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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1884
Page
2
A regional note urges subscribers in arrears to pay to avoid disconnection. The page reports 1884 presidential results in North Carolina districts, naming candidates Cleveland and Blaine, with party figures and local official elections. It comments on political shifts, public sentiment, and how business leaders respond to the outcome.
The piece reviews the post election dispute over Grover Cleveland's win and Blaine's supporters push dubious claims. It notes editorials from the New York World and Albany Journal conceding Cleveland, while Republican broadcasts push contested totals and threats of fraud.
A commentary discusses who should hold office after the Democratic rise to power and praises those who supported the party. It argues that veterans who risked their lives for Democracy deserve consideration, while noting that prior officeholders may be retained if they remain faithful and non-odious. It also reflects on Cleveland's potential presidency and public opinion.
A jumble of quotations and notes from 1888 political discourse includes references to Blaine Conkling and Van Buren with remarks on burning letters and turkey gobblers. It cites editorials from Boston Herald Raleigh Chron icle New York Herald Philadelphia Times Chicago News and others and mentions Grover Cleveland vs Blaine with expected election outcomes in several states.
An advertisement touts savings of 15 to 25 percent on blankets in various colors and prices from 1.50 to 8.50, plus a range of ladies girls and men goods including gloves dress fabrics and shoes from Hess Bros and Ziegler's with guaranteed quality and wholesale style.
The notice lists items from coffee and flour to nails and hinges, with many categories including kitchenware, tools, irons, stoves, axes, mats, briars, cartridges, and shot. It presents a wholesale catalog style in a clipped market listing.
Advert shows a broad inventory of boots shoes clothing and accessories for men and boys including boots shoes overcoats shirts suspenders collars ties and more. It emphasizes low prices and large stock with claims of guaranteed satisfaction and a wide range of items from rubber footwear to dress trimmings.
The fragment enumerates items such as lead linseed oil powders buckets brooms slates pencils pens ink crayons raph albums mouth harps Jew harps school books and tobacco 125000 yards tobacco plant bed muslin plus various caps and purses. Uribe is referenced as a stray term.
A local advertisement touts Star Brand Spee as a guano for wheat oats corn and tobacco as an unbeatable fertilizer. It encourages farmers to rely on their own experience and notes available Clover Timothy and Herds Grass seeds at low prices.
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