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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1891
Page
4
Editorial correspondent visits Franklinton in 1891 noting 800 to 1,000 residents, seven general stores, drug shops, barrooms, and a $230,000 annual business volume including cotton. The piece covers churches and schools, local leaders, health, and race relations with praise for teachers and civic spirit.
Maj. T L Emery of Halifax reports 250 acres in tobacco and 250 in cotton. Burke County expects a robust corn crop while Johnston crops look favorable for an average yield. The Greene county Free Will Baptist mourns the drowning of Frank Rouse at Haw Landing on Contentnea Creek. Kiah Runnells dies after a falling tree strikes his boat in a Palmyra swamp. G W Reagan & Co. store burglary reported in Gastonia with a small cash loss. Scotland Neck’s new military school building nears completion with W C Allen as superintendent and P St George Barrand hired as instructor.
A collection of social mentions includes Prof H H Williams of the University of North Carolina summering in Morganton writing mountain articles for the New York Forum. Matthew Stanley Quay considering retirement from the National Republican Executive Committee. Mike Bradshaw preparing for M E Church ministry. Col A B Andrews praised for completing the W NC railroad to Murphy. social figures Tucker and Elliott with noted teams. Prof Hobgood resigning from Richmond Female Institute health decision. Mrs Roland Davies hosting a Hollywood luncheon for Lizzie Davies engagement to Joseph Baruch with notable guests.
The first Confederate pensioners reunion opens with Major General Ransom ordering comforts and entertainment. Gov. Holt to review the troops at eleven and Senator Ransom to deliver an address at five. Music by Germania Cornet Band and Second Regiment Band and a grand Island Beach Hotel ball last night.
The Chronicle observes South Raleigh's rapid improvements led by Caraleigh Mills Company. Surveyors fixed streets and preparations for fall development advance as workers push cotton and phosphate mills. The land between Rhamkatte Road and Fayetteville extension will become a garden area with named streets and shaded avenues.
News reached here yesterday that Mr. Chas. D. Upchurch, the late Clerk of the Superior Court of this county, has received an appointment in the Internal Revenue Department at Washington, at a salary of $1,200 a year and expenses.
The Chronicle reports railroad stocks fluctuated last week with Richmond and West Point Terminal closing today at 102, up from yesterday but lower than earlier days. Hon John Nichols, in Raleigh after tariff convention, returned to Washington tonight. R E Shore Jr of Farmville arrives to take a Yarboro House clerkship. Congratulations to Rainey.
The list names E A Alderman P P Claxton Alex Graham Hughes J Joyner Kennedy C D McIver Mrs McIver M C S Noble E P Oses and other professors with county dates July through August for institutes in Graham Mecklenburg Gaston Cabarrus Davidson Stanly Montgomery Moore McDowell Mitchell Yancey Henderson Transylvania Polk Lincoln Buncombe Burke Catawba Stokes Surry Yadkin Davie Wilkes Alexander Caldwell Watauga Ashe Alleghany at various county seats. The note adds a cautionary line about P P P for weakness and strength.
Fragmentary testimony from Oxford Superior Court involves a witness describing a drink or drug termed drammy and questions about intoxication. The oddly garbled excerpt references dying, a funeral train, and a poet. The disjointed text suggests a fragmented historical newspaper snippet with limited coherent facts.
Fragmentary Arab proverbs appear with garbled words about knowing, ignorance, and wisdom. The text lists who should be avoided taught or followed and hints at a lesson on awareness and guidance, though phrases are incomplete and semantically unclear.
The article outlines Serofula as an impurity blood causing neck gland swellings, painful sores on limbs, eye and ear issues, and even blindness. It recommends taking P. P. P. Prickly Ash Root and Potassium as a blood purifier, noting its purported cleansing effects.
A reader describes a six year illness with swollen legs and chest symptoms that improved after using P. P. P. Ash and Poke Root. He asserts taking three small doses helped him regain strength and mobility and expects further recovery.
Officers and teacher list including Carr. N. Penics as president and Mrs Ansa L. Watten as vice, with Rev 0. A Jenkins and Miss Bett among others. Music credits note Anna Waizennegger and C A Joe England Conservatory. Parents urged to examine the logue before choosing a school. June 30.
Valuable property sale notice for two stores at city center Raleigh location 1 East Martin Street with residence and lot at intersection of Mat Dowell Street. Sale offers price information through A W Haxwoop trustee and A jul25 12 at Jous. B. Wal.
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