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Olde Kinston Gazette: The historic Parrott Family of Kinston, Part 1
The Parrott family came to what is now Lenoir County as farmers from England.
OLDE KINSTON GAZETTE ARCHIVES: Suicide in Kinston; Former mayor takes his own life
An Olde Kinston Gazette Reprint: Suicide in Kinston; Former mayor takes his own life former mayor to be buried today at three o’clock.
Mayor’s unprecedented attempt to clean up Sugar Hill “Vice District” failed
Kinston’s population was only 10,000 in 1921 when newly elected Mayor Mills Marshall Happer declared in his inaugural speech that he intended to keep “obnoxious characters” off the streets, crack down on “certain institutions,” and see that all businesses in Kinston were closed on Sunday to officially recognize Sunday as “a day of church going and religious observance.”
Olde Kinston Gazette: Kinston’s special place In pro baseball history
Neuse News is featuring reprinted stories from the Olde Kinston Gazette.
Neuse News is featuring reprinted stories from the Olde Kinston Gazette.