Intriguing Local and National Notes From North Carolina and Abroad
News notes from Ocala and Raleigh report Josiah Ackwell’s death, a Durham wealth case, and Chas Dabney’s appointment as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Shanghai and Hong Kong dispatches detail Alfred D Jones’s mania and a Rio de Janeiro consul’s insanity. Tar River Baptist Union plans its Tarboro gathering with a multi-session program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilities
Chas
Dabney
N. C
Paleig Vy
Secetary of Agriculture
New York
the Sun
Francisco Dispatch
Alfred D. Jones
Shanghai
Rio Janeiro
Jones
America
Raleigh
N.C
Hong Kong
Rio
James H. Mahar
Peru
Harmes
Local Business Changes and Holiday Notices
Hadley and Sons will become the new arm in the old stand of M. Rountree and Co. New shops open or expanding include Davis Sandhalme Brothers for mercantile goods and Kincair Co at Wells's corner selling dry goods notions and shoes. Various social notes mention marriages, visits, and Christmas plans. diplomatic anecdotes and a door keeper tale at the House add color, with Rev Munday’s Tarboro dedicatory sermon and Roanoke Baptist Union in Tarboro to start the week after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley & Sons
M. Rountree & Co
Trong
Rm Furnishings
Davis Sandhalme Brothers
Birnes & Davis
Kincair ¥ Co
Wells’s Corner
W.S. Harris
Roberts & Co
Will
Exnen
Josephus Daniels
Caldwell
Washington
Hion
W. H. Bower
W. W. Scott
Lenoir
Carlisle
Treasury Department
Mr. Scott
Scott
North Carolina
Thomas Carlisle
In Memoriam Jennie Dixon passes after illness in Elm City
Martha Grimmer of Elm City writes a memorial for Miss Jennie Dixon daughter of T G Dixon. Jennie, a devout M E Church member and devoted student, died December 1 after a twenty five day illness. The note expresses grief, admiration for her character, and hopes of reunion in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Dixon
T. G. Dixon
Jennie
M. E. Church
Martha Grimmer
Landmark Nash County land sale ordered by court
Stephen I Morris and G W Broon as commissioners announce the sale of part of the Even H Morgan home tract Nash County consisting of 1149 acres. The sale will occur at the Nashville Court House on the first Monday in January 1894 for cash. Parcels may be sold separately or as a whole to yield the highest price. November 25, 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Lamm
Court House
Wilson
Spring Hill
Wilson County
Daniel Ballance
Hane
S Davis
John E. Moore
Tolstot Township
Wilson Co
Tolsnot Township
Upper Town Creek
Haren
J. R. Mercer
J. W. Wilkins
George Armstrong
KG. Moore
Dee'd
F. Bruton
LCS
Superior Court
Nash County
D. R. W. Finch
Griffin Brd
G. B. Morgan
N. A. Morris
Nashville
Nash County Known As Part of the Even H. Morgan
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Ocala
Josiah Ackwell
Ling
Neaid
Griffin
Wilsor
Ivey
Conton
Uke
Durham
Hardougat
D. Jones
North Caro
Buck Jones
Roanoke Union
The
Tar River Baptist Association
Tarboro
G. W. Harman
E. E. Hilliard
J. H. Lambreth
W. Powell
the Baptist Orphans
Mills
Jak Mundy
House of Lords
Lord of Hosts
Ella Brodie
Whitakers
Louis B. Gregory
Rocky Mount
Ashe Hines
Bronson
Kate Wescott
Alabama
Olivia Saunders
Louis Brodie
Fayetteville Military School
Nan Branch
Eli Green
Anne Simpson
Warren Woodard
Ruffin Woodard
Horners
Nelia Gardner
B. H. Tyson
W. E. Palmer
Washington, D. C
C. W. Gold
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Lawrence Dortch
Aberdeen
Miss
George Green
Tom Hadley
Bronson’s
Jno. H. Thorpe
Dr. Munday
Tarboro Baptist Church
Roanoke
Elm City
C. J. Woolprince
Wortham
Texas
Ayer
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Briggs’ Hotel
Misses Erskine & Deans
Briggs Hotel
Ferrin
Eric Oxyge
Thos. M. Holt
H. Hallett & CO
Portland, Maine
Castoria
Dass
Sie
Thera Castoria
John Selby
Sanders
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Holladay
the Dingee & Coward Co
West Grove
Wes
Otice
UC. Ek. Moore
Nash Street
R. W. Joyner
Stephen I. Morris
G. W. Broon
Barnes and
Spring Streets
G. W. Blount
Brown
Scrofula
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