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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1891
Page
8
The Raleigh Chronicle reports warm NC weather with southerly winds and a pending warmer Thursday. notices include administrator’s notice and local business ads. A Raleigh club hosts a large statewide bicycle meet in spring. Emma Judd opera company arrives for Faust with special rail rates and theatre sales.
Daily notes from the Capitol area mention theatre events with Emma Juch, street improvements on East Johnson, and new depot work. Separate waiting rooms for white and colored travelers are planned at the new union depot. A. Dustin brings Australia pears to town while W. H. Tucker’s elevator showcases a holiday display.
In Sampson County on L. W. Hodges land a large cave near the Northeast River headwaters features a sand floor and sandstone roof eight feet thick. A bold spring feeds a turbine and a $2500 development is planned enabling driving or riding into the cave five miles from Warsaw.
The quiet Christchurch ceremony united Hal M Worth and Rosabelle Engelhard in the presence of Bishop Lyman and many NC social figures. The bride wore white in mourning for relatives, and guests from across the state attended a reception at Mrs Grimes in Halifax Street before the couple departed on the Westbound train at 6:40 pm.
The County Commissioners adjourned yesterday to reconvene on the 16th. John T. Turner was licensed to sell whiskey in House's Creek township on the Hillsboro road. Bonds were accepted for county officials, including Louis O. Lougee as county treasurer for 6000 dollars and John W. Thompson as clerk for 15000, Millard Mill as register of deeds for 10000, and W. G. Allen as superintendent of the home for the aged and infirm and the work house for 4000. A new road was ordered from the Trillsboro road near Pleasant Grove to the Fayetteville road near Mt. Hermon church. The Raleigh & Gaston railway tax hearing was set for the 29th, with the sheriff told to wait for payment. The board closed the account with manager Gill for the county exposition display at 779 dollars, with a budget not to exceed 2000. The public is invited. The Fayetteville Street building, once Moseley’s restaurant, now houses a Baptist Tabernacle bazar selling Christmas articles and offering meals.
Special notices urge visitors to view a broad holiday display of dry goods and fancy wares at W A and R S Tucker & Co and Fred A Watsons Picture and Art Store. The Tucker listing highlights chairs desks lamps and tableware in French china while Watson advertises Boston chips at 20 cents per pound.
A brief notice from T. K. Bruner markets rare North Carolina gems suitable for preorientation and quick city mounting. Call early for coke and arrange display on short notice.
An advertisement by Dr R Schiffmann of Minnesota offers free trial pricks of Schiffmanns Asthma Cures to sufferers. The message claims instant relief and urges readers to mail for a trial package and address details. It emphasizes gift options and friendship imagery in the promotion.
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