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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1892
Page
5
The column records several deaths and health issues including John C. Young in Concord at 72 and Josephine Peace near 70, plus Mrs. Edwin Chadwick ill in Greensboro. It notes arrivals of Moore County residents and comments on political shifts with W H Cowles retiring after eight terms, naming possible successors in the eighth district.
Washington correspondent accuses the New York Times of misrepresenting three North Carolina Democrats who visited Hill in Arlington to seek pledged support. State editor and committee chair deny any pledge and say Hill would not veto a bill if passed. An unrelated ad for Liver Regulator appears within the text.
The Cranberry mine on Iron mountain in Mitchell County holds a premier North American iron ore deposit. Rich magnetite ore spans about fifteen hundred feet long and up to eight hundred feet wide with strong tensile strength. Bloom iron from Cranberry forges sold in Baltimore for fifteen dollars above market. bed size compares with Missouri and Michigan deposits.
Memph is Tenn March 3 four more negroes implicated in Saturday night riot and shooting were arrested this morning. Police now have thirty one prisoners and a stock of firearms. Ring leaders have fled to Arkansas swamps. A letter from Calvin McDowell to his sweetheart states he led an organization aiming to kill any white man in his society.
Special Cor. State Chronicle presents a condensed panegyric praising Augustus 5 Merriman as Chief Justice of North Carolina. The speaker recalls Holden’s cognitive decline and extols Merriman’s fitness “for all occasions,” character, learning, and moral life, claiming the people of North Carolina are true to themselves if Merriman dies Chief Justice.
Notices invite inquiries about the Electropoise from Miss A. Tillinghast, agent, at 425 N Bloodworth St Raleigh. Call after 6 p m. also mentions Boston chips sales and other product ads. Daniel Eberhardt Pescud advertise olives panacea water claims and Opera Clips new products.
The Mocksville Times reports the Register issued a marriage license last week for James Chaffin and Lucinda Austin. The groom is 85, the bride 42. The text also notes a German king’s Brandenburg speech and comments on his post dinner mood and temperament.
Louisburg hosts Harris House a new hotel promising comfortable rooms attentive service and fine meals. Also promoted are Golden Gate Packing Co peaches pears cherries and apricots Eberhardt & Pescud seed potatoes fifty barrels Early Rose potatoes received at Kodak and The Wonderful Tonic Headache Cure sold by King & McGee with 10 cent envelopes for two doses.
Statement of condition for the United States Branch of the Employers Liability Assurance Corporation dated December 31 1891 shows assets including real estate loans and securities and liabilities such as losses unpaid and capital stock. North Carolina official notices certify the sworn statements as true extracts filed with the state Insurance Department Raleigh March 1891 and March 1891 for Home Insurance Company of New Orleans.
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