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Creswell Letter (July 4, 1890)

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Excerpt from the Creswell Letter column (dated June 30, 1890)

  • Miss Della HICKS has returned home from school.
  • Mr. J.E. ANDREWS was in our midst last week, the guest of Mr. T.B. BATEMAN.
  • Miss Ella MIDGETT left for home on Saturday last leaving some well wishers behind for to return again soon.
  • Master Lorie WEBB is visiting relatives in Norfolk this week.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 4 July 1890, pg 3. Available online at digitalnc.org.

Beacon Flashes (May 30, 1890)

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Excerpts from the Beacon Flashes column:

  • Mr. W.W. WHITE and wife are visiting relatives in Richmond, Va.
  • Miss Ella MIDGETT left on Tuesday for Creswell, where she will remain several weeks as the guest of her sister, Mrs. H.T. HASSELL.
  • Dr. H. P. MURRAY has been attending the State Medical Convention at Oxford this week.  In his absence Dr. COX has had all the work to do.
  • Rev. J.F. TUTTLE, pastor of the Baptist church of this town will preach the annual sermon before the Chowan Baptist Female Institute, on Tuesday, June 3, at 8 o’clock.
  • Mr. Thos. S. ARMISTEAD, President of the Washington county Confederate Veterans’ Association was among the number that left on Wednesday to be present at the unveiling of the Lee monument in Richmond.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 30 May 1890, pg 3. Available online at digitalnc.org.