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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1891
Page
8
Washington reports generally fair weather for North Carolina on December 30 1891 with slightly warmer temperatures and easterly to southerly winds.
Local theatre notices urge attendance at The Enchanted Barrel at Metropolitan Hall this evening with proceeds to St Johns hospital. Also reported: body of Perrin Busbee arriving at 1 30 p m and various civic updates from Raleigh Wake County and surrounding towns.
A fire began just before 1 am on North Market Street engaging Nos. 15, 17 and 19. Nos. 15 and 17 are stone with shingle roofs. No. 19 is wooden and engulfed, with heavy stock losses reported for D. Smith and J. Smith’s bar, plus insurance concerns. No. 19 to be torn down. Susie Rivers Brinkley, infant daughter of G W and Mrs Brinkley, dies at 12:30 pm yesterday.
John Bragg eldest son of the late Governor Bragg died at his Wilmington home at about 50 years old after a severe illness. He lived in Raleigh long, worked 25 years in telegraph service, edited papers, and worked for the Associated Press in Wilmington. His burial will take place locally.
Tucker & Co call attention to families moving or changing residence on New Year. They tout carpets bought after New York auction sales priced below production cost and claim wartime pricing. Carpet department staff ready to cut and fit with 1,140 hours notice.
A local store shows a line of wool, silk, and gauzy fabrics for evening wear at unusually moderate prices. Swindell advertises a 10 cent sale on men s socks and announces updated carpet prices. era A Dighi reports a fresh shipment of Florida oranges arriving.
Lot includes good sized young mules and a pair of splendid draft horses offered at a bargain by L. R. Wyatt. Sale dated December 3 with location noted in the notice.
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