worms. The editor cites a rheumatic patient finding relief from onions, cooked or raw, after other therapies failed. Dr G W Balfour records three cases where raw onions helped patients with dropsy and heart conditions, often replacing tapping and diuretics.
The article notes interest in Cranberry iron ore and plans to build a narrow gauge line from Bristol to Elizabethton to connect with Pittsburg, aiming to move ore to western markets. It highlights ore proximity to Tennessee and Mitchell County, with routes proposed via Rutherford and into South Carolina and a claim that Pittsburg manufacturers could source from these mines. It also mentions an eccentric Berlin heiress who died after a secluded life, leaving her estate to a grand-niece with remainder to an animal asylum.
A comically discordant obituary notice unfolds as a quiet man and a clerk clash over public memorial wording. The exchange reveals tensions about tone and space, while a widower pays four dollars and later faces a fine for thrashing the undertaker over a silver coffin handle.
The General Assembly of North Carolina designates January 1 February 22 May 10 May 20 a banking day and December 25 as public holidays with substitutions when they fall on Sunday. Provisions cover payments due on Sundays and holidays, with adjustments for Saturdays and Mondays, and the act takes effect after ratification.
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