Twin City Topics and Town Happenings Summary
The Sentinel notes a circus coming to town and a busy week with county meetings, hay curing, and M B Sunday School picnic plans at Marvin's Chapel. It reports tobacco trade, warehouse prices, new builds clearing the burned block, and property sales on Fifth Street. It covers court notices, local deaths, mar riages, and a forecast of a mild winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sentinel
M. B
Marvin's Chapel
W. A. Iauser
Es. T. B. Lush
Forsyth
Charlotte Fair
Walla
D. D. Shelton
Twin City
Sam Blum
Fifth Moravian Church
Philadelphia
Salem
Jas
Philip Bailey
Iley Bros. Tobacco Factory
D.E. Allen
Charlotte
Jesse Cannady
Lib- Street
H.olds
M. N. Williamson
5Th Street
W. W. Cole
Piedmont Wagon Company
Inel
T. H. Pegram, Jr
Smith
Barrow & Sons
Anissurg
Winston
Lensir
RB. C. Poindexter
East Bend
IL. D. Poindexter
Yadkin County
D. W. Herring
China
Miss Nutt
Mt. Airy
Joe McRae
Revenue Office
Statesville
Winston Graded School gains in enrollment and new training class
The Winston graded school opens Monday the 14th with last year’s 475 pupils expected to rise toward 550. Tuition is free for residents ages 6 to 21, outside town fees are modest. The ninth grade will graduate about 20 to 24 students, with a new teacher training class to prepare future instructors. The article notes strong local and regional demand and anticipates families moving to the city for educational benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
Virginia
Land Academies
Neighborhood Notes Highlight County Happenings and Calamities
A roundup from Ashe to Patrick counties notes corn reaching ten to fifteen feet high in Ashe, 200 hands in Kernersville tobacco factories, and W C Denny taking charge of High Point Post Office. Distilleries surge in the district, a King Hall fire at New Garden School causes major loss, and local injuries and accidents are reported. A tangle of crops, market hopes, and small-town incidents fill the canvas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashe County
Kernersville
W. C. Denny
High Point
U. S. Court House
Greensboro
Dr. Benbow
C. C. Haymore
Yadkin County
Randolph
Tobacco
Clemmonsville
Alamance
Person County
W. D. Biggers
Lexington
Washington
Parker
Gray's Roads
Randolph County
Johnnie Robinson
Reidsville
Tom Taylor
Creswell
Gibbons & Co
Philip Hinkle
Davidson County
Sparger
Mt. Airy
Me. Sceloff
Forsyth County
S. G. Morris
Thomasville
Sheriff Loftin
Strape & Co
Wilkes County
Peter Fulton
Cdl
Alamance Tobacco Association
John Brinkley
Midway Township
Jordan
I High Point
Capt. Jordan
Danyie Va
Patrick County
Patrick
Quint Walker
King Hall
New Garden School
Guilford’ County
Friends
J. H. Stipe
Lewisville
Walter Conrad
E. H. Wright
Dr. Acupp
Central Park
New York
Dr. Bull
United States
Sentinel
Dr. V
Thompson
Syth County
Wacxee Bros
Winso
N.C
News of a Week Miscellany from the Carolinas
A compilation from various papers notes Gen G T Beauregard visiting Asheville, talks of a reunion for Robt Hoke's brigade, and Charlotte planning streetcars with Chicago company backing. Reports cover river rises, cherry and melon prices, a Raleigh bicyclist tours nearby towns, population shifts to western NC, and a large Western Road excursion. Also mentioned are a 125 year old Mrs Sallie Cole, a fatal freight wreck near Marion, Creecy Park dedication in Elizabeth City, and a flood of other scattered items from politics to health cures and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Beauregard
Asheville
Robt
Hoke
Charlotte
Thos. Griffith
Cape Fear
Rockingham
Wilmington
Raleigh
Durham
Cary
Wake Forest
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Chicago
Ben Cole
Moorecourt
Madison County
Sallie Cole
N.C
Marion
Billy Lowe
Elizabeth City
Creecy
Col
R. B Creecy
The
Economdst
West
Goldsboro
Carolina Central Railroad Company
Gaskill
Bhoe Heel
Woulpox
Fitz Lee
Accomac
Hoboken
N.S
Stanfordsville
John Sherman
Ohio
N. A. Nfurdie
National Guards
Camp Weiter
Lil
Gen
Jubal A. Early
New Orleans
Nifth Grand Monthly
A. Dauphin
Helen Pharviz
Dayton St
Dr. King
Dr. Dye
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Tobacco Markets and Produce in 1885 Regional Ads
An 1885 market page shows tobacco prices for leaf, wrappers, and cuttings alongside produce rates for Peas Apples and Peaches. It includes ad copy for Wells health tonics and miscellaneous patent medicines, praising cures for rheumatism, dyspepsia, piles, and urinary issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisstox N. C
Burixa Purexs
Footwear sale with varied styles and prices
A newspaper ad touts women’s boots at 78, infants leather shoes 25c, Atland at 50c, and a wide line of Misses and Children’s shoes. Also bargains on men’s button and lace shoes and Congress gaiters, ladies cloth shoes 75c, grain sewed 70c, foxed gaiters 90c, and Kid Newport ties 85c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atland
Congress
Kid Newport
Tinware prices claim leakproof doubled seams
An ad proclaims patent doubled seamed Tinware with a warranty against leaks. It lists prices for quart coffee pots at 10 cents and two quart pots at 19 cents, underscoring cheap domestic ware.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winston Graded School
Twins
Yaller Dog
Yaller
Liberty Street
Couuntry Man No. 2
Country Man No. 1
Sexrixet
Messrs
Winston Reservoir
Winston Company
Idaho
P. H. Winston, Jr
Register of the Land Office
Lewiston
Tinho
Rinity College
Trinity College
Williams
Germany
Salvation Ci
Hes
Macdicine
Neighborhood Notes
Nooks
Heuontorth
Austria
Florida Keys
Baltic
Prince Bismark
Spain
Court House
Silas’ — Creck
Old Plank Road
John Henry Livengood
Livengood
the Graded School
URC School
Coriander Mi
Market Report
Maiuiried
ne—tIn Salem
Gertrude Miller
T. D. Welfre
Stirrk
Little Carl
W. P
Martha F. Stipe
Srra
Martha F
W. P. Stipe
Sarr
Kernereville
Tuunetta
Caleb Sapp
Stokes County
Jirtsey White
Mantis
Flora Martin
Coxrap
Bexington
Julia Coitrady
Poster's
Main Street
N. L. de Lawry
Patents
Washington, D
Sim White
Brown
Rasxix Furst
P. H. Winston
Broad Street
J.C. Buxros
J. H. Warrell
Salem Tron
T. Warxixe
Winston, N. C
Merchants’ Hotel
J. Willis
Prop'r
Waynesville
N. C
Oldham Publishing House
Wixsros
Taylor
Daxbury
Piedmont Springs
Springs
Sancers
Purcell House
Norfolk
B. R. Brown & Co
Orth Carolina
William A User
Thos. B. Tash
William A. Lemly
Kiam A. Lesh
I. G. Lash
I.G. Lash
Avi
George F. Nson
George Bond
J. E Biting
IE. Wilson
Satei
Inmtasion
Sinan
Sail Court
oTice
Lyceee
Said
Enti
Heagh
Wells
Jockey Club
Ielio
Trope
Musk
Ylang Ylang
Stephanotis
Frangipanna Patehouly
G. P. Contis
Scramton, Fl
Mullen
W. N. Mullen
G. Rockingham
W. N. Aest
Aim
T. W Guthrie
Union Co
An. Mullen
Cuanporre
WN. Mullen
Smaith & Brown
W.N. Mullen
Louisiana State Lottery Co
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Comminsoners
A. D
Academy OF Music
Do Aw
New Orleana
New York Exchange
Badenis
New
Means
A. Daupren
Deventh of
Washinston
D.C
Atin P.O. Méney
Omlean National Bank
Orleans
Louisiana
VA Aay Bank
New Me
Beate Sational Bank
Sonar Bank
Orlenen
W. L. Franklin & Co’s
Bargain House
Dr. Warner
Holland
Judd
Elo
E. A. Perkin
Marathon
N. Y
W.L. Franklin & Co’s
Bitting
On, IW
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