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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1893
Page
4
Indications for North Carolina show fair conditions with light coastal rain and westerly winds. Raleigh area forecast calls for fair skies and cooler temperatures, with a high near 66 and a low around 46 and no rainfall recorded.
Democratic primaries schedule and farm planting notes. Baseball team announces new uniform and a May 4 game. Clerk's Female Minstrel show at Metropolitan Hall praised. Masons plan meeting at 8 pm. Contractor Mr. Jacob Allen has made an assignment in Richmond with liabilities $4700. Caraleigh revival corrections. Dughi cafe features and ice creams. Dr. Landrum preaches at First Baptist with conversions noted. Rescue Circle tea planned at mission rooms with proceeds to aid charitable work. Letter from Trev L T Christmas thanks Raleigh supporters including Shaw University and First Baptist church. Sergeant Joseph Warwick dies in Chicago mortar accident. Raleigh ties noted.
Governor Carr returns to the city today as various visitors arrive from Charlotte Greenboro Baltimore and Norfolk. The Batchelor funeral is moved to Warrenton with pallbearers named and Rev Pittinger officiating. Sam Jones preaches in Kentucky drawing 2500 professions and liquor restrictions. Local ads note sales on blue lawns and produce shipments with Peas and fruit at Dughi's.
J C S Timberlake, famed hotel manager, joins Helapple at the Columbia Hotel Chicago to welcome Southern guests for the World’s Fair. The note urges Southerners to contact Timberlake at the Columbia and promises a first class table, homey atmosphere, and reasonable rates.
Southern flour dull but steady with various price ranges. Wheat futures steady to active with No 2 red at 76 77 in May. Lard pork and coffee show firm to weak moves, spot sugar active, cotton futures firm with mixed regional quotes across Galveston Norfolk and New Orleans.
The Cotton Market notes a 700 bale sale at 1 16 decline in Liverpool with weak futures and a 6 to 7 point daily drop. US futures opened 17 points down, nearly recovered to finish 13 points under yesterday, as Liverpool hints Manchester will buy at current prices despite US anxiety.
A market overview notes favorable crop prospects with potential for normal cotton supply if current conditions persist. Texas reports cold nights harming young cotton and seed scarcity hindering replanting. Wheat prices steady to firm amid west cold, storms, and favorable overseas signals. corn and provisions also advised for purchase.
Advertises sales agents to promote plating services for metal goods including tableware and jewelry. Claims no experience needed, earnings from five to twenty five dollars daily, portable operations from house to house, and instant plating results. Firms name Queen City Silver Nickel Plating Co., East St. Louis.
Desler of Mereign North Carolina advertises White and Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines for wholesale and retail. Also repairs old machines and supplies needles and parts by mail, with prices on request. Sells farm implements engines boilers mowers tea and binders. Includes horse rake and dealer W A Wood. Write for price.
Fragmentary notice lists Dennison's complete outfit of tissue paper for making paper flowers and decorative articles, plus nursery outfits of tissue paper for paper dolls. Mentions several place names and individuals in a scattered trade listing.
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