notes on the news

Sheriff Bullock of Granville (has a full jail tonight) Destructive Fire In Henderson at Walker’s prize house – Perry & Barnes prize houses too Messrs. Chavasse, Ward, & Macy (are these all department store bros?) excurstion to Portsmouth, DC, and Baltimore. Separate cars for white people Dr. Arch Cheatham of the Vance Guards Samuel Watkins and family are visiting Morehead with Lizzie Cheatham “An untrained brain is a mischievous brain.

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Warrenton: dry town no more Rude stuff about Germans (again? See 1874 9/10) Capt. N. H. Chavasse, veterinary surgeon Capt. Chavasse’s nephew Mr. E. L. Chavasse, barrister, is visiting from London Cyclone passed through Person County Henry Plummer Cheatham gets the local Republican nomination Undertaker called to the scene; kid wasn’t even dead Henderson Female College Closing Exercises: art exhibit with photos by Miss Lizzie Cheatham Miss Cora Van Tassel PANACEA WATER!

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Electric lights! Neat! “The terrors of house cleaning” Work started on Watkins’ brick stores on the old Watkins warehouse lot Charming soubrette Cora van Tassel at Burwell Hall Stores should close early in summer so the clerks can relax. (Yeah!) Too many loafers down at the train depot On the court docket… “f. and a.,” is that fornication & adultery? W.A. Cheatham and others, assault and battery, not guilty Sunday School writes in to eulogize Mrs.

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“After a long and tedious illness…” Obituary for Mrs. Martha Geneva (née Davis) Cheatham Also variously called Mrs. Dr. WT Cheatham and Geneva B. Cheatham Ad for Mourning Jewelry from EE Hight RB Henderson selling land TW and SJ Currin default on a loan; HT Watkins is trustee for the auction of their land Stallings and Crews’ store has an elegant line of new spring goods Soda fountain for sale by AC Zollicoffer Death of Mr.

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travel diarist reporting in from “The Golden Gate” Dang, the ice factory went to Greensboro and not here.

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Concert: the Alpine Choir and Tyrolese Company. It was great! Prof. Lowanda’s traveling exhibitions were not so great; specifically, What an offensive minstrel show! And not at all for the right reasons! (Instead, some bs about race-mixing) In need of roofing shingles? Call on J. B. Watkins For harnesses, saddles, whips, & c., E. Ashby Watkins

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Fire set by an Incendiary Another fire in Goldsboro Black man shot and killed while “resisting arrest” Circus in town Court docket: Estate administrators vs Cheatham et al., then something about bastardy This is a Republican paper and we support Hayes so far, but we won’t discriminate on account of politics

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Coming to town soon: state fair, revival meeting Kid accidentally shot himself in the eye; Dr. Cheatham saved the day & removed the ball Thos. G. Cheatham and George R. Davis, executors for James H. Davis Land sale – James T. Cheatham vs. William A. Cheatham over the estate of Mrs. A. F. Cheatham (11 lots in Henderson) not sure who these misc Cheathams are Travel diary from Special Correspondent, who is sometimes Dr.

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Rev. Meacham’s daughter bitten by rattlesnake Small boy “probably fatally” scalded by a pot of boiling noodles “Drumming without a drummer’s license?” is this a tobacco thing Samuel Watkins presides over some sort of Committee. Business, Tobacco, etc. Claret & scuppernong wines “Some excitement,” an explosion! Kid playing with some kind of ammunition when it blew up. “Bled profusely,” but he was one of those indestructable kids and was fine in like five minutes.

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Samuel Watkins bought Mr. Reavis’ horses Terrible peach crop this year Local pariah (white Republican) found dead H. T. Watkins is called upon to represent the accused in a criminal case HTW is also selling his mother’s house on William Street (adjoining the lots now occupied by T. W. Ford and Henry Hart) Mayor Owen Davis resigns Editorial on guns: “the revolver must go”

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