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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1880
Page
3
Community notes urge residents to register and confirm names on the registration book. Local items report new street crossings, show bills for Teer's show, visits by relatives, farmmarket prices, and upcoming events. A death of Fountain Flynt, Esq., is noted along with various civic updates in Winston and surrounding towns.
Miss Painter leads a revival at the Mt Airy M E Church with over 60 souls reportedly professing faith in Christ. The town sees new housing advances as masons work to finish brick residences before cold weather.
Community notes recount uptown telegraph revenue office buzz, church announcements, a postponed state convention meeting, a tale of two reins at a postal office, and a stage accident in Arkansas. Marriages in local churches are listed, with local residents wed and communities preparing for gatherings.
Local items include school teacher certificates and county clerk records, tobacco curing comments from Forsyth County farmers, a brief note on two Salt Lake City preachers at Stone's Schoolhouse, and various ads and donations lists from Winston area merchants and officials.
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