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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1893
Page
3
A scrambled column includes a French tale of a Parisusurer and a Belgian duke’s ruse over a million francs, a fragmentary lyric about a meadow minstrel, and notices about Gen. Lee’s surrender anniversary and spring health remedies. The piece cites the Prince de and Duke of Y. and ends with promotion of Dr. King's New Discovery and Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
The Jefferson Davis funeral train will arrive in Richmond on May 30 and proceed to Hollywood Cemetery for interment. Committees for the ceremonies include Gen Gordon as chief marshal and Gov McKinney as invitation chair. Officials plan Capitol draping and an arrival guard by Lee and Pickett Camps, with veterans’ organizations urged to notify the secretary.
The remedy Electric Bitters is described as highly popular and trustworthy with users praising its effects. It is claimed to cure liver and kidney diseases, pimples, boils, salt rheum, and other blood issues, drive malaria from the system, and treat headaches, constipation, and indigestion. Price is 5 cents and 100 dollars per bottle at John Y. Mac Rae's Drugstore.
Twenty fine business lots along Parrish Street near Church and Hoxboro streets with one 24 by 87 foot lot on Church near Main. Two houses and lots on Roxboro Street each about half an acre. Two East Main Street lots about one to three acres each, one with a house. Twenty eight eastern suburb lots suitable for tenant houses. A hundred acre farm three miles from Durham with vineyard orchard and good water.
Several lots with a three story brick building in good repair near Five Points and Green Street are offered for sale. Additional lots front Green street near the D N K depot and another in western Durham near the cemetery include 1.5 acres and a two room house. Sale starts 10 am and runs until the next day. terms to be announced with at least one third due on purchases. Trustees urge investors to consider Durham’s improving prospects and provide contact for information.
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