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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1881
Page
1
A lengthy travelogue recounts a Beaufort and Atlantic coast excursion led by Captain Ben and companions. They explore forts, a lighthouse, a revenue cutter, beaches, and a moonlit hotel scene, ending with a Raleigh city tour and a return train journey.
A Baptist preacher reports a remarkable spring on Greasy Creek fifteen miles east of here flowing from a 400 foot mountain, 100 feet from the top, at about 40 gallons per minute. The cider colored water allegedly intoxicates visitors, causing ecstatic hugging and kissing across ages, with crowds drinking and laughing near the Millennium Spring name.
A party of eleven, nine young ladies and two gentlemen from Winston, travelled to Beaufort on August 5th. They viewed Bogue Sound and Fort Macon, sailed by night to Morehead City, then Beaufort on the Lucia captained by Ives with Ben and Joe steering. The trip featured moonlit seas, marshes, bird shoals, and a sand fiddler crab on the beach.
A remarkable event described from Lebanon Lines unfolds in a city livery stable where a small spider builds a long web from a desk to the floor and gradually lifts a young mouse until the creature dies eight hours later. Spectators report the feat drew hundreds to witness this extraordinary display.
Farmers face a severe forage shortage due to prolonged brouth causing winter fodder scarcity. Proposals to slow corn and peas are flawed as they are summer crops. sowing turnips and rye offers winter and early spring feed. Dr Tanner’s death note hints rising provisions and price pressures.
A garbled antique list presents folk remedies for eye sores earache and burns. It notes tea leaf poultice for eyelids and safetida in water for earache, plus covering burns to exclude air with simple materials. It mentions water preservation tips and a milk remedy for upset stomach.
The 1831 law requires sheriffs or deputies to attend at county towns during September and November to collect taxes and to visit one or more places in each township in October. Fifteen days' notice must be given by advertisement at public places and in the county newspaper if published. The collector may levy and sell after November 1 but not before.
A fragmented allegory on life as a card game. Wilkins uses cribbage declaimers and gaming terms to depict a man’s struggles with family, morality, and fate. The piece weaves religious imagery and slang to suggest life’s bets, losses, and ultimate reckoning.
A Wilmington Star transcription reports a city gentleman’s claim of a dropsy cure. Mix one quart sweet cider with a quarter ounce saltpeter and horse tadinh and parsley root for strong flavor. Take two good draughts three hours after eating. He asserts repeated proof of success.
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