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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1891
Page
2
Daily and weekly terms listed for Daity with durations of one year six months and one month. Liberal commission rates stated as $6.00 eight dollars a 1.25 one. Sample copies furnished free on application.
If the paper is not delivered or delayed, subscribers must report at once by postal mail with address and complaint. The notice promises prompt attention and sets a six o'clock morning delivery expectation for city subscribers.
Democrat leader Ben Tillman asserts he favors reform within the party and warns that organizing a third party in the South would fail. He emphasizes loyalty to Democratic principles.
The New York Recorder, now allied with Republicans, denounces the late James Russert Lovett as having sold out after his service under Grant and Arthur. The piece claims his voice fell silent due to repudiation of the party, likening criticism to ghoulish journalism in the wake of his death.
A North China Daily News response by Hone Bexe Karr argues Chinese grievances stem from missionaries acting above law and public opinion. He warns secret societies threaten missionaries and notes arrests of a Chinese minister’s son linked to such groups. A London dispatch says France and Russia would aid each other if foreigners are attacked.
The piece notes Harrison era officials and Montana editor Russell Hamghey voicing concern over a Blaine driven presidential boom. It argues Blaine’s health rumors and political leverage affect discussions of his availability, while contrasting protections supporters’ aims with Ohio’s political stakes. It also mentions Marx Twary’s Europe bound novel The American Claimant featuring Col. Sellers.
The Curonicre declines to engage in vitriol with the Mews and Observer. The CHRONICLE notes its rise to the state’s largest political paper, reporting 467 new daily subscribers in three months, and thanks merchants, farmers, lawyers, doctors, preachers, and teachers for support. It pledges to strengthen Democratic success without hurling epithets.
The excerpt argues that secret political parties endanger free government citing Jefferson Know Nothing and Union League as examples. It notes North Carolina bans secret parties and while fraternal groups like Masons and Odd Fellows are fine, if they enter politics they become a menace and collapse.
The speaker cautions that the South cannot weaken its friends or strengthen its enemies in the North or risk political death through Reconstruction. He warns that acquiescing to federal control would invite suffering and humiliation under bayonet rule and loss of world sympathy.
Readers note spirited remarks on controversial topics from Carr J W Topp and his stance against a heavy rain storm at Blowing Rock reunion. The Asheville Courier announces a change in editors and business manager, highlighting a neat appearance and engaging content. Texas Anti Sub Treasury advocates are expelled, signaling intolerance.
Rev. Sam Small announces a tabernacle in Atlanta inspired by Dr. Deems's Strangers church in New York to attract worshippers unaffiliated with a denomination. Chauncey Depew says Cleveland must pledge party loyalty to be nominated. Richmond dispatch notes Mrs Chanler and companions arriving, traveling to Castle Hill. Brown described as a notable educator returning to North Carolina.
Mrs Newton, a well dressed white woman, was sentenced to 140 days in the chain gang and fined 500 dollars after firing a shotgun at black railway laborers during a conflict over a condemned Alabama Midland right of way near Montgomery. The case highlights alleged racial bias in punishment and condemnation of violence by whites.
The item mentions an "excellent remedy for dyspepsia" named Simmons Liver Regulator and attributes the note to C Masterson, Sheriff of Bibb County Georgia.
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