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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1893
Page
4
The paper lists subscription notices and ad index for May 6 1893. It notes charges for cards of thanks and obituary notices, church notices, and entertainments. Weather forecast indicates fair, warmer conditions for Raleigh with a max 79 and min 40.
Confirmation services will be held at St. Mary's Chapel tomorrow afternoon. The German Club meets Friday in its hall. Orders for Sunday Dughi ice cream must be sent today. A cyclone did not damage Adams warehouse at Oxford. Bishop Lyman will confirm a large class at the Church of the Good Shepherd tomorrow morning. The new Building and Loan Association has been abandoned by court decision. Fire destroyed John Hanna's barn and harmed his stock and equipment. The Confederate Monument Association thanks Mrs. Burgwyn for $42 to county credit. Officials appoints Southland director of Eastern Insane Asylum and Briggs trustee of the colored college. Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Co. featured by Ellington. Mutual Life Insurance Co. noted with Russ as North Carolina general agent. Local citizens reported various personal visits and business travels. Middles and encampment plans for state guards considered at Raleigh.
Supreme Court announcements list multiple cases from Buncombe Burke Rutherford Cumberland and others with affirmations and a new trial. The North Carolina Medical Society meets on the 9th at which J M Faison will deliver the annual essay and Dr I Allison Hodges of Wilmington will give the annual oration. Additionally a Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company statement appears with financial figures and officers.
A compact market brief notes New York money on call at 4 percent, prime mercantile paper 6 to 8, unsettled sterling exchange, and steady government and railroad bonds. It also lists futures for grains and pork lard, cash quotations for flour and grains, spot cotton bids and regional market tones, and Liverpool and domestic produce prices with several commodity notes.
Maj. H. H. Rogers, state agent, organized a Raleigh board with officers John C. Drewry president Frank B. Carpenter vice president Henry E. Litchford secretary treasurer and other directors. Positions open include salesmen for country trade a machinist for a cotton mill and an experienced canvasser. apply P. O. Box 1126 Greensboro NC.
Special notices advertise Williams & Kings toothache remedy and Botanic Blood Balm with testimonials and prices. Other items offer Kemp's Balsam cure, P P P tonic for rheumatism and skin ailments, and Salvation Oil. Travel ads promote White Mountains Vermont Virginia resorts and a Southern Bureau for World’s Fair visitors. Ice prices and Raleigh Crystal Ice Factory management are also shown.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Queen City Silver Nickel Plating Co offerings. It promises durable plating for metal items and easy hand carrying from house to house. Agents allegedly earn money quickly by selling to nearly every business and family, with instant plate results claimed.
A vintage testimonial style note shows a mother recalling Castoria as the remedy from infancy to motherhood. The cadence traces a family's reliance on the product across the child's stages and into later care.
A lively note extols shopping at the Lyon Racket Store with items like vests at 3 for 2k, belts and girdles 9c to 40c, shirt waists 49c to $1.29, ladies waists and boys waists, and a full line of men's gauze underwear, plus shoes and slippers.
A jumbled railway timetable and shop listing mix includes mixed train arrivals and departures, stationery needs, paper products, and Dennison tissue materials. The piece references Wig Brae, Raleigh Stationery Co, and multiple stations such as Tarboro and Wilmington, with scattered prices and times.
The advertisement touts the largest footwear selection in the state with men's Russia Cult Bluchers priced at 3.00 4.40 6.00 and ladies Russia Calf Blucher Oxford Ties at 2.50 3.00 and 3.50 per pair. Also Misses and Ladies Russet Goat Oxford Ties at 1.50 and 1.25 per pair.
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