Dust to mud and courts and crops in 1881 era
Local notes report court sessions in Davie and Yadkin counties, cider mills active, and abundance of chinquapins. Market prices show dusters at 1 to 1.25 dollars. meat market opens on Liberty street. Crops in eastern state good, and tobacco prices firm. Schools reopen with full attendance. 150 scholars at Salem Female Academy. Community events include protracted meetings, baptisms, picnics, and a Masonic-style display. Multiple ads note tinware, gun-smith shop plans, and a new electric-lit factory.
Local notices and ads mix in Wilkes county era items
A cluttered column notes a lawyer in a brick office near First National Bank, a farmer seeking foreman work, army worms damaging crops in Wilkes county, a Moravian church bell toll for Garfield, and a biographical plea for selling or buying Winston businesses. Mentions G L Beck’s market trip, state fair prep, twin towns industry displays, meadow grasses for vase ornaments, revenue office mourning for Garfield, rains lifting crop prospects, a Kunkel night show, lamp care, Dr Ball cough syrup, a fire destroying Joel Snider’s dwelling with insurance loss, Adjutant General Yorktown rations, Simmons Liver Regulator, George Hege 50th wedding anniversary, premiums for state fair crops, and Jefferson District church growth.
Salem residents praised for charitable cloth gift to orphans
In Salem North Carolina H Fries of Salem sent cloth for poor children to Mr Mills for the Asylum. The piece notes local factory activity with stamps receipts near 54000 in the Sun District and highlights Salem Female Academy offerings including drawing and decorative needlework. It mentions the Baptist State Convention, Kankel Nightingale Minstrels at Brown's Opera House, and ticket details.
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H. Fries
Salem
N. C
Mr. Mills
North Carolina
Ries
Oxford
Our Lady
Salem Female Academy
Death of Dr. J. H. Shelton in Davidson county
The death of Dr. J. H. Shelton at his Davidson county home Sunday caused widespread community sorrow. Though not a Winston resident, he planned to move here, and his loss is felt deeply as a prominent citizen. Funeral services were led by Moravian and Presbyterian ministers Randthaler and Johnson, with a large congregation. The piece ends with an advertisement for Farmer Girl Cooking Stoves and local jurors listed for the Greensboro U.S. Court term, plus notes on wheat fertilizers and Star Brand manure.
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J. H. Shelton
Davidson County
Winston
S, Randthaler
Johnson
Presbyterian, Church
N. C
Hinstaw Buos
G. H. Rights
Ashe County
Elias Fulp
New York
University of the City of New
J. D. Hollister
Annie
O. Scotten
Detroit
Michigan
Messrs
Williamson & Smith
H. P. Bahnson
Philadelphia
Willie Haskins
Robbie Sheppard
B . Sheppard
J. W. Foy and Son
Wilmington
Capple Henry
Mississippi
Lena Ti
Eva Hendren
Cary
Marrable
Capt. Mast
Watauga
Fire destroys most Snider buildings at Dalton Institute
A September 15 blaze at Dalton Institute in Suxrrar consumed all Joel E. Snider’s buildings except barns. The origin is uncertain, likely from a wash-pot used under a shed. wind carried embers to combustibles. Seven Dalton Institute students helped save bedding and clothing. losses exceed $2,000 with no insurance. Community sympathy urged.
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Dalton Institute
Joel E. Snider
Mr. Snider
Infant Avovpuus dies at ten months in Smith home
Infant Avovpuus, son of O. C. and Mary C. Smith, died on Tuesday September 13 at ten months. The brief notice speaks of passing to a brighter world beyond life and offers a poetic reflection on death and Heaven.
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Avovpuus
O. C
Mary C. Smith
Bet Gong
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A J Brown
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