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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1891
Page
8
Chronicle notes forecast for North Carolina and Virginia with fair weather and variable winds. Washington DC reports no major temperature change and a slight warm trend expected Saturday. Also mentions M. L. Oglesby Buffalo Lithia Springs and Whiting Bros still in demand.
A Raleigh item notes a lawn party on West Lane street for Tucker Grove church. Various city and regional notices follow, including travels, visits, and arrivals of residents, plus a small incident of two drivers fined for a street scrape. A Raleigh to Wilmington excursion is announced with low fares and boating and surf options.
Miss Sallie Reese left for the North yesterday morning. Mr. H. L. Taylor, a High Point Chair Works salesman, was in Raleigh yesterday. Mr. Geo. C. Worth of Wilmington arrived and stays with his aunt Mrs. W. H. Bagley. Geo. Heck is back in Raleigh after a long trip through Canada and Alaska.
A vast crowd gathered at Mr. Swindell’s spacious Fayetteville street establishment for a first great calico sale. All classes and races queued for cheap bolts of calicoes, promising many ladies will wear Swindell’s goods next week and highlighting his enterprise.
United Press reports a directors conference on Union Pacific aims toward a favorable conclusion. A settlement of the company's trouble was expected soon with an estimated requirement of ten to twelve million dollars to place Union Pacific in an easy position.
Two Chinese men removed from a Mott Street dive to the charity hospital were examined by doctors and pronounced lepers.
The Bingham School, moved to Asheville for private reasons, offers its property for sale. The site sits on the Richmond and Danville line, 50 miles from the state capital, with barracks recitation rooms a mess hall furniture professors residences bath houses orchards lawn and 380 acres. Over 30000 dollars spent on improvements. Sale at greatly reduced price. Contact Mrs Wu Bincham Bingham School N C.
Special notices invite a pleasant evening with a ride on the Syritce Back at the Exposition grounds. The ad notes a new Fayetteville Street store at 206 Fayetteville Street offering dress goods clothing and carpets with a promised fall expansion after a buyer’s northern trip. The tone touts a prettier store than the old Martin Street quarters.
A Delightful Place promotes a busy day serving cool drinks from a fountain cream milk shakes lime stock and every drink imaginable. It also features cologne knives purses cigars and tobacco with an appealing shop for ladies and gents.
Specimen Cases from Wisconsin Illinois and Ohio recount neuralgia rheumatism stomach liver disorders and flesh loss improved by Electric Bitters Bucklen’s Amica Salve and P P P. Patients Edward Shepherd John Speaker and S H Clifford credited with healing results. ads urge diet and directions for blood diseases and indigestion relief via Simmons Liver Regulator.
Historical notice describes Jackson Springs in Moore County North Carolina as a long known remedial water source for indigestion dyspepsia dropsy diarrhea and other ailments. It notes renewed interest after an option on 700 acres and water samples sent to a state experiment station with chemical analysis listing sulfates chlorides and carbonates.
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