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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1891
Page
2
The notice lists prepaid subscription terms for daily and weekly editions with varying durations and prices. It mentions directors named Batty Bealty Waexty and a liberal commission for club agents, plus free sample copies on application.
The Chronicle urges readers that newspapers be on doorsteps by six in the morning and asks for timely reports if late. It requires authors to publish only real-name letters and notes readers to state their address when sending complaints or payments for credit.
The situation in New York is detailed through an extended interview with Luks McHenry, an intelligent young editor of New York State. The article promises readers a longer, insightful look beyond the usual editorial.
North Carolina World’s Fair commissioners in Raleigh debated funding and representation for Chicago. The piece lauds the Farmers Alliance and urges continuation of agricultural displays via the Board of Agriculture, arguing for broad state-wide participation and private support if needed.
The New York Herald pushes for a broad shouldered West candidate while the Montana Herald urges the Herald to name him. A Cumberland county orator once refused to name his candidate, saying he would not have his nominee sacrificed by naming him.
McDougald acquitted on the murder charge of his uncle Con Nelly amid strong circumstantial evidence. The report notes public astonishment and questions of guilt amid legal scrutiny. Separately, Anna Besant spoke in New York on Blavatsky and Indian education calls for secular public schools free from sectarian bias. Lady Henry Somerset voices temperance.
The excerpt recalls Elias Carr defending alliance proposals as fairer to farmers than receiving fifty cents on the dollar. It notes President Polk denying a North Carolina stump for Cleveland, favoring the man of backbone in a Harrison versus Cleveland contest, and mentions Annie Roeyn y’s death at forty five, described as a longtime New York Herald “rounder.”
Paulus Habans, famed European comic singer, arrives in New York and will earn 6000 dollars monthly at Koster and Bial’s. B L Duke of Durham, NC gifts 245 dollars to the Oxford Orphan Asylum. W G Burk Head preaches at the poor house on Friendship with God. Dr and Mrs W S Black celebrate silver wedding at the Oxford Orphan Asylum with many friends and as editor of Bright Jewels, beloved by the children.
After delays from mine shortages strikes and transportation woes arrangements are in place for steady deliveries of the country’s most popular economical coal.
An 1800s style medical testimonial praises Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure for torpid liver constipation dyspepsia and related ailments. It asserts dramatic health benefits and urges readers to ensure genuineness by looking for a trademark seal and signature.
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