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Wilmington Post

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1869

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Health tonic touted as remedy in 1869 ad

An 1869 advertisement extols WWTATION BITTERS as a cure for health decline caused by excesses and poor nutrition. It claims to convert drinks to nourishment, regulate secretions, and eradicate humors while restoring nervous power and vigor. Sold by E Willis in Wilmington, North Carolina.

J. J. Lanted E. Willis Wilmington, N. C

Letters From the People Open New Smithville School

In Smithville on September 2, 1869 a letter argues for southern education led by General Howard and the Freedmen's Bureau. It notes a new schoolhouse funded by Senator E Legg and freedpeople, a 24 by 35 foot building with a 110-student capacity, and a dedication on the 28th.

Smithville Eprron General Howard Freedman’s Bureau Gen Howard New South South North American Tract Society E. Legg Freedmen’s Bureau Soloman C. Smith Anthony Davis

Printing and notices fill Fayetteville paper column

The issue announces new printing capabilities at the office, subscription incentives, and a flood of local notices. It notes church thefts, jail guards, a bank purchase, a cooperative store plan, and a regatta with detailed boat results on Wrightsville Sound.

Temperance Convention Considers Third Party in Chicago

The National Temperance Convention met in Chicago on Wednesday with about two hundred delegates. Hon James Black of Pennsylvania was elected president as the group debated forming a third party on temperance principles.

Chicago James Black Pennsylvania

Raleigh Insane Asylum Overcrowded and Local News Briefs

The Insane Asylum at Raleigh is described as chock full. Nor folk markets grape price ten cents a quart. Tobacco crops improve in Granville county after late rains. Ex Governor Worth’s health is feeble and he limits visits. Cumberland Agricultural Society met in Fay etteville. Goldsboro hosts a festival for Goldsboro Council F of T. Albert Johnson’s Raleigh home sold for $4 000 to R C Badger for Miss Harriet Johnson. Perseverance Council forms in Fayetteville with W D Smith as president and over 40 members. An affray in Washington NC left Capt Jones Farlow badly stabbed. Stewart jailed pending wound outcome. Goldsboro Messenger notes Govt fair ground buildings near town dismantled and materials shipped to Raleigh. Lenoir county prisoners examined in Newbern with Judge Thomas presiding and defense and state counsel listed. report ends before full testimony.

Diverse items from a late 19th century paper noted

A spread of short items includes political digs about Hon John Chinaman Chang and the New York Evening Hat, a St Louis man fined for threatening a pastor, a California gambler losing on teeth bets, a Grand Rapids hand organ shop fire scare, and the National Bank Note Company ending a plate printer strike. It also mentions a Fort Edward milliner inheriting $19000, Henry Wilson’s slavery history, Mississippi Democratic rifts, a Waterbury funeral order dispute, a solitary confinement anecdote, St Paul’s growth, a Princeton Illinois prescription, Kansas potato crop praise, Berkley Springs sale, Fall River checks found, a Boston note to the railroad treasurer, and ant battle reports near Concord New Hampshire.

St. Louis California Grand Rapids Mich Kansas Berkley Springs West Va Fall River Mass Southard Bryant Boston

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Worning THE Wilmington Post Official Organ Chas. S. Grady Church Intelligence St. Thomas St. James Episcopal St. Johns Cor Red Cross Sts D. P. Seaton Zion’s M. E Ellis Lavender Presbyterian Chapel 8Th and Chestnut W. T. Carr St. Pauls Chapel Fourth and Orange Episcopal 1St Baptist Corner Campbell and Fifth D. P M. M. Johnson P. M Ebenezer Church Baptist Orange Aun Jon Pe New Baptist J. If Dally Front Street Methodist Church Third Street Nun Church Messrs. Cronly & Morris Patrick Murphy Female Seminary Association Columbus County St. John's Messrs T. S. Lutterloh A. J. Jones Bank of Cumberland Messrs. P. A. Wiley & Co Fayetteville Henry N. Jones Jno Henry Brown James Richardson Thomas Rivera Geo. W. Betts Prince Larrington M. L. Guyton Hilton John Huggins Worp Murvan Life Insurance Co Messrs. DeRosset & Co Popular Life Company Willie B. Meares T. C. DeRosset N. C. Rent and Personal Estate Agency Lion H. Rogers Lion H Rooers Monruntes Van Nostran/s Selectic Engineering D. van Nostrand Murrayster New York Petersor Chas, J Chestnut Street Philadelphia Orange Judd & Co Broadway London Quarterly Review Malay Archipelago Keble House of Conde Royal Engineers Lucan Ireland Leonard Scott Publishing Company Fulton Street Appleton D. Appleton & Co Lexington Azet Washington College Messrs. Northrop & Cumming Durham Selah Sheriff Schenck Wrightsville Sound T. M. Gardner F. J. Lord R. H. Grant Teazer Burkhimer Vina C. C. Morse A. B. Burr U Retta F. A.L. Cassidey Motts Channel Masonboro Insane Asylum Raleigh Norfolk Granville Conty Worth Cumberland Agricultural Society Ladies of Goldsboro Goldsboro Council F Albert Johnson Hillsboro Street R.C. Badger Harriet Andrews Friends of Temperance Perseverance Council W. D. Smith Washington, N.C Jones Farrow Henry C. Stewart Stewart Fair Ground U. S Lenoir County Newbern Thomas C. C. Clark George Green Fred. C. Roberts A.G. Hibbard H.R. Bryan Messrs. W. J. Clarke R. F. Lehman John Chinaman Chang New York Evening Hat Texas Jacksboro Flea National Bank Note Company Fort Edward Orig Henry Wilson United States Congress Democratic Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee National Union Waterbury Conn St. Paul Minnesota Princeton Illinois Boston and Providence Railroad Columbia S. C Concord N. H London Portsmouth Baltimore W. & W. ER. R. Company L. Fremont Eng Sup City of Wilmington First National Bank James Dawson JAS. G. Burr & CO Geo. Z. French City of Wilmin Ang Jet ‘Davis Pittsboro N. C Joseph Ward Tuscaloosa Alabama Ward Polley Davis James Richard William Davis Kilngton N.C Rising Star Oxford Ala Bill
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