26 Nov 1892
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1892
Page
1
The readable text mentions street repair efforts and housing areas with references to a fore room and extended avenues. It notes a bounced total of 43 and partial descriptions of streets and dwellings. The passage is fragmented with unclear connections and names.
Dispatch reports U S proposals to boost silver use and fix gold silver parity. Delegates from Germany and Austria oppose changes, while Britain’s Sir G C Rivers-Wilson seeks instructions from London. Other items note Caprivi army bill reception in French press and a Turkish drowning incident. Bloomington Democrats plan special cars for Adlai Stevenson’s inauguration trip.
The Mercantile Agency notes higher trade volumes than any prior year with Boston and Philadelphia seeing active markets and easier money. Cigar manufacturing and lumber markets rise in the Midwest while New Orleans reports stronger cotton and sugar. stock markets show large speculative activity and rising prices. Six brothers on a Ohio train riot injures crew. hydrophobia fears rise in Danville. Georgia governors head to Chicago for World Fair matters. Northern Pacific train robbery. Lizzie Borden inquiry ends with no bill.
Ex Secretary Blaine remains under medical care with two physicians in attendance as his condition prompts concern among friends. Weather reports and telegraph dispatches note the International Monetary Conference in Brussels drawing interest, with British positions aimed at maintaining a gold standard. The Comptroller of the Currency urges bank note circulation tied to bond par value and authorizing removal of bank officers for legal violations. 103 banks formed this year with 50 liquidations and 17 insolvencies amid a $10.4 billion circulation decline.
New Orleans November 25 secretary Hester reports a continued drop in cotton movements for the week ending November 25. Cumulative November totals show sharp declines versus last year and the year before, with receipts at U.S. ports down and stocks at sea ports easing. The report notes a 39 percent marketing rate since September 1 and outlines emigration and political notes affecting economy.
The Vanderbilt summer residence known as the Bunkers at Newport was consumed by a large fire around 4:50 p m. and the building and its contents were destroyed. Estimated losses exceed 600 000 with much covered by insurance. The blaze also damaged other properties nearby and several incidents from different cities follow in the dispatches.
The holiday observed with religious services across multiple churches. Governors proclamation read, offerings split among Oxford orphan asylum Presbyterian orphanage and Baptist orphanage. Kings Daughters open mission rooms to aid the poor with donations and volunteer work. Weather notes and local social items follow.
All firemen at the New York Steam Company plant walked out at noon to protest wage cuts. They shut down furnaces, cutting steam pressure, halting Western Union traffic at Browway and Dey streets and stopping presses at several offices. Sport events were delayed as the disruption spread. In Broadwater Island, a strong northwest wind affected sport logistics but improved by noon with sun. Mr. Cleveland considered staying additional days.
Auction under a consent judgment in Wake County court sells Mary A. Morebendt estate real estate. Properties include a parcel on Fayetteville Street with 25 foot frontage, a store lot on East Hargett Street about 22 feet wide, and a store lot on South Harrett Street with wall privileges. Each parcel sells for one third cash with the balance due in six months at 5 percent interest. James T. Pullen administrator and commissioner conducts the sale on Monday December 6 at the Wake County courthouse.
Real estate and business listing offering a 40 acre tract with bands and salt works near a capital area. Includes two hundred yards from a river and near rail lines, with proposed sale under court action. Also advertises brass typewriter inventory and factory equipment for sale by a New York supplier.
Fragmentary notice mentions Alexander Stronach and an auction at a tower door in a northern district. References to 804 and 622 acre parcels appear amid garbled names and dates. The text hints at a legal matter with a court or attorney and an impending sale of property or assets.
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