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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1893
Page
4
The issue includes a Raleigh local forecast for Saturday, noting generally fair conditions with possible showers in the western portion and warmer interior, plus a dry maximum of 45 and minimum of 65. It also contains a delivery reminder to subscribers and a weather summary for June 2 1893.
Rain fell heavily yesterday between four and five with lightning and thunder. Governor Carr seeks John Pain from Danville jail. District Attorney C A Cook plans to resign after June courts. Tony Rogers death sentence reprieved to June 27. Wake Forest reports D M Gaddy’s death during commencement. Davis memorial funeral car praised. Raleigh as venue. Rev Dixon praises audience at Baptist Tabernacle. University Ball managers listed. Aldermen meet. liquor licenses granted. city ordinances to be codified. Davis Memorial photos by Go P Wharton for sale. Personal notes list locals visiting or staying at Yarboro. Trinity College scene, missionary talk, and a four-wheeled land yacht advertised as cheap summer travel option. Death of Mrs Eliza Lambeth announced. Local ads for tonics and soaps. News notes and market prices follow.
New York June 2 markets show firmer money on call ranges 2 to 5 percent, prime mercantile paper 6 to 8, sterling firm at 74.90, government bonds easier, rail bonds weak. Cotton futures close steady with heavy sales 123,700 bales, spot cotton steady across cities from Galveston to New Orleans, and grain, pork, lard, and sugar prices sketched with minor moves. Liverpool quotes boost for spot cotton, local trading limited, spinners poised as East markets dry up.
Liverpool cotton market report for June 2 to 4 lists American middling fair at 4 percent, good middling 41-16, middling 43 16, and other grades with quarterly and period futures noted as closed firm. Also mentions Captain Sweeney of San Diego praising Shilohs Catarrh Remedy, price 50 cents, sold by King and McGez.
A special notice promotes male and female agents to sell Queen Plating Outfits for gold, silver, nickel, copper and brass plating. No experience needed, portable from house to house, with strong earnings claims and wholesale reach to businesses and households. Also includes assorted ads for remedies and Castoria, plus mountain vacation information from The Christian Union.
An advertising roundup touts P P P Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium as a cure for headaches indigestion biliousness dyspepsia and general stomach troubles while claiming relief from rheumatism body pains and malaria. Also promoted are Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint Ely s Cream Balm Ely s Dream Balm and Ayer s Sarsaparilla with testimonials from users.
Raleigh dealer at No 21 Fayetteville Street markets White Rotary and Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines wholesale and retail. Offers repairs, needles, parts by mail to North Carolina. Sells farm implements including engines boilers mowers reapers and binders. Ships nationwide.
Advertisements note a Southern Bureau to supply entertainment and connections for visitors. Commerce and health remedies are pitched, with testimonials for Ely's Cream Balm and Ayer's Sarsaparilla, plus brief mentions of ice trade and local agents in Raleigh and Little Falls. Enticing plans reflect regional booster aims and consumer ads.
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