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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1879
Page
4
In a Wilmington Post Washington letter the writer vents about political疲 life and praises North Carolina for potential capital relocation while backing John Sherman for 1880. The letter also condemns a coffee adulteration scheme with chrome green pigment and reports a chemical analysis proving colored coffee.
The Dixie Agricultural and Mechanical Association at Wadesboro plans to lay the cornerstone of a new exhibition building on August 16 with expectations of a great time. The Alamance Gleaner denounces office seeking as spoils and warns that party pursuits harm merit and honesty. The Winston Leader recounts a Civil War Bible found with Alpha Cook's death journal and its emotional reunification. North Carolina inventor E R Sutton gains a patent for a cotton plow and grass shaver expected to boost state fairs. General Sherman’s letter to a New Orleans friend is cited, criticizing southern localism as a cause of woes.
The speaker urges Americans to value the entire nation rather than birthplace. He calls on new southern leaders to cultivate pride in the United States as a whole, not just local or state origins.
A historical ad describes pale countenance and varied symptoms including fever digestive and respiratory issues. It claims Dr McLane’s Vermifuge cures these ailments, stresses it contains no mercury, and notes genuine bottles bear C McLane and Flemina Bros signatures.
An advertisement stresses that Dr. C McLane's Liver Pills treat liver disorders bilious complaints dyspepsia and sick headaches and perfunctorily claims superior cathartic value. It warns buyers to insist on the genuine Fleming Bros Pittsburgh imprint and notes counterfeits spell the name differently.
Market notes show country packages at 26 cents per gallon with 300 casks sold. Tar and turpentine quoted firm with receipts and prices for Hard, Yellow Dip, Virgin and Strained grades. Monthly statement lists cotton, rosin, tar and crude turpentine stock and receipts at Wilmington Port as of August 2 1879, with vessels listed.
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