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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1891
Page
7
A dramatic tale set in old times centers on Lord Curtis and his rival as lovers Isabel and Geoffrey navigate festivity and danger. Swords flash and a hidden note tests honor amid a village Christmas celebration. Thomas Frost narrates the bustling scene.
An old marketplace notice advertises Arnica Salve claiming cures for ulcers, chapped skin, bunions, tiredness, and various skin ailments. The ad mentions Mr John Y and Mac Bil Corn Paint as suppliers.
A promotional note touts Dr King�s New Discovery as a guaranteed safe remedy for throat chest and lung ailments including consumption bronchitis and asthma with a free trial offer at J Y McRae�s drug store. It also advertises Abbott�s East Indian Corn Paint for corns warts and bunions and Ely�s Cream Balm praised by J H Sommers for catarrh relief and headache reduction.
An advertisement from Goodwin & Ramsburn, proprietors of the Fayetteville Marble Works, touts the largest selection of monuments tombstones and fencing in the state. It claims rapid growth and personal service at Fayetteville and Raleigh works with steady inventory and premier attention to every order.
C H Anderson at No 5 East Harcett Street offers a special price for Nob day travel items and gifts for children. Mens and children's shoes advertised. price listed as 25 for two pairs. Limited to holiday trade period.
A garbled ad proclaims a cotton handling partnership in North Carolina led by M A Parker & Son and Rabeich with aims to buy and sell cotton, promising good prices and liberal terms. It mentions spinners, planting sites, and guaranteed reliable advice, plus a dubious claim about salvation and a mass mailing note.
Fragmentary text references medicines and CERTA DURATN effect with names resembling GEO and MONS. The readable content hints at a letter or notice about increasing costs and medicine timing but lacks coherent facts, dates, or entities to confirm.
An insurance company touts itself as one of the oldest and strongest with large dividends claimed up to 50 percent in North Carolina. It offers cheap policies and guarantees cost on request, inviting active agents in every town to inquire by filling in blanks.
A brief note states a cure is achieved within twenty four hours and mentions a price of 25 and 50c per box.
The Commercial and Farmers Bank invites patrons and the public to inspect its granite and steel fire proof vault and the first Safety Deposit Boxes in Raleigh. The bank notes one of North Carolina’s finest safes will be shown to all interested Raleigh residents.
A fragmented ad-like passage extols a life insurance company as the strongest in the world with unmatched finances and large dividends. It asserts tax advantages of a new policy, low expenses, non contestability after two years, and full policy value at death. It touts distribution policies that accumulate returns beyond premiums and claims profits belong to insureds.
Fragmentary notice from Miller Lis office in Henry Building asks for policy cost estimates. It instructs filling out forms with personal data including age and address and to mail back an estimate and calendar.
An old advertisement extols Wilkesbarre coal and the Schuylkill area as producing the best hard coal for grates and stoves. The fragment mentions Lorberry and related Schuylkill seams in a brief classified style.
Kanawha West Virginia Splint Tennessee Splint New River Splint Pocahontas Soft coal praised as top burning choices for grates and open fireplaces by the producer.
Seasonal and half seasoned Oak Hickory and pine available. Orders accepted until 10 o clock at night. Office phone 79 Yard phone 103. Phil H Andrews. August 12 to 6 months.
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