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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1891
Page
8
The December 29 1891 issue lists the Weather Report for Washington with warmer conditions and southerly winds for North Carolina. It includes an index to advertisements for Stronach Pace Pullen Tucker and Co and notices of real estate sales, stockholders meeting, job seeks, and a store space for rent within Raleigh commerce listings.
Christmas gifts at St Johns Hospital and a grand Enchanted Barrel pantomime at Metropolitan hall mark a season of charity and entertainment. Culminating notes include rail work, streetcar incidents, church services, iid personal and civic updates across Raleigh with police, fire, and trolley reports.
A long list notes residents and guests visiting Raleigh and area towns over Christmas and New Year. Mentions include Hay in Greenville, Polk with his family, Miss Baxter of Ridgeway, Page returning from Concord, J W Hobgood visiting parents, Rev G T Simmons and wife, Annie Baker of Greensboro Female College, and others.
The Board of Public Charities plans the annual meeting in July to discuss county homes and the history of charities. Secretary Denson reports over 200 visits to institutions and outlines work of the commission, noting a census of poor children and the need for a registry for children in North.
Fragmented notice states city taxes placed in hands for will, with daily penalties if not paid by a deadline. The text references a first day of each month and actions affecting purchases for freshness, but details are garbled and unclear.
Fragmentary text mentions near a church and a gilded election phrase. Readable elements include a possible election reference and place names, but core details are obscured.
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