dr. cheatham should run the asylum, strike in raleigh, female high school

1889-09-01 - Henderson Gold Leaf

  • Female High School opens; principal: Mrs. M. Parham
  • H. T. Watkins, trustee, selling a farm at auction
  • Oscar Outlaw, “very polite and artistic” proprietor of the shaving saloon above the Bank
  • The tallest man we know lives in Stokes County
  • Gov. will reward $100 each for the capture of Caudle & Newby
  • Black workers in Raleigh went on strike for better pay ($1/day) and a 10-hour work day
  • Municipalities should be providing clean drinking water to all!
  • Dr. Cheatham ought to be appointed superintendent of the state lunatic asylum
  • The NC College of Ag & Mech. Arts – apply now! Must be at least 14, of good moral character, etc.
  • Patent medicine ads: “IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? Not with dyspepsia!”