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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1892
Page
5
A jumble of brief notices reports several sudden deaths including Mangum of Chapel Hill and A. Gaddy of Anson County. Also mentions social events church notices Y M C A address book items and arrivals at a Charlotte hotel with various local names.
A quirky theatre note parodies pre curtain banter as players prepare for Can She Reach It She Struck Out for the Four Hundred and the orchestra tunes before the act. The letter then praises Ely's Cream Balm for influenza and catarrh aiding a singer's return to Grand Opera. A widow in Alleghany County aged 94 was robbed of about one thousand dollars in notes.
Case anecdotes from S H Clifford New Cassel Wisconsin Edward Shepherd Harrisburg Illinois John Speaker Catawba Ohio showing neuralgia rheumatism stomach liver appetite loss and debility improved by Electric Bitters Bucklen’s Amica Salve and Simmons Liver Regulator. Sold by John Y Mac Rae.
Saturday evening the steam tug Albemarle left with the Bessie and a four schooner tow toward Bath. Despite warnings, the voyage proceeded in calm river conditions. Near Marl Point the schooner capsized washing deck cargo overboard and drowning the captain and Mr. J. B. Killingsworth, plus a negro woman and child in the cabin.
Special notices announce opening day for Dunlaps hats with Raleigh agents inviting inspection of new season shapes. W H & RS Tucker & Co. showcase new neckwear lines including puffs tecks and four in hands Bond Street Blues.
In the mouths of North Carolinians Panacea Water is touted for dyspepsia chronic diarrhoea and scrofula with underwriters among North Carolina’s best. King & McGee sole druggists agents in Raleigh offer the remedy and Mrs M J Brown promotes the Life and Works of Spurgeon. Also listed are fifty barrels Early Rose potatoes at Eberhardt and Peseud and a tonic headache cure priced at ten cents per envelope two sizes, sold by King & McGee.
The notice lists Everhardt & Pescud's offering Pivicd Olives and Boston chips, with packaging in one to five pound boxes. It highlights Golden Gate Packing Co. peaches pears cherries and apricots and promotes patronage for new Opera Clips, described as delicious.
Information on the Electropoise available from Miss S. A. TillingHast agent at 425 N Bloodworth Raleigh call after 3 pm. Kopf compressed pea soup 10c a can Eberhardt Peseud. Dr R Schiffman offers a free trial of Schrrmanns Asthma Cure by mail from St Paul Minnesota.
Miller and Lindsay district agents for North Carolina invite inquiries by mail to their Henry NC office near the post office box 373. They promise to return a calendar and a cellmate with details on costs and policy. The notice lists an age and name field with address.
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