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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1891
Page
8
The page highlights advertisement indices in our capital city with firms such as Eberhardt and Pescud offering Finest Canned Goods and J R Ferrall and Co advertising Fancy Groceries. Citizens National Bank provides a state ment.
Local notes report a festival and musical at the auditorium, a Hopkins fair of ships and yards, and preparations around the Yarboro. Exposition crowds arrive by train with extra cars as police, editors, and visitors gather for lectures, displays, and a grand music festival at Stronach Auditorium.
Mrs F S Bryan visits relatives in Greensboro and others head to Exposition in Raleigh. Visitors and arrivals at Yarboro include diverse figures from Warrenton Newbern Salisbury and Smithfield with several names listed.
Ben Bostick faced execution in Carthage for the murder of Jerome Currie. The killing occurred as Currie reproved Bostick for boisterous conduct while Currie worked in a field. Authorities failed to obtain a telegram from Carthage regarding the hanging.
The Railway Commission met yesterday to consider revising the Southern Express Company rates. Attending were Loop auditor Croswell Sadler and Bryan from the company. The tariff will be prepared promptly reflecting commission views and will be especially low for fruit and vegetables.
Special notices advertise an unusually low carpet price this week with two hundred styles and matching rugs. Swindell’s also features ladies Bearing shoes and Reynolds men’s footwear. A note mentions Gordon & Dilworth preserved fruits arriving. A testimonial praises P P P blood medicine for long standing skin disease with ongoing use and gratitude.
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