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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
8
Washington reports fair weather in the northern part of the state with an encore southern portion. Northeasterly winds and cooler temperatures are noted in the western region while eastern portions see steady temperatures.
Hon E G Reade is very ill at his home. the Solomon Pace funeral was held near Wake Forest. Grippe is epidemic, with higher fatalities in Randolph county. Editor Manning marks ten years of the Henderson Gold Leaf. The Raleigh post office reports heavy holiday mail and holly shipments. The state eyes granite quarries at Falls of Neuse and a railroad link. Magnolia bulbs yield 60 000 per acre with $9 per 1000 for best bulbs. Charitable institutions in Wake visited by the local board. officials praised for proper management.
J A Waller of Granville was here yesterday. Mrs Frederick Taylor visits Capt John Eudy on Hillsboro street. Rev J T Bagwell leaves next Tuesday for a new charge at Fort Smith Arkansas. N E Barton publisher of the Afton NY Enterprise is here and leaves this afternoon for Wilmington. Arrivals at the Yarboro include W D Martin New York M W Reed Durham Paul B Means Concord Thomas W Strange Wilmington J M Little NC G S Ferguson Waynesville J W Cooper Murphy Samuel Westbrook Wilmington.
Entering Tucker's store feels like a museum of holiday gifts with evergreen decorations and a grand sign. The inventory shines with Haviland china sets, Dorflinger glassware, and fine oak to rosewood furniture priced from five to 275 dollars, including ready gifts for brides.
The North Carolina Cuba party will visit St. Augustine on returning from Havana with possible sail up the St. Johns river to Jacksonville. A formal reception by the Captain-General of Cuba is likely. Certificates of notary public may be obtained on the Tampa train for fifty cents for those lacking passports. In Tarboro, Cox Bridgers married Elizabeth Haywood Bridgers with a large ceremony and train departure for a ten days tour.
The reunion planned at Oak Ridge Institute on Holt Hall completion is postponed to next May. About a thousand students are expected to attend with class representatives from 1876. A banquet will honor them and commencement events will largely be given to each class.
Merit compels approval, hence the enormous sale of our Boston chips. They are fresh and crisp and you are sure to like them. 20 cts. per pound. Rare N. C. gems suitable for presentation can be mounted in the city on short notice. Call early for choice. T. K. Breyer.
Dr R Schiffman of St Paul Minnesota offers a free trial mailing of ScuhrrMann's Asthma Cure claiming instant relief in severe cases and cures where others fail. Advertises by free distribution and requests readers to send address to State Chronicle. Also notes gift ideas with candy boxes for male friends.
Local ad promotes Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint for corns bunions and warts. Carroll & Bailey offer N C ham at 121-2 cents per pound at 235 South Wilmington Street with a December 6 date tag.
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