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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1891
Page
2
The document presents a committee endorsed address urging restraint from abuse and vilification. It champions charity and prudence, stating the inalienable right of opinion and urging citizens to practice rational forbearance and respectful discourse.
Daily and weekly subscription rates listed with durations and prices. Liberal commissions allowed to club agents. Sample copies provided free on application.
Notices urge prompt delivery and postal complaints for late papers. Editorial quotes Henry Grady and Ben Tillman urging loyalty to Georgia and a call for contributory writers to sign with real names for credit and publication.
Sty. R. C. Breaman delivers his inaugural Durham sermon stressing ministers must be discreet and careful as personal exponents and teachers of Christianity. His critique links clergy conduct to the ease of gospel reception and heart conversion.
The Raleigh edition argues against Jim Crow cars in the South yet supports equal travel accommodations. It notes African Americans’ real grievance at inns and dining rooms and urges first class meals for travelers. It cites Tennessee loan costs from miner strikes and praises the Railroad Commission for taxing the Pullman Company. It also commends funding for Raleigh’s steel cruiser launch and urges prudent farm spending and home fertilizers.
The Chronicle condemns Red Springs resolutions against Judge McIver and defends Cumberland sheriff integrity amid indignant Robeson residents. Also notes theater buzz from New York about The Senator with Peter Wilson and actor Crane’s portrayal of Senator Premer. Ends with a glimpse of Vienna doctor Heller praising sauerkraut for dyspepsia and a fiscal report showing state receipts of 1 546 724 57 with a 166 629 44 balance and praise for the examining fee.
Mr. Crisp may name Milrs to chair the Ways and Means Committee and pack with tariff reformers. The Atlanta Journal reports Senator Colquitt likely to resign and may back Speaker Crisp for the Senate after his term, with pressure to stay until term end for Crisp’s rising fame.
Capvr reports Rev B Cade resigns as pastor of Lovuisburg Baptist church saying there is no better preacher in the state. Henderson notes Hon John S Henderson from the 7th district named chair of the Postoffice and Post Roads Committee. Blackwell says race to speakership draws large bets with winner W T Blackwell of North Carolina at 10900. Elkins described as a man of no small vices, avoiding tobacco and drink. Metcalf recalls Beecher delaying sermons until late Saturday, yet finding a way to speak. Jackson details Stonewall Jackson’s Sunday observance and mail reluctance, plus a widow’s memorial sketch of his life and riding habits.
The Elizabeth City Carolinian reports record blue fish catches along the coast with extraordinary quantities at Morehead and Roanoke. Fleet activity shows over twenty carloads of fresh fish shipped daily, plus carts and rail shipments from Onslow county. Speckled trout dominate the run, with mullet also abundant.
The Greensboro Workman reports Winfield Davis, under 14, was acquitted for the death of his playmate Johnnie Jarrett after a gun accident last August. Davis left a ramrod in the gun and fired, injuring Jarrett’s lung. he died three weeks later amid widespread sympathy for the boy.
An 19th century advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure for torpid liver and related symptoms. The claim cites improved digestion and blood purification and warns buyers to seek the genuine product distinguished by a red trade mark and signature of J H Zeilin & Co.
A historical notice outlines assets including real estate cash loans and bonds with stated totals and reserve figures. It notes liabilities and surplus, praising high interest and low death rates, and invites agents to apply through district manager F P Hobgood in Oxford North Carolina with a September 26 date.
The institution plans a spring term with an old president in charge and a full corps of professors across telegraphy law keeping and business. Courses run with a broad college program and special board arrangements from five to nine dollars. Special options for young ladies offered.
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