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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1892
Page
4
The State Chronicle reports Raleigh weather from August 10 with a max of 94 and min 72. Local forecast for Raleigh is fair and warm with cooler west winds expected in the state overall.
Mrs A Moses and children visit relatives in town as Sheriff Smith prepares tax books for Sept 1. Concords W kt Odell sail next week from New York for a long tour abroad. Depot opening news lifts public mood. Bar endorses Armistead Burwell for associate justice. A colored man creates a stir at the station house after a street clash. Pharmacy dinner menus in Brookside park. Railways hears five freight overcharge complaints. Trinity College president Crowell occupies new Durham quarters. Polk county has no third party man. Library moves next week. painter Richard Jones dies at St Johns hospital. funeral at Christ Church. Mrs Crawford funeral held at First Baptist. New appointments on third page. Engagement at Halifax set for Aug 15. Postmaster Shatler adds large letter box at new depot. Grapes shipped from Raleigh by 27 shippers. Maj Winder and John Robinson ship vineyard quantities near Millbrook. Albea v Western Union postponed at railway commission. A street brawl leaves a white man hurt. suspect bail posted. Prof J Z Chamberlain to Carnleigh mill. building cottage on Hillsboro road. 15 minute streetcar schedule inaugurated. tickets to be purchased morning to ease crowding. Caroside asks public to buy tickets early. Masons and Odd Fellows meetings tonight. double degrees and attendance urged. State colored firemen elect officers. tournament draws 2,000 spectators. Raleigh and Greensboro teams show strong performances. Proud of disciplined conduct. Simmons Liver Regulator extols cure all liver diseases.
The North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association held its thirteenth annual meeting in Raleigh at Phalanx lodge. W. P. Wearn of Charlotte presided. F. W. Hancock of New Bern was secretary. Speakers praised hospitality, noted Raleigh as capital and hub of progress, and discussed the profession’s growth, a state pharmacy law, and the need for a state institution.
The page lists the Commercial and Farmers' bank stockholders annual meeting set for September 5th 1892 at 3 30 p m, plus assorted local ads: tobaccos soaps laundry services and wares including Remington typewriters wheat flour celery plants Irish swedes and baby carriages. Also notes a new Oak City steam laundry manager and coal wood deliveries.
Market report quotes minor shifts across a broad list of commodities and financials. Cotton, futures, and grain prices show small gains and losses against prior closes while U S and European markets reflect cautious trading. News notes include London Liverpool and New York price movements and domestic agricultural goods like wheat corn pork and peanuts with mixed futures results and steady cash tones.
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