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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1893
Page
2
The State Chronicle discusses the Lizzie Borden trial, a New York postmaster appointment, and a Raleigh death. It analyzes Southern financial strength, currency elasticity, and emigration trends, contrasts with Northern troubles, and notes a damaging Virginia rainstorm and Wake Forest fire disruptions.
The Board of Visitors at the Medical College of Virginia meets Wednesday July 12, 1893 at noon in Richmond to fill two new chairs Diseases of the Eye Ear and Throat and General Pathology and Bacteriology and to fill vacancies in Diseases of Women and Children and in Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Applicants should send testimonials to Dean Christopher Tompkins. Crump and Tallery announce. Also note Harry Hill, Atlanta high roller, has been captured.
Fred Cook and Alex Watson, switch men for the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis Railway, were killed when a locomotive derailed after rails spread in Memphis Tennessee. The engine buried its front in an embankment and the men were crushed beneath it, with recovery taking hours.
Sapione Martello was electrocuted at 11 51 this morning for the murder of Giovanna Parello on March 5 1892 in Saratoga.
Miss Sallie Nash, longtime principal of the Nash and Kollock school for young ladies, died at her Hillsboro home in her eighties. A devoted Presbyterian and active educator, she shaped many leading women across North Carolina. Survived by a younger sister and relatives, her funeral will be in Hillisboro.
Southbound Iron Mountain train derailed near Mill Spring 134 miles south of this city. The smoker car overturned injuring nearly a score of passengers while rear coaches and sleeping cars escaped harm. Physicians from Piedmont Popular Bluff and MG Spring treated the injured.
The London Royal Institution lectures by Prof. Dewar on liquid oxygen illustrate a vacuum jacketed glass bottle with inner and outer walls and a space evacuated to minimize heat transfer. The report also reviews Gladstone’s personality and public demeanor, noting courtesy, stern private temper, and family devotion. Additional items describe a hippo incident in Central Park and brief notices on medical tonics and political matters.
Readable fragments point to a local news item mentioning a person and place with unclear details. The text hints at events or notices but lacks complete names, dates, or outcomes.
A past note praises McClure's Magazine for literary excellence and high artistic design while noting its price of 150 a year or 15 a copy, suggesting limited access due to cost.
MecClure's Magazine announces the June issue priced 15 cents with annual options. Contributors include Stevenson Kipling Howells Hardy Jewett Doyle Harte and others. Publication details note availability through S S McClure Limited New York and Associated Literary Press.
McClure's Magazine announces its first issue with features by leading authors and notable interviews. It highlights portraits of distinguished figures, new in invention and science topics, and adventure pieces including wild beast captures. An agent drive for North Carolina is noted with subscription details.
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