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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1892
Page
5
The Lexington Dispatch reports pastor changes in Carthage and Durham, and obituaries for prominent citizens. Notables include Rev. J. M. White, J. P. Taylor moving to Thomasville, plus deaths of Josiah Walston and W. H. Jones with notes on their ages and families.
In Greensboro the Superior Court found Wylie guilty of bigamy after a trial that established the American marriage to Lizzie Monroe while he already had a wife in England. The jury returned a guilty verdict after about an hour, with Judge Whitaker ordering guards to prevent demonstrations.
Advertisements claim Simmons Liver Regulator boosts wakefulness, combats weakness, and restores energy through a tonic formula. The copy emphasizes renewed vigor and vitality for daily tasks.
The steam tug Albemarle departed with the Besie schooner and four others bound for Bath. Despite warnings of danger the river was calm and the voyage continued. Near Marl Point the schooner capsized washing deck load and lives overboard including the captain and Mr. J B Killingsworth. A negro woman and child in the cabin also drowned.
Special notices list a five year old roadster named William for sale by Yancey & Stronacu with features described as sound and gentle. Also advertised are two family horses, bay and gray, for sale by Yancey & Stronaca. Mrs M J Brown agents life works of Spurgeon seeking orders. Potatoes and olives advertised from Everhardt & Pescud and Eberhardt & Pescud. Various tonics and packaged foods promoted by Roystmr Golden Gate Packing Co. plus Electropoise information and a free trial offer for Scurervmanan’s Asthma Cure from Dr R Schiffman.
The document lists assets and liabilities including real estate, loans, stocks, and cash under bond and mortgage liens. It shows capital stock paid up and total income and expenditures with executives named. Secretary of State Oct Coker certifies the extract from the 1891 sworn statement filed in the Insurance Department in Raleigh.
A newly opened mine at Russell Creek begins sale of coal to buyers, signaling fresh supply from a recent development in the region's mineral industry.
By authority of a mortgage from BW Sanders and wife, to be sold March 28, 1892 at 12 o'clock m at Wake county court house door for cash a house and lot on East Davie street Raleigh North Carolina fronting 36 feet on Davie street and extending 210 feet south described in the mortgage. W N Jones Attorney. ten 26-tds.
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