13 Oct 1878
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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1878
Page
1
The Wilmington Post reports on political alignment with William P. Canaday for Congress and editorials favoring state banks and greenbacks. It covers local events including fires, theft, weather, and road to Raleigh fair preparations, plus notable updates on residents and the Lotus Pleasure Club.
The Republican Committee requests the people to vote next Tuesday in November for William P. Canaday for Congress. The notice emphasizes supporting Canaday as the GOP candidate.
A compilation of court dockets shows indictments and charges including embezzlement larceny and selling unwholesome provisions. Several cases are continued discharged or sent to higher courts while others result in guilty verdicts two-year and five-year sentences and peace bonds. Committee actions in Raleigh discuss city lighting bids and clerk appointments as well as a Sunday School convention agenda for Raleigh with travel subsidies.
The piece notes Republican gains in Ohio and North Carolina while reporting a serious incident at the Wilmington Compress and Warehouse Co. a colored stevedore, Russ, was struck by a falling bale of cotton but is recovering. It lists Republican papers and urges Red Shirts support, reflecting tense postwar politics and violence.
A bankruptcy petition filed in the District Court of the United States for the Cape Fear region names a defendant with two bankruptcies pending. The notice sets a sale of foreign estate assets and a hearing date at 9:00 AM in the bankruptcy court. Judge J. B. Hill presides.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate real estate assets and defendants Emma O Gillican Charles Gi er and nel P cnieorene Ses tied to a land sale in Savannah Harbor Georgia dated the eleventh day of mes hale.
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