Local items fill town pages with notices and jokes
A collage of brief notes from the community mentions court next week, a 5 cent per quart price for MuscapsineE venders, state fair Tuesday, swine worries, busy mechanics, chestnut trees friends, merchants with their own drays, housing shortages, abundant squineers in woods, a T. I. O. G. T. organ purchase plan, Sunday School banners, Carolina Chill Cure advertised, cautionary phrases, church meetings, Rev. Brown service, new tobacco prices, mineral spring buss crowd, corn at 35 to 40 cents, lamp at Depot, dry fall, rain needed, lampooned postal card etiquette, red horse and fish at Yadkin, large church meeting in Kernersville, Medicaid cures mentioned, Winston Mooresville railroad survey, 10 cent quinces, Hillsboro official elected, state fair trotting stock, Liberty street paving, and a squash weighing 150 pounds.
Panorama exhibtion enlightens colored parishioners at M E Church
The paper notes a panoramic exhibition at the M E Church bringing enlightenment to the colored population for several evenings. It mentions the State Fair opening in Raleigh next Monday with strong expectations and local representation. Tobacco sales in Danville reach 27,698,8288 pounds for the year ended September 30. Local merchants expand stock and factories, with Brown Bros. completing a large southern factory and Callum Bros. & Co. manufacturing Carolina Chill Care. Public notices include meetings of S H Everett with teachers, and Tyre Green and James Vaughn named peace marshals for the State Fair. Minor incidents include thefts from back porches and a broken hip accident to Mrs. Barbara Fisher.
Stein & Sons offer stylish but affordable menswear in Winston
Advertisers tout Stein and Sons Baltimore Clothing House as the cheapest shop for boys and youths, gents furnishing goods and fall fashions next to Allen's Hardware. Other notes mention Thorne's Comedy Company fund-raiser, a tobacco association election, a public sale of Lash's Warehouse property, and a plan for a village water course to combat malaria.
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Stein & Sox
Baltimore
Allen
Meus
E. M. Stein & Sons
Winston
M. Stein & Sons
Allen’s
Local merchants advertise wide stock and low prices
J E Gilmer returns from the north with a large varied stock for wholesale and retail. S D Franklin & Co promote a large stock at low prices with guarantee of satisfaction. The Carolina Chill Cure is touted as a cure for chills. Prof Van Lunner lectures on Oriental manners with a Bible museum to be shown to Sunday and home schools, promising treats for children and the elderly.
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J. E. Gilmer
S. D. Franklin & Co's
van Lunner
Bogus Patent Medicines Attacked in Republican Ad Note
A Republican notice denounces bogus patent medicines and touts Hop Bitters as a pure effective remedy. The piece criticizes pretended miraculous cures and certificates, contrasting them with genuine data and well known remedies.
Musical Artists to Entertain at Tise's Hall
A lively local notice promotes an upcoming concert by a thirteen member company led by Sol Smith Russell. The ad notes the quirky powers of Powertt and his dilesma as street amusements and invites the public to buy reserved seats starting Friday at Burch's Book Store for the Thursday evening performance on the 16th.
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Tise’s Hall
Sol Smith Russell
Burch
Local Drug Stores Promote Prices and Hardware Deals
An OCR fragment lists Highlander Smoking Tobacco from Canter, Rives & Co, and Sorra's Drug Store advertising bottom prices. W. O. Thompson's Drug Store touts Five Cent Cigars. Allen advertises hardware at low prices from his corner. Smith's Drug Store promises full prescription service and cost savings. Brown & VanGuy sell hardware and related goods. Auction notices promise sales of dry goods on a Saturday in October.
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Winston
W. O. T1ompson
Fay Templeton
Suira
Set back 42 Years Use of Hop Bitters Restores Vitality
Father shares how years of kidney complaint and gravel left him dull and inactive. After taking Hop Bitters his blood and kidneys improved, he feels like a 30 year old at 72. He endorses Hop Bitters as worth a trial for others of similar age.
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Sunday Mercury
Improvements Spread as Town Sees Rapid Construction
The town reports widespread improvement with busy mechanics and new substantial buildings rising across all areas. Durham and its Blackwell area glow as leaders claim Winston will become the city of North Carolina.
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Durham
Blackwell
Sig
Winston
North Carolina
List of Jurors for Forsyth Superior Court Fall Term 1879
For the Forsyth Superior Court Fall term commencing November 10 1879 a list of jurors is published in two weeks. First Week jurors include John Nifong Asa Jones Jr J S Vance M A Linville Nathaniel Thomas Wm H Shepperd Edwin Butner E L Knouse J A Bitting L F Hine John Boyer William Woosley Z J Marshall E A Rominger C Johnson John L King N W Sapp J W Bodenhamer Absolom Hege R B Walker John F Miller R D Johnston Craven Jones Amos Transon Wm L Swaine R Whicker Anderson Lewis S E Allen John F Clayton Wm Idol Wm Hester Frank Foweler Ambrose Sides M V B Warner George Washington and Alex Transon. Second Week jurors include John J Robbins Edward Longworth E M Adams A A Grabbs John Clodfelter John F Plunkett Flavius Pfaff Wm H Robbins Junius Beyer Henry Bark W L Sink L S Clodfelter L S Crutchfield J F Griffith W C Clodfelter William Whicker G W Mitchell and Albert Davis.
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Forsyth
J. W. Bodenhamer
Absolom Hege
R. B. Walker
John F. Miller
R. D. Johnston
Craven Jones
Amos Transon
Wm. L. Swaine
R. ¥. Whicker
Anderson Lewis
S. E. Allen
John F. Clayton
Wm. Idol
Wm. Hester
Frank Foweler
Ambrose Sides
M. V. B. Warner
George Washington
Alex. Transon
John J. Robbins
Edward Longworth
E. M. Adams
A. A. Grabbs
John Clodfelter
John F. Plunkett
Flavius Pfaff
Wm. H. Robbins
Junius Beyer
Henry Bark
W. L. Sink
L. S. Clodfelter
L. 5. Crutchfield
J. F. Griffith
W. C. Clodfelter
William Whicker
G. W. Mitchell
Albert Davis
Drep and Paccine Merson Deaths in Salem and Lexington
Death notices record Drep infant son of M H Pennix in Lexington aged one year eight days and Paccine Merson, daughter of Dr N and E Siewers in Salem who died unexpectedly aged three. Pauline’s passing followed a quiet evening and a fit of congestive illness.
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Drep
Lexington
M. H. and
H. C. Pennix
Marshal
Salem
Paccine Merson
Dr. N
E. Siewers
Faust
Good Shepherd
Pauline
Heavenly Garden
Baptist Sunday School Elects Officers For Year
The Baptist Sunday School held a regular election of officers Sunday. Superintendent J. D. Hollister. Assistant Superintendent A. J. Hunt. Secretary and Treasurer T. A. Wiles. Librarian E. G. Munt. Musical Director C. G. Strayhorn.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
J. D. Hollister
A. J. Hunt
Treasury
T. A. Wiles
E. G. Munt
C. G. Strayhorn
Brown and Carter Expand Hall to Opera House Style
Brown and Carter announce their new building will be enlarged to 70 by 90 feet and finished in regular opera house style. The improvement aims to provide first class entertainments and enhanced cultural offerings in the locality.
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Brown
Messrs. Brown & Carter
Warehouse Sale Points to Surry County Tobacco Trade
A Wiedmont Warehouse sale on September 29 in Surry County moved 600 pounds of new tobacco from a planter with one curing. The average price per hundredweight was 913.16, marking the highest average of the season to date.
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Wiedmont
Surry County
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Seaxp
Alleghant Court
Tuer State Fair
Tae Boys
Chestnut Trees
Tae I. O. G. T
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H. A. Brown
Liberty Grove Stand
Camorina
Messrs
Reed Bros
Depot Street
Register of Deeds
Racu & Rempson
Toni
Charley
Yadkin
Kernersville
Methodist Church
Carolina
Winston and
Mooresville
Hanstville
P. Brown Ruffin Esq
Hillsboro, N.C
N.C. Railroad Co
Foy
George T. ‘T. Foust
Rica Tatty
Oor House Farm
M. E
Raleigh
Danville
Taxe Carolina
Gro. W. Hinsuaw
W. S. Maem
M. H. Langfeld
Court House
Messrs. Brown Bros
Lodge
Bhoys
S. H. Everett
Georgia
Callum Bros. & Co
Greensboro, N. C
Frank Miner
Indiana
Tennie Keehln
Valley Creek
Goldsboro
H. S. Foy
Wytheville
Hhis
Tyre Green
Jas. I. Vaughn
Col. Gorrell
Pescey
Allen's
Life’s Hall
W. W. Fowler
Berger-Russell Combination
Arthur Payne
W. M. Gilliam & Co
Barbara Fisher
Thorne
Winston Light Infantry
Solon
Tobacco Association
John W. Hanes
W. A. Whitaker
Prac- Cent
J. W. Blespanehs
G. W. Norwood
Lash
Danville Daily News
Manning
Mr. Thorne
N. C
John E. Ray
W. F. Alderman
W. H. Goslen
Goxtosnoro
James M. Smith
Danbury N. C
Smith
Tne Colored School
Salem Bridge
Chinguay Cross Roads Radkin Co
Green Brown
Greensboro
Baptist Church of
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Tick
Bogus Certifiedtes
Powertt
Bill
Billy
North America
Pierce
J. A. Alexander
M. D
Broadway
Ethan
Canter, Rives & Co
Sorra
Acard
E. Allen
W. P. Benton
Smith’s
Brown & VanGuy’s
Cassinas
Allen’s Corner
Dry Goods &c
M. H. Lancrer v
Hinshaw Bros
Georgia Jeans
Nails &c
Lancrerp
George M. Rucker
Tise
Winstom NC
Confectioneries
Ray Cote
Geo. M. Rucker
SE Allen
W.P. Benton
Hardware
True & CO
Augusta
Maine
State OF
Forsyth County
John W. Millier
Raymond Gibson
Mae To
Forsyth Co
Reid Court
S.C. Foreyth
Superior Court
Winkton
George W Norwood
Court House Square
Raitoul
J. W. Alspaugh
George W. Norwood
N.C
Winston Tobacco Market
Yan Ae
W. Tear
Nathaniel
T.J. Brown
J.B. Vaughn
Brown's Warehouse
Vaughn & Prather
Brown & Valleus
Hale's Weekly
Hale
Hace
P.M Hale
Te Eee Warehouse
Kernersville Academy
Forsyth County, N.C
R. Trawluk
A. M. Princh
Isto
Rufus L. Patternon
Buxton
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