Winds of autumn and town growth in Wilson and Alamance
A lengthy column blends autumn musings on seasons with Wilson life and business progress. It praises Wilson institutions and local journalism, notes Dr Charlie Moore and Edger Hart promotions, and lauds the state of Alamance manufacturing with Holt family mills, Saxapahaw rivers, and a 400 horse power engine recognized at the New Orleans World’s Fair.
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Yeeman
Dick Battle
News-Observer
Alamance
Cape Fear
Haw
Saxapahaw
Holt
Altamahaw
Ossipee
Glencoe
Carolina
Granite
Elmira
E. M. Holt Plaid Mills
Aurora
Oneida
Belmont
Winona
Swepson Manufacturing Co
Clover Orchard
Sydney Mills
Great Fal's Manufacturing Co
New Orleans
Notable Visitors Fill Wilson Town as Citizens Return and Arrive
A parade of visitors arrives in Wilson and nearby towns. Miss Callie Qualis returns from Kinston while Miss Sallie Price visits from Toisnot. Young men and women from Farmville Edgecombe and Pict are noted for charm culture and virtue. Rev Dr Husham visits bringing a wholesome benediction to the community.
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Callie Qualis
Kinston
Sallie Price
Toisnot
Mar
Joan Barrett
Pict
Wilson
Tom Dixon
Farmville
Fannie McDonald
Edgecombe
Fannie Waters
Dr. Husham
Goldsboro Fair Promises Largest Event in Region
Present indications show the Goldsboro Fair on October 26 to 28 will be the most brilliant in the city. The display will be large and varied with thousands expected to attend to see home products and manufacture. Racing is expected to be spirited with several fine horses entered. Tickets from Wilson to Goldsboro and back include fair grounds admission for 1.20, aiming for a crowd around ten thousand. The community is praised as hospitable and generous, making visitors feel at home.
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Wilson
Goldsboro
Notorious thief Taut Grimes arrested near Suffolk
A telegram from Suffolk Sheriff to Sheriff Crowell states that Taut Grimes, a county resident described as a notorious thief, house-breaker and highwayman, was arrested near Suffolk and jailed. The note praises his apprehension and hopes for due punishment for numerous crimes.
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Suffolk
Crowell
Taut Grimes
Farewell Sermon and Town Financials in Wilson
The Reverend J. J. ner delivered a farewell sermon to the Disciples etich in Wilson praising the community and hospitality. The issue includes a humorous anecdote about a “five dollar Mr. William” and a town financial statement by the auditing committee noting vouchers destroyed and cash overpayments, with Treasurer C. A. Young reporting $287.54 paid over and $212.46 overpaid.
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J. J. Ner
Etich
Wilson
Mittie Herring
T. J. Haprey
E. M. Napat
Jas.e. Craix
Biount
C. A. Young
Treas
Nighttime flirtation on Green Street with near kiss attempt
In a parlor on Green Street on a Monday night a man tried to coax a woman onto the porch for a kiss. She refused citing rheumatism fear, he pressed about the comet, she escaped, and a Mr Henry Blount allegedly observed the scene while others kept mum.
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Green Street
Henry Blount
Johnny’s Verse About a Fateful Blow
A comic verse by Johnny recounts a dramatic romantic misfire with stark cartoon violence. He describes placing her head on his chest and dreaming of Heaven, then a violent interruption as her father shoots him, sending him airborne and leaving his companion swooning.
Pay day delay sparks a quarrel in a local scene
A creditor taunts a debtor with a sharp exchange about payment. An advertisement then promotes Woodford's Sanitary Lotion claiming cures for itch mange and scratches in 30 minutes, sold by E. M. Nadal, Druggist, Wilson, es & novi ly.
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Woodford
E. M. Nadal
Wilson, Es & Novi Ly
For Sale Farm at Milliardston with Fertile Soil
Farm at Milliardston offered for sale noted for good goat water healthfulness and fertile soil. Land well suited to cotton and tobacco cultivation with much of it suitable for farming.
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Tiis
Milliardston
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