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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1892
Page
4
The Chronicle notes a max temperature of 63 and a min of 36 with no rainfall. Local Raleigh forecast calls for fair weather and warmer conditions with rain probable Friday. North Carolina outlook shows showers and cooler conditions in the west, fair in the east with southerly winds.
The issue chronicles Raleigh area updates including Oakwood cemetery work, Soldiers' Home grounds enhancements, street railway upgrades on North Blount street, and Brookside park improvement planned for Easter. It notes a rise in fruit reports, Easter attire expectations, and varied civic activities from the W C T U meeting to agricultural seizures at Mt Olive. It also reports on new depot preparations, trolley car arrangements, theatre plans, and local arrivals at the Yarboro. It closes with notices about churches, telegraph offices, and World’s Fair preparations for North Carolina.
Rev W S Plummer Bryan preached the third University Y M C A Sunday sermon in Gerrard hall. Miss Annie Pegram Oates wed Mr Harry S Bryan at Charlotte by Rev Dr Reed. Rev H W Battle preached his first sermon in Petersburg to a large mixed denomination audience. William Ritchie, merchant, died at Gladstone Cabarrus county after illness and a wet trip home. Ashford’s pulverized kindling wood machine touted. sawdust to heat 250 degrees, producing fuel worth far more than cost. patents held by Ashford Russ Gehrmann. rights for sale. specimens at office.
The daily cotton circular notes a day of surprises as Liverpool cables turn bearish for a strike and a better outlook for Manchester trade. New York opened higher, held gains to about eight points, with August futures reaching 7.24 before a slight retreat. Spot markets show dull quotes with middling uplands at 71 3/4 pence, and total futures transactions around 145,000 bags. Receipts across Memphis, St Louis, and Augusta run 487 bales versus last year, while Thursday’s New Orleans delivery is forecast at 2,000 bales. Liverpool spot remains steady with fair demand.
Special notices solicit an office boy at Curoy-icle office and invite readers to discover why Swindell's dress goods trade has doubled and tripled this spring. The answer lies in low prices and high style as promoted by D. T. Swindell.
A notice highlights a new stock of candies at McGee's drug store and invites ladies to view Madame Besson's spring millinery for women, misses, and children with prices to suit. A testimonial praises Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh relief from Mrs. M. A. Jackson of Portsmouth.
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