18 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1892
Page
1
A garbled passage mentions a person in Atlanta with references to age, medical terms, and various disjointed phrases. The text reads like a damaged note or OCR fragment including names and scattered clues, but no coherent event or clear action is discernible.
Wake County notices advertise sales of land under mortgages by probate and court authority. Listings mention properties in Mary A More, Wave and Panther Branch areas with terms, bidding, and auction dates, including hospital and boundary references and attorney details.
Receiver Walter G Oakman filed suit against John A Inman James Swann B S D Clarke RoW Inman WH Holling PF A Uzanaga PF Edey B J Burke August Belmont Walter Luttgen Isaac L Rice E Lehman Meyer Lehman Sigmund Lehman Philip Lehman Wm Kessler Edward Kessler GC E Deschler J C Calhoun S Wormser Isafore Wormser Jacob Scholle James Seligman Jusse Seligman C Blum F St Gear A S Heidelbafch Jeane Ickel sheimer A Lichtenstein E W Clark W Colton E W Clark Jr H M Sill C HL Clark Jr P Calhoun and the Trust Co of NY in a bid to recover 3 million dollars over a 1885 Georgia company deal linking to control of Georgia Central railroad and collateral bonds. The bill alleges fraud conspiracy and seeks restitution plus court action in January term.
Paris dispatch reports police searched M Laur Boulangist deputy's residence and seized Panama affair documents as the ministry seeks arrest warrants for implicated deputies. Paris papers assert bribe totals and prosecutions proceed. Charles de Lesseps and others face charges. Berlin and Constantinople notes follow with political and court cases, plus San Domingo control and an Egypt Turkey royal scandal. Also covered are Cleveland’s meeting with AP directors, a Christmas trip plan, and local political obituaries and trials.
At the Goudsporo December session of the Methodist Conference a resolution was adopted urging ministers and laymen to adhere to traditional revival practices and to avoid inviting or employing self appointed evangelists in both denominational and union meetings. The gathering, weathered by a winter morning, heard reports on indebtedness and debates about ministerial conduct, with significant support for foreign missions and a contentious note on republican ministers. The committee’s final action urges adherence to approved revival methods and discourages inviting unaffiliated evangelists.
Durham reports revenue collections for the past week and notes deaths from whooping cough, Otis Cheatham, and oblique tributes to the new Hotel Claibourn. Wake Forest athletics impress with an all around exhibition as students cheer, speeches praise the team, and delegates chosen for a Southern athletic league meeting. A separate Barnwell report covers a poisoning case where Miss Ida Ryan dies and Mrs Brown survives after a servant girl laced coffee with Rough on Rats.
Dec 17 Greenville dispatch reports Butler county tax collector E. J. Armstrong was shot on Panther Creek bridge fourteen miles west of Greenville. A fight left him dead and robbed of 1200 dollars, a gold watch, and a pistol. An armed posse of thirty searched the area as two witnesses described two assailants with dark faces. Armstrong, a one legged Confederate veteran, leaves a widow and three children.
The Capital City society opens its season with High society weddings and parties. Miss Mildred Murphy McPheeters marries Samuel M Loman in elegant style and guests sail to New York, while upcoming events include German socials, a Mother Goose Ball, Christmas balls, and social appearances by notable locals and visiting figures.
Mrs Minsie Bagley and Mrs HOM Worth accompany the Worthy opera mascot as rehearsals progress rapidly for an early January orientation. Mrs Williams is set to wed Mass Udes on Wednesday, and Mr Raney plans a world tour with a welcome return to the City of Oaks. Miss Lathrop of Baltimore visits Miss Octavia Ryan Winder, while Miss Lucy Young recovers from illness. An accident near Saxtonp NC claims the life of Alex Barrett, a brake sboard on an Air Line freight train. Secretary Soley notes navy yard job cuts, urging department-wide changes and retention priorities.
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