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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1892
Page
4
Weather report from Raven dated July 11 shows max 81 and min 70 with 0.08 inch rainfall. Forecast for Raleigh and vicinity calls for an occasional shower and a warmer day. In Washington the July 11 forecast predicted occasional showers and southwesterly winds for North Carolina.
In Idlewild a new residence is finished as the district hosts a democratic executive committee meeting and a Cleveland Democratic Club gathering. The city notes 140 chamber members, ongoing farm and mill work, and a stream of visits and notices including railways, schools, and the press.
Ten thousand spectators watched Fayetteville street transform into an outdoor theater as Raleigh hosted a premier fireworks show. The event, managed by M Bowes, lasted one hour with 36 exhibitions and numerous rockets, ending with Good Night while streets cleared of traffic.
A collection of notices and ads: coal and wood seller T. L. Eberhardt offers future deliveries from office 132 Fayetteville St. B. S. Mattocks opens a new photograph gallery. Thos. Peseud advertises boneless corned beef. renewal of five shares in NC Gar Co. A. T. Pace notes mislaid certificate. Kennebec Ice Co. promotes direct Maine ice to Raleigh via Jones & Powern. Elkin Mfg Co. advertises second-hand cotton bagging. Triplett and Snow Drift flour pitched by D. T. Johnson. Royster and Ferris meats promoted. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills praised. Lightning Plater agency offer and candy assortment promoted.
Mrs Stith departed for New York yesterday while Mr Jno R Terrell heads to Asheville for several days absence. Dr C E Taylor Wake Forest president on extended North trip. Miss N Dinwiddie and Mr and Mrs A Bauman leave for Clifton Springs this morning. W A Montgomery of Warrenton to speak at the Orphanage on the 20th. Mr John M Sherwood improving in Atlanta. to be brought home today. Yesterday’s arrivals at the Yarboro include H T Watkins and others. Capt Thos W Mason will address Newton on the 19th. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised as best for wounds, with sale by John Y MacRae.
A music graduate requests a teaching position or job in Wilmington. References available from a qualified source. Address I M S No 409 North 4th Wilmington.
Cotton and stock market news from New York, Raleigh, and Norfolk dated July 12, detailing Liverpool cotton purchases, futures activity, and Washburns resolution impact. Includes rail and bank quotes, New York Money Market, and regional produce and tobacco notes with miscellaneous items from Baltimore, Chicago, and Norfolk markets.
Special despatch from Houston reports the first bale of this year’s cotton tied to the Houston Cotton Exchange. It earned seven eighths strict middling and one eighth strict low middling as class. Naval appointments list Capt W T Sampson ordered to ordnance duty in Washington and Lieut J H L Holcombe granted three months leave. Ayer’s Pills advertised as a mild reliable laxative for stomach liver and bowels.
Train times from Pittsboro to Monore and back shown with morning and afternoon arrivals and departures. Closing notes list Winder and Myers as managers, and a private family advertisement seeks a housekeeper or tutor with contact at North Blount Street Raleigh.
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