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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1892
Page
4
The Chronicle notes showers followed by fair weather in the interior. Raleigh on May 10 reports a max temperature of 65 and a min of 54 with 0.12 inch rainfall.
City news notes that no cattle show will be held this year. The Raleigh euchre club will meet at Mr. George H. Snow's residence. The governor’s guard skipped the usual salute due to lack of blank cartridges. Flowers brighten Confederal cemetery and Oakwood graves. Various local residents, clergy, and society events fill the day from church picnics to Knights of Pythias talks and a straw berry festival.
Residents and officials are remembered in obituaries and notices across Craven county. Mr W Buzzell of Mapleville dies at 71 after illness. Delia Purnell suffers a knee injury from a tree fall. Rev Dr Moran leaves $1000 to Rev Dr Deems for funeral duties. Rev Dr Hall returns from Atlanta to attend Odd Fellows grand lodge in Wilmington. Capt Royster and other New Bern Odd Fellows attend grand lodge events. Capt John A Richardson dies at 63. his career spans Creven county, Bellair plantation, North Carolina railroad work, Gaston House ownership, customs collector, and Craven county register of deeds postwar. Grand Sire Charles M Bushee and a Wilmington visit mark lodge events including Cape Fear. Widespread notices include bank liability from wrecked First Nat bank of Wilmington with $250,000 assessment on shareholders. Special notices warn creditors and readers of deadlines and local trade adverts appear for produce and goods.
Market reports from New York on May 10 describe a softer Liverpool opening, brief gains in futures, and later declines as government crop reports emphasize delayed planting and drought. Investors weigh pessimistic crop news against potential future advances, while receipts at ports lag behind last year.
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