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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1879
Page
4
The column compiles inmate counts and sentences from local jails, weekly port trade tallies with cotton, spirits, rosin and turpentine exports and receipts, plus memorial flower requests and a string of magistrates court items. Names include Laura Wood and Laura Bloom, with multiple arrests and fines recorded.
The Browns Ridge Blade notes B W Sisk cut a road to Table Rock and will carry formals to the top this summer, twelve miles from Morganton. John Rutherford of Burke is 90 and in fair health. Corn is worth 75 cents in Morganton and wheat at 1.25. Captain John A Ramsay elected Salisbury mayor defeating Kerr Ceage by two votes. Iredell county fenced under the fence law. Wilmington notices list lodges and social groups with meeting nights. Solargraph Watch advertised for 1.00 with a medal claim and Federal school endorsements. Closing exercises at Greensboro Female College set for May 28–29 with speeches. Rev Dr Hepburn delivering the address. William K Upchurch of Raleigh dies. Simonton Female College to hold closing exercises May 30 with address by Rev. Dr. Hepburn. A U S habeas corpus case set for Raleigh term.
A partial OCR snippet shows grading terms such as Ordinary Good Ordinary, Low Middling and Middling with a reference to 5S and a faint date line reading 12, 194. The readable items indicate a historic grade scale or crop quality chart likely tied to an Arkansas or Southern state agricultural record.
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