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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1881
Page
1
The Wilmington Post outlines advertising charges: fifty cents per line for the first insertion and twenty five cents per line for each additional insertion. Subscription price to the Wire is two dollars per year, or one hundred dollars per year?
A long, critical letter discusses voting restrictions and cylinder style ballots in Massachusetts, condemning disenfranchisement of poor white voters and referencing figures in Wilmington politics. It also reports local marriages, political quarrels, and notes on schools and a new railroad bid affecting Wilmington.
Subscriptions and addresses urged for the Post with W E N as agent. Local items report interments, shipping news, Christmas notices, business mentions, and community sympathy. General comments praise civic figures, store openings, and public notices amid holiday reflections.
An aid event titled Fair and Festival TN Aid of Memple will be left at City Hall for three nights beginning with an announced start date. The purpose is to support community activities and festival preparation through temporary display and distribution at the municipal building.
An old trade card advertises All Orders promptly attended to at a coffin shop on Pinners between Front and Second. It stresses finest caskets best work and liberal terms to attract customers.
J C Scott boot and shoe maker offers best workmen and shortest notice repairs. Located on Princess Street between Market and Princes streets with a sectionery stand attached. Call for service and cash terms.
Fragmentary notice mentions polio related matters and a call to act early to secure orders and avoid rush. Names and full details unreadable. key terms include on hand items and guarantees. Active sense of a meeting or sale tied to a river or local area, with missing specifics.
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