20 Jun 1888
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1888
Page
1
An item notes a speech described as lively and well tempered revealing the speaker’s views in a vivid public setting. The brief mentions an old Roman figure as the focus of the discourse and contrasts it with expectations of sprightliness and civility in delivery.
The Ohio delegation returning from St Louis in Columbus heard Judge Thurman speak at his residence. He discussed the nomination, praised Grover Cleveland, and urged party unity while noting the assembling support for the Democratic ticket. Separately, reports from Edgecombe to Hyde counties describe severe cotton losses from rains hail and floods, with farmers hopeful for future prosperity and broad Democratic support.
A collection of short items and witticisms touching on mills in Jacksonville silk factory plans a five mile Pullman belt railroad in Chicago novel titles youth labor and aging ink on printing history and Memphis clay potteries. It lists factory estimates and labor figures including 389 unions with 17850 members and 12000 children under 14 in Massachusetts.
A Norfolk informant from Edenton North Carolina says Edenton claims Hon. Allen G. Thurman as a vice presidential nominee after Cleveland’s nomination. Telegram from Mayor Hathoway of Edenton to Thurman celebrates the nomination and his mother Mary Granberry Allen’s marriage record is cited.
Ashville mayor earns 1750 a year and Randolph county hosts 64 post offices the state leads in post offices. Goldsboro ice factory and Wadesboro silk mill reported productive. Corn meal demand at High Point 70 cents per bushel. Normal School opens at Sparta on the 36th. Fraudulent silver dollar circulating suspected. Eight hundred thirty Farm Alliances organized statewide. Oxford stores lit by over seventy electric lights. Nash county GOP conventions set. Wilson Nash Franklin races in Nashville. A & N C railroad Sunday service planned to ease Goldsboro delays. 200 at Mann Arrington gold mine with rich yields. workers share tailings profits. Fayetteville mourns E T McKethan. Lincoln County factions pledge support for G D Fowle. Short cut extension from Fayetteville toward Florence eyed. Durham Tobacco Exposition Assoc formed. plans for fall show and fair. Winston pursuing a grand Tobacco Exposition. Dr Buils Cough Syrup marketed. Salvation Oil claimed to cure tic douloureux.
A fragment recalls a speaker thanking attendees at a St. Louis convention for supporting the president, ending with praise and a farewell amid applause.
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