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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1881
Page
1
The piece surveys a Wilmington Post item on advertising rates, Republican committee plans, and a Hendersonville report about Col. O H W Blocker. It then shifts to Guiteau’s jail incident, North American Review previews, and multiple Garfield presidential bulletins noting improving health and stomach tolerance with enema treatments and koumiss meals.
Local notices report subscribers missing regular deliveries and direct readers to Mr. W. E. Sellers. Alterations at Purcell House and a new corner store nearing completion accompany civic notes on a repaired Smith's Creek bridge and a near finished Fifth Street M. E. Church parsonage.
A report lists an accident at Bladenboro injuring J F Hester and notes Wilmington Light Infantry elections with Geo W Doyle to junior second lieutenant and N F Thorpeon as secretary treasurer. It covers Yorktown Centennial plans, a ship collision between Frithjof and Ottar with property damage, Knights of Honor meeting dates, and insurance statistics for six months ending June 30 1651 including property values and losses in Wilmington.
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