The February issue of Forsyth Woman Magazine is full of interesting features to help fill your February with red-lettered days. The Winston-Salem Time Traveler article for February is “Winston Builds a Library.” The library has a...
The Union Republican newspaper announced on this day in 1906 that the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company will discontinue its premium department as of January 1, 1907. At this time, the premium department was...
On this day in 1906, the new Zinzendorf Hotel opened on Main Street. After the original Zinzendorf Hotel burned in 1892, there was a hope that another hotel could be built. In 1905, some...
On this day in 1906, the Union Republican announced that the Brown-Rogers Company is planning to enlarge their hardware store by an addition, three stories high. The store will occupy space on Main Street. The...
John Edgar Frederick Bennett was born on this day in 1889, in Salem, to Charles Edward and Emma Axsom Bennett. He was one of at least 12 children; ten sons and two daughters are...
On this day in 1906, Thomas Edison came through and stopped in Winston-Salem. He was enroute to Lincoln county to investigate the cobalt mines. Edison was traveling with Charles Edison, John Miller, Frank Ott,...
On this date: January 14, 1906. The Winston-Salem Humane Society was organized at the YMCA. The officers were: J. M. Rogers, president; P. M. Colbert, secretary; and the Executive Committee was comprised of P....
