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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1892
Page
2
Barrien North Carolina edition prints editor Josephus Daniels with notices on subscriptions prices and delivery. It includes reader guidelines, correspondence policy urging real names, and quotes from Henry Grady Ben Tillman Grover Cleveland and the Harrison family alongside a note about Mr Braine turning sixty two.
The National Editorial Convention urges Congress to grant pound-rate postage to newspapers delivered by carriers and to curb costly advertising sheets and book reprints. The move targets the current disparity where mail to offices costs a penny per copy while carrier delivery to subscribers would not. Congressman Owen Scott from Illinois leads the bills, supported by North Carolina delegates.
The term jingo refers to an aggressive foreign policy, traced to a London theatre song about Russia and Constantinople. The New York Sun explains the origin with Beaconsfield and the 19th century clash, while modern usage flags hawkish stances as jingoism. A brief political aside weighs New York convention timing and a health ad closes.
In New York a large railroad workers meeting urged action after the Inter-State Commerce Commission tallied 1891 railroad employee casualties at 24 851. Half due to unsafe couplers or brakes, delegates pressed for automatic couplers and power brakes and for closer ties among railway unions.
The article argues Democratic splits in New York over a presidential nomination. It favors Cleveland but urges choosing a national leader who has New York support, warning factional fights may help rivals. It notes Hugo Hew’s February convention and Cleveland-Lane camps pressing for influence.
An advertisement warns readers against inferior imitations and substitutes for Simmons Liver Regulator. It promotes the genuine product identified by a large red Z on the package face, claiming relief from dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and sick headache.
Supposed Capitol whispers claim Senators Hill Brice and Gorman push Adlai E Stevenson of Illinois for the Democratic vice presidential slot. Stevenson, known as a former fourth class postmasters depicter under Cleveland, may benefit from strong editorial support led by D A Tomogins and Jos P Caldwell at Charlotte Chronicle.
Distress after eating indigestion and sick headaches are claimed cured by Po PoP made from prickly ash poke root and potassium. The ad markets a patent remedy with domestic location hints and medical appeals.
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