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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1891
Page
2
Fragmentary notice outlines rates for Daly Darry Dalry and WEEKLY terms for one year six months and one month. Mentions Liberal commission and agents with sample copies and a free option on application. Pricing shown as 6.00 3.00 1.25 1.00 with wed to club noted.
If paper is not delivered or arrives late, readers should notify by postal and provide address and complaint. The notice promises prompt attention and emphasizes doors on city subscribers by six o'clock in the morning.
A statement attributed to Ben Tillman on Sunday August 23 1891 argues that organizing a third party in the South would fail. He frames the stance as a defense of Democratic reform and party loyalty.
The piece argues W. L. Wilson of Virginia as the best qualified Democrat for Speaker, praised for scholarship and parliamentary knowledge. It notes several contenders lack strength to outpace Wilson, whose election would harmonize the party amid growing gubernatorial and attorney general boomlets.
The essay argues success is rare across professions, noting most merchants editors lawyers physicians and preachers fail to accumulate wealth. It highlights mechanics printers and farmers may earn more with steady work and thrift while education opens doors to knowledge. It concludes success is living upright useful lives serving God and humanity.
Joupe Water Crank writes the Raleigh Advocate urging petition to the General Conference to annex six counties beyond the Chowan to the North Carolina Conference and to hold the next Methodist Conference in Murfreesboro. He labels the six counties Carolina Irridenta and compares it to Italia Irridenta, invoking patriotic sentiment.
Sam Jones at Prohibition Park Staten Island lauds Grover Cleveland as the bravest president and jokingly muses on naming a president every four years. He compares Cleveland’s backbone to Ben Harrison’s hat. Harper’s Weekly Aug 26 will feature canoe meet illustrations and a portrait article on Young Men of New York.
The Teutomie steamer completed the ocean crossing in five days, sixteen and a half hours, marking the quickest voyage on record.
Geroreta adopts a youth tobacco sale ban following North Carolina example. The law prohibits selling cigarettes to anyone under eighteen, with penalties for retailers and stores failing to comply. Local officials will enforce restrictions and monitor compliance.
Personal notices include Bunp Tom on a South tour, Mary Jones to wed J G White, Prof W H Wills opening Wilson Male Academy August 31, and Charles M Stedman addressing troops on September 5. Also items on Rev Dr Pritchard tobacco abstinence, Will Barber’s social campaign, and Bessie Bellwood remarks on English society and peers.
A notice offers to sell the remaining stock of goods of the late D. S. Waitt, agent, as quickly as possible after payment and delivery arrangements are completed.
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