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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1891
Page
4
Trains crowded with Alliancemen and dentists heading to Morehead North Carolina for a large gathering. Both groups are heavily attended and upcoming chronicles will publish full proceedings.
The board of officers led by Commandant Erben investigating two New York Navy Yard clerks for duplicating pay accounts has been turned over to the District Attorney. The clerks are suspended and the board, not dismissed, will likely review other navy yards for possible irregularities.
In Alanthus Missouri last evening a quarrel over a pint of whiskey led to a free for all fight. Eleven shots were fired injuring Homer McCullough and badly cutting Robert Stanley. Frank Coffey was killed. Several other men joined the melee.
Stephen A. Ryan, a dry goods merchant jailed by Judge Gober for a half million dollar deficit, now out on bond pending Supreme Court hearing, proposes a compromise offering thirty cents on the dollar to all creditors.
A Bedford special reports farmer Jacob May eight miles from town died last night when a fit caused him to fall with a lantern, the flame igniting his house and all contents. The blaze consumed the dwelling and killed May.
The Boston dress reform club now has about two hundred members. They pledge to wear waterproof skirts, knee length, dark, with heavy boots and gaiters, a reefer or cloak, and tarpaulin hats on the first rainy Saturday in October as they parade the streets and shops seeking attention.
Acting Secretary Nettleton received a letter from F G Neidringhaus president of the St Louis Stamping Company urging skilled foreign labor for tin plate mills. He says less than ten percent of workers would be foreign and the needed help is patent machinery operators from abroad. The firm has advertised but cannot find workers in the home market. The Minneapolis team disbands after potential losses of about four thousand dollars ending the season with franchise reverting to the Western Association for ten days.
Four tramps were brought to Danvitty Virginia after locals mistook them for suspected safe blowers. A detective posing as a tramp gained their confidence, uncovering petty theft activity in the area before they were jailed.
An August excursion from Richmond organized by Hope for All Lodge and Grand United Order of Odd Fellows departs August 12 and returns August 14. Special cars for white and colored passengers, route via R and G Railroad, round trip $2.50. Details from Morris Watts and Warren A. Alston.
An old newspaper item touts Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint as a quick cure for corns bunions and warts while claiming it never cures dyspepsia and liver complaints. It also advertises Simmons Liver Regulator as another remedy.
A direct written offer of a 10 percent city work commission was made to an inspector in Bosvox, signaling a bold bribery attempt within the current administration. The unnamed contractor signed the request, and the corporation counsel plans to prosecute. Separate notice lists discounted rail fares for a missionary society event traveling to Asheville from several points.
A cautionary note advises travelers to Western North Carolina to acclimate before mountain visits. It urges gradual transition from home heat to high altitude air, recommends Cleveland Springs as a health rest, and warns that sudden temperature changes can dampen spirits and threaten health.
Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint is praised for treating corns bunions and warts effectively with strong results and easy application.
An advertisement touts Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint as effective for corns bunions and warts claiming noticeable relief and improvement for users.
Advertises that people suffer from sick headaches dyspepsia nervousness constipation piles and bilious attacks and claim a few doses of Simmons Liver Regulator would cure and prevent them. Warns that neglecting digestion harms liver kidneys and bowels leading to coated tongue tainted blood yellow skin pimples melancholy sleeplessness and chronic illness.
The text urges inspection of a product wrapper for a genuine mark and signature of J.H Zeilin & Co, warning against frauds and counterfeits. The message emphasizes the red TradeMark and a front wrapper emblem as proof of authenticity.
Physicians nationwide endorse P. P. P. Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium as a blood purifier and cure for syphilis old sores skin diseases and related pains. Testimonials from a New York physician and a Savannah railway superintendent cite relief after treatment, with certificates of cures across ailments.
Executors announce a public sale of the Fernell farm near Wake Forest comprising 175 acres with a large eight room dwelling an orchard vineyard a well of water and fenced fields. The property lies one mile north of Wake Forest along the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad parallel to the main tract. Terms are one year in arrears with legal interest until purchase money is paid. Deadline for claims December 15th.
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