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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1892
Page
5
Reports from Liverpool indicate a fall in cotton sales with 204,000 bales traded this week versus 194,000 last year. Port arrivals and inland receipts suggest a weaker market, slight price declines, and continuing global demand uncertainty amid weather and seasonal factors.
Stock in warehouses in this city 343000 bales up from 88000 bales last year. The spot market remains quiet at former quotations. Middling uplands 79 16. Sales 165 bales. Transactions in futures 70000 bales. Liverpool spot cotton steady. Middling uplands 44d. Sales 10000 bales. Futures steady.
Quotations from the Inter-State Trust and Brokerage Company reflect North Carolina issues and Raleigh bank bids. New York money markets close with a 4 3/4 percent rate. government bonds steady and currency 6s at 109 bid.
New York markets show Oregon and Tennessee trading patterns with various bonds and stocks. Virginia consols and Baltimore area securities quote bids while New York flour closes quiet with spring and winter grades and futures lower. wheat options opened lower and spot prices eased.
Spot red winter wheat prices rise slightly with January February and March figures given. Corn options active and easing with spot sales steady. oats dull yet firm with steady spot lets. Pork prices steady to firm with new mess around 9.75 to 10.50. Butter and cheese firm with fair demand. eggs steady across regions. Sugar weak with varied refined pricing. coffee steady with futures firm. Wheat up, corn and oats higher, provisions advance in Chicago Curioaco Illinois notes.
Witsington North Carolina on January 16 reports spirits turpentine steady at 31 cents per gallon, rosin firm up to 1.20 for good strained, tar at 1.35, crude turpentine steady with hard 1.00, yellow dip 1.90, virgin 1.90. New York also January 16 notes spirits turpentine steady near 33 44 334 cents, rosin quiet but steady with common 1.35, machine barrel priced strains 1.374, and good strained 1.40.
The southern extension work has reached about 27 miles from Fayetteville with a rate near one mile daily. Judges call the road first class and praise the natural road-bed and grading in line with the Atlantic Coast Line standard. Hope Mills gains a polished warehouse and passenger station with an added siding.
A patrons’ list touts cures by King’s Royal Germetuer with dozens of named individuals from states like Georgia Illinois Missouri and Virginia claiming relief from la grippe dyspepsia rheumatism neuralgia and other ailments. The ad asserts rapid 24 hour cures and urges purchase at $1 per bottle from commissions in Atlanta Chicago and beyond.
An unclear 19th century style ad promotes a “Vitalizer” claimed to restore health. It mentions druggists or by mail and lists vague pricing and box delivery details, with garbled phrases and scattered punctuation.
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