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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1893
Page
4
Weather reports from Raleigh dated Feb 17 show max 41, min 35, rainfall 0.63 inch. Forecast calls for clearing, warmer Saturday and Sunday. Notices include sales, ads for businesses, and local appointments. Also reports of a governor regulation, a juvenile death, and various community items.
Diocese bulletin lists parish services from March 19 to May 7 with multiple Greensboro churches and towns including Raleigh Weldon Tarboro Rocky Mount and Littleton. Dates show Sunday morning and afternoon hours plus midweek services. mentions Easter Day and general communion observances.
Special notices describe oyster pricing and menus at Dughi, announcing half-interest sale of a Newport oyster plant with Norfolk pricing next year. Also mentions Dunlap hats, Norris Dry Goods assortments, Raleigh boarders, employment ads, coal, candy, Kemp's Balsam, a desk giveaway, and other classifieds.
The report covers steady cotton futures with slight gains in Spain and France, and sharp activity in New York markets. It notes spot middling upland cotton prices, Liverpool cotton figures, and US railroad bonds and government securities trading, with mixed stock movements and a strong volume of business for the day.
Commodities and futures prices show mixed moves with coffee and sugar firming in spots while wheat and corn hold steady. Market reports from Baltimore and Chicago detail spot prices, futures ranges, and refinery figures, alongside notes on naval stores and a regional ad listing sewing machines and farm equipment suppliers.
Estimates for arc and incandescent lights dynamoes and motive power plus electrical supplies alarms bells and water works are offered by B H Tyson at Cor E Davie and Wilmington Sts Also malaria cures and liver and stomach remedies advertised with Electric Bitters touted as a tonic for vital organs and skin issues Final lines note coal and wood stocks with two dozen carloads from mines and timber by Jones and Powe phone 41 and 71
Earn big profits selling a novel erasing pencil claimed to erase ink in two records. Agents report weekly earnings around 50 dollars with potential for high returns. seeking general agents to oversee territories and appoint subagents. Write for terms and specimens of erasing. Monroe Eraser Mfg Co, 25 La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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