Year s Business and Trade Review of 1887 Highlights
G. Dun & Co. reports an enormous 1887 business year with 12 724 miles of rail completed bringing U S mileage to 150 700. Iron output falls while cotton and woolen industries vary. failures and liabilities rise. Western freight rates fall and investment abroad increases. The narrative blends grim wages anxieties with cautious optimism for 1888 amid tariff tensions and market reactions. The piece weaves markets and domestic life with a dramatic quoted confession about onion supper impacts.
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L G. Dun & Co
Iberto
United States
Alabama
Tennessee
R. G. Dun & Co
Dominion of
Canaria
The Estrangement at the Mansion Door
A distraught man waits at a noble residence door seeking his beloved. A cold reception follows as she rejects him with the stark line that she can never love him again, leaving the heartbroken figure to grapple with blame and despair.
Resignation Accepted from Dr. L. G. Broughton in Wilson County
At the Wilson County Medical Society meeting on the first Monday in November Dr. L. G. Broughton resigned from the society and a committee drafted resolutions praising his labors. The notice commends his zeal and professional conduct and recommends him to the people of Reidsville as a trustworthy physician.
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Wilson County Medical Society
L. G. Broughton
Reidsville
The language of flowersForget-me-nots and pansies in spring
A reflection on how forget-me-nots and pansies symbolize memory and sentiment. The article recalls pansies’ purple and gold velvet petals and delicate scent, and recounts the German legend of the blue forget me not where a bride asks to be loved forever as her fiancé drowns.
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Conservatory
Danube
The Only Way Through Sorrow
The author argues true healing comes by enduring grief rather than avoiding it. By moving through affliction with humility and faith, one gradually finds the sea of misery parted and a path to safe arrival on the opposite shore.
Awfully Stupid Exchange Between Two Sweet Girls
A portion of dialogue depicts two young women discussing a handsome stranger who visits regularly. One says he is tiresome and does nothing but sit on the sofa and talk for the entire evening.
Mixed Notes on Wit Wealth and War in 19th Century Snippets
A collage of quips and brief items spans humor, politics, and society. Mentions include John Sherman Tariff talk, the Pope, Gladstone critiques, and Major General Trimble’s death, with observations on industry, virtue, and culture across the United States and Europe.
Asheville Church Nears Completion and State Notices
State items report Second Baptist Church Asheville nearing completion, Tarboro Southerner age 65, Cumberland jail Fayetteville empty, Wake Forest man in New York improving, and debates over Baptist conventions union. Post Asheville robbed of 800, Wilmington custom house protests, mint assay office Charlotte figures, and wages strike costs.
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Second Baptist Church
Asheville
Tarboro Southerner
Cumberland County
Fayetteville
W.G. Simmons
Wake Forest
New York
Mint
Charlotte
Kimball
Massachusetts
National Trade Assembly of Knights of Labor
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John Sherman
Italy
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Frances C. Fisher
Christian Reed
James N. Tiernan
Clyde Syndicate
New Orleans
Boston
Europe
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Virginia
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Florida
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O. O. Howard
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Milton
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Macauleys
Petersburg
Academy of Music
Petersburg Musical Association
State News
Deep Blue Sea
Grand Old Mountains
An Heer
Guar
Union of the
Two Conventions of Baptists
Wilmington
Custom House
Matthews
Hamilton and
Tarboro
J. van Lindley
Guilford County
W. R. Cox
Raleigh
Jim Blane
Blaine
Federal Commissioner of Labor
Carroll D. Wright
Hearst
California
J. H. Mills
First Church On the Baptist Orphanage
Raleigh News-Observer
Supreme Court
Stillwell
Truelove
John O. Leach
Chatham County
George T. Leach
M. T.and
G. E. Leach
Louisburg Times
Rutherford Perry
Louis Bartholomew
Trinity College
Dr. Bull
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