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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1891
Page
8
The Chronicle notes showers for North Carolina with easterly winds. Warmer in the northwest and stationary temperatures in the southeast portion as of December 21 1891 in Washington.
Travel by railways remains heavy. Adams property sale set for tomorrow at noon. Fifteen prisoners jailed. A. 35 pound turkey has raised $18. D. C. Waddell Jr. named notary public. Supreme court arguments ended. court in conference. Dr Green Wade dies at Rutherford College. Wake Forest holiday recess starts today. Phalanx lodge meets this evening with officer nominations. George Kelley, a white tramp, ordered to leave, later jailed for vagrancy. Margaret Taylor dies. funeral at Christ Church. Donation sociable planned at First Baptist for the poor. Corrections note on Rev John Cole compliment. RC Latimer resigns Wilmington Seacoast Railway presidency. George R. French succeeds. Bananas fresh at A Dughi’s. Baptist tabernacle work to finish in spring. Rev Fife to Tarboro for revival. Marriage notice for Dr A Y Linville and Miss Russil Sink. Edward S Latimer resigns. details noted. Electric railway engines fail. repairs planned. Railway layoffs noted across several shops. Albert Hardie injured in Memphis. skull fractured. mother travels to Memphis. County home Christmas gifts planned. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union organizing drive with预约 meeting at Mrs J W Carter’s. Australian pears and Australian fruits at A Dughi’s. Pay Train company at theatre tomorrow. Shaw University Agricultural and Mechanical College news: 65 students. blacksmith shop foundation laid. pharmacy college building complete. Rev Dr Nash’s Wilmington work gains support. debt relief possible for Fifth Street Church. Fayetteville St car accident injures old man Morris. Jewelry store check forgery incident linked to M T Norris & Co. and possible Goldsboro forger.
Norris Dry Goods Store features Foster's kid gloves in both dressed and undressed styles, new black goods, R. and G corsets, ladies' buttoned shoes at 1.50, fine shoes for all ages, a large umbrella selection, and Reed's and Allen & Marvin ladies shoes. Spring heel shoes announced in sizes one to five.
Williams & King’s drug store offers holiday prices and attractions alongside Tucker & Co’s display of desks book cases dining tables chairs and pottery. The catalog highlights mahogany oak gilt and silvered furnishings plus opulent china sets and fur garments aimed at gift buyers.
Norris Dry Goods Store presents a new line of patent leather shoes for men. The dealer highlights the stylish options and invites customers to view the collection.
Norris' Dry Goods Store advertises Hill and Greene children's shoes praised as the best manufactured with emphasis on quality for holiday shoppers. Dec18-3t notice.
Norris Dry Goods Store announces the opening of the largest line of ladies and gentlemen handkerchiefs for the holiday trade. The display includes linen and silk options with plain and embroidered designs. December 1831.
Mr. Edward Badger visits relatives for the holidays. Miss Grizzie Bagley returns from Louisburg. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Child depart for Philadelphia for the holidays. Governor Holt travels to Haw River and will return soon. Mrs. Charles McMillan of Fayetteville visits her mother on Oakwood avenue. Mr. William J. Andrews, at Cornell, attends holiday events. Yarboro arrivals include James H. Holt and others from Burlington, Graham, Warrenton, Greensboro, Dana. Raisins figs and dates, fresh, at A Dughi's at low prices.
A list of gift suggestions from Norris Dry Goods Store includes fast black hosiery ladies and gents, a silky dress pattern, a woolen dress pattern, a box of handkerchiefs, and hemstitched silk handkerchiefs all offered at all prices.
Information on the Electropoise available from Miss S. A. Tillinghast at 425 N. Bloodworth Raleigh. Call after 3 p.m. Simmons Liver Regulator touted for cure of dyspepsia biliousness and indigestion. King McGee drug store offers gift ready lines including toilet articles pipes and sets for holiday shoppers.
An 19th century advertisement for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve promises it heals cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and even piles. It guarantees satisfaction or money refund and lists price of 25 cents per box at John Y. Mac Rae’s shop.
An advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure or remedy for diseased livers, presenting the product as a balm or tonic to restore liver health. The copy frames the remedy as a trusted aid for sufferers seeking relief from liver ailment.
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