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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1893
Page
2
The State Chronicle notes subscription rates and publishes editorials on current topics. It reports on the Hickory Press delegate visit and Episcopal Diocese convention, and analyzes India’s silver move and the Sherman act, urging more currency circulation amid calls to repeal free silver policies.
An industrial relief plan urges immediate congressional action to boost currency. It favors amending the National Bank law to allow drawing more currency on bonds rather than waiting for tax repeal. The text calls for rapid meetings, coordinated resolutions, and a Raleigh Chamber of Commerce lead to prompt nationwide impact.
A historical discussion traces the Sherman act from its 1890 passage through its impact on silver coinage and monetary policy, detailing Bland and Gold Reserve campaigns, the push and opposition by bimetallists and monometallists, and the act’s effects on currency expansion and redemption practices. It notes criticism of policy, Treasury discretion, and the call for repeal with caution about supplying alternate currency.
An essay urges North Carolina to raise girls education, questioning current female college roles while praising Miss Hatchie Harrison of New Bern for five years of musical study in Boston. It notes UNC improvements, new chairs, engineering, lab upgrades, and rising enrollment, highlighting strong state and national affiliations and endowments.
Details describe the Camperdown collision with the Victoria and the Victoria’s marines going below to perform duty. Of 120 marines aboard the Victoria, 99 lost in the disaster.
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