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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1891
Page
2
The State Chronicle notes its daily and weekly publication by The Chronicle Publishing Co at 216 Fayetteville St RaLtrian Norra Carona with Josephus Daniels as editor and director roster including H B Harpy. Rates for daily and weekly editions are listed with liberal club discounts.
Public notices urge punctual paper delivery and prompt complaint handling by postal submission. Quotes Henry Grady and calls for loyal, nationwide unity. Readers are reminded to sign letters with real names for credit and to disclose sender identity for publication.
A Saturday, December 19, 1891 note quotes a recent definition of money describing it as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven and a universal provider of everything except happiness.
The piece reviews Choice Readings edited by Robert McLean Cumnorck and Inside the White House in War Times by Nicholas and Hay, noting their aims and editions. It also mentions Light O Love by Ciara D. MacLuan from Worthington’s International Library, with brief critique of style, setting in Charleston and Henderson County, and its appeal to readers seeking sensation.
The president is said to reward the worst party men as Judge Woop shields Duprey from punishment for vote buying. Exxiys, a Blaine ally, is appointed, signaling Blaine may not run. The New York World reports Senator Coumpier disguised at naturalization courts with alleged immigration fraud evidence.
President Butler of the Alliance urges farmers to hold cotton to secure better prices. He challenges New York crop forecasts as false and cites world production shortfalls. He notes a 60 day hold could lift prices and mentions party dynamics in Virginia and Louisiana.
Organized Jobbery Jerry Simpson opposes government loans to the Nicaragua canal builders. Sly notes the President’s quote of Senator Morgan on the canal plan and alleges stockholders tied to the North Carolina Creosote Co profit from creosoting piling at fifteen cents a foot while the government would pay seventy cents, accusing a broader scheme of robbery and political championing by interested parties in Congress.
A Georgia indictment features a negro claiming hoodoo compelled him to kill an aged white woman, Miss Prather. He described being influenced by a hoodoo woman and a witch's blood that he believed stirred his veins to the act, telling the court the blood made him kill.
Despondency over cotton prices in North Carolina contrasts with a brighter note as property values rise by about 31 million dollars. The piece defends democracy beyond tariff debates and praises practical farmers. It notes Steve Exis resembles Col. John W. Cunningham in appearance.
An unsigned message in the New York Herald proclaims a challenge from a man claiming to fast for extended periods. He offers to extend the test to forty men and perform demonstrations in front of observers on the thirtieth day to prove his abilities.
The Chronicle endorses its position and urges restraint and charity in political discourse. It cites the New York Herald on Brainx as Republican nominee prospects, noting the Herald’s view that unity for Democrats may require a Western candidate, and criticizes inconsistent commentary from the Landmark correspondent.
Aid efforts focus on lifting famine relief for thousands of people. Millers from Nop pledge to send 6 000415 years flour to areas in need. Subscriptions have begun to fund this charitable response despite rough start and public urgency.
The article extols a newspaper as the greatest in America if not the world. It claims it excels in realiable and accurate news and leads foreign coverage among journals. It notes an advertisement in another column.
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