Mountain Masons Tour to Asheville and Hickory
A party representing Mt Lebanon Chapter and Commandery travels from Selma to Asheville and Hickory for a Grand Chapter gathering. The group, welcomed by Sir Knights, stays at Battery Park Hotel and attends a banquet at Farmers Warehouse, with excursions to Balsam Summit and Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Lebanon
Selma
Oneen
B.F. Briggs F.moyer
D. Bullock
S. C. Wells
Geo. W. Blount
Little Sue
Greensboro
Benbow House
Asheville
Battery Park
Grand Chapter
Masonic Hall
F. M. Moye
M. E
M. M. Katts
Wilmington
B. F. Briges
Bullock
Second Wall
Farmers Ware House
H. A. Gudger
Eugene S. Martin
Mountain City
Grand Commandery
Balsam Summitt
Murphey
Carolina
Balsam Mountains
Hayward White Salpur
A. J. Rutress
Concert at Saratoga closes Miss Elia Moore school
The annual concert at the close of Miss Elia S Moore's school on Thursday June 12 drew a large audience of friends patrons and pupils. The program opened with Praise the Lord and included an opening address by Miss Mattie J Howard Salutary by Joseph Craft and a piece No Time Like the Present by Willie Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elia S. Moore
Rp. M
Elias Moore
Mattie J. Howard
Joseph Craft
Willie Shelton
Mixed News Notes and Oddities of the Day
A collage of brief items covers industrial activity in the iron and wool trades, coal mining, and new mills. royal visits and wealth claims. politics, unions, and public figures. entertainment, verse items, and schoolyard quips. Notable mentions include Prince Bismarck’s England visit, Hayes’s fortune, and a San Antonio hotel project alongside regional labor shifts and census rebuffs in New York.
Hearts broken by census taker after request about engagement
A census enumerator thanks a widow for courteous answers then asks if she is engaged. She confirms, he sighs, and leaves in the cold, his faith in humanity intact yet his heart broken. The item rounds through various 19th century curiosities and notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lafcadio Hearn
Louisiana
Greece
Senator Ingalls
Atchison, Kan
Duchess of
Aosta
Italy
Europe
First agricultural and mechanical college fair at Raleigh
June 18 marks the first commercial exposition of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College in Raleigh. The report notes faculty appointments, local rail traffic plans, a lynching case fatalities update, and quirky local anecdotes from Chatham to Wayne counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmunds
Vermont
Boston
Paris
Tcheng-Ki-Tong
France
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Raleigh
Pete
Ses Board
Moore County
Carthage
Bob Berrier
Lexington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Heville
Hiostpiality
Grand Chapter of
Tosal Arch Masons
J. Q. A. Barham
Winston
J. A. Carter
Hickory
Inn
Electric Light Plant
Peidmort Wagon Works
Hickory Manufacturing Co
W.e
Saratoga
Euphoni
Ously Elucidated
Steakholders— Butchers
Prince Bismarck
England
Hayes
Austria
Ceas
Mille
d’Albe
Eugenie
Emperor William
Germany
Philadelphia
Bismarck
North Dakota
Little Benny
George
Copenhagen
Denmark
Alan Arthur
Presiden Arthur
Chauncey M. Depew
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New Haven, Conn
United States
Pasco
Florida
McMillan
Michigan
Jones
Nevada
Joseph Moore
Oscar Mayo
Birdie Speight
Addie Ellis
Oscar Walston
Eddie Craft
Albert Walston
Maggie Owens
Mamie Moore
Florence Speight
Janie Dildar
Sallie Dil
Souo
Albert Skinner
Berdie Spreight
Kittie
Dime Museum
Jamie Dilday
South
San Antonio
Texas
Pittsburg
Francis Wilson
Sallie Dilday
Dirdie Speight
Martha Owens
Lula Speight
Ned
John R Dilday
Little Lottie
Everasting
Berdie Speight
Addie Elis
Spain
Times
New York
George Bancroft
Navy
President Polk
Shop Girls
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pennyslvania
Westinghouse
Prussia
T. C. Westall
Asheville Journal
R. G. Pearson
New York State
New York Evening Post
Thomas A. Edison
Inventor
Milan, Ohio
Maryland
Silva Porto
Victoria
Angeli
Mr. Stanley
Mobile
Ala
Chicago
Carlisle
K Street
McCalla
Newport
R. I
State News
Prom
Rand
Old Mountais
Ech
Mount A Choc Street
Sadek
George A. G
Ae Boro School
Ted Ook
T. J
Phil
Meroney
W. M. Shipp
Arth Chrotian Halland
S. H. Ruddleston
Hyde County
Emin Cey
Chardens
Chatham
Matthew Seymour
New Hope Township
Watt
Statesville
North Carolina
Curtis Hooks Brogden
Wayne
Goldsboro Township
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