23 May 1893
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1893
Page
1
Large gathering attends ceremony for Independent Company armory in progress at Fayetteville. Veterans and local orders lead procession. Dr Hodges and Mayor Cook speak. armory to be completed August 23 with centennial celebration planned.
Dentists from across the state arrive for the ninth annual North Carolina Dental Association meeting in Raleigh. Officers, examiners, and standing committees are listed, with sessions including license exams at 10 a.m. and special topics in operative, prosthetic, orthodontic, and other dental disciplines. The report to the World Congress in Chicago is praised, noting NC dentistry’s high standing and absence of quackery. Reduced May 30 rates to Raleigh apply for military and veteran groups.
Crowds gathered in Greensboro for the Closing Exercises of the State Normal and Industrial School. Speeches and a stereoscopic lecture drew officials and visitors. A public notice from Durham calls residents to honor Jefferson Davis with streamers of flowers and bells at depots, churches, and schools. Other items include whiskey market news, a new savings company charter, government appointments, and local business ads urging comfort and dress goods purchases.
The Raleigh population, about fifteen thousand, shows many with throat and lung afflictions. A warning urges readers to consult their druggist for Kemp's Balsam for throat relief. Advertisement touts large bottle for sale and promotes bitters for digestion and malaria relief.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant remedy for purifying the system, aiding kidneys and bowels, and curing colds fevers and habitual constipation. It claims rapid action, broad appeal, and availability in bottles from CALIFORNIA FIRM SYRUP CO in Louisville.
Mechanics' and Investors' Union for Savings and Loans Raleigh NC chartered by state supervision with improved plan of running and loaning stock dues of disabled or deceased members paid from Guarantee Fund sound plan energetic directory competent management monthly payments 65 cents share maturity value FL 00 commercial and Farmers' Depository apply for stock to any member of the party good agents wanted GEO ALLEN secretary 107 Fayetteville St Opp. lost notice
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