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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1891
Page
8
The State Chronicle lists a classified item titled W. S. Black-Situation Offered, appearing in the New Advertisements index for October 17, 1891. No other details are provided in the readable text.
Local items note upcoming meeting of the State board of agriculture and various community happenings. Raleigh deaths of Mrs Rebecca Johnston and Mr R R Bell are reported, with other local notes on public events and notable residents.
Swindell's Store advertises an immense stock of dry goods in latest styles and designs. It touts great values and bargains, including 20 percent off shoes, a large assortment of men's, women's, and children's footwear, and the state's best carpeting display. The note invites all to view the fall goods, signed D. T. Swinpet.
A large quantity of apples available for cheap by the barrel from D. T. Johnson serving Northern and North Carolina customers. Call phone 28 for orders and details.
A crowded arrival roster fills Raleigh as H M Holleman Apex Miss Tempie Betts and many others visit. Notables include F M Parker Richmond Times editor and State Geologist Joseph A Holmes. Maj W T Sutherlin and Walter H Page also appear, with coverage of the State Exposition and forthcoming Forum issue.
Hecker Co presents a ladies exhibit at W C Stronach and A B Stronach store showing self raising buckwheat corn flour flour and partly cooked oatmeal. Representative W Ramm offers guidance on easy housekeeping and preparation of these goods for interested visitors.
Dry goods shoes and cloaks outlet at 131 Fayetteville Street under trustee S. F. Morpecay announces wholesale and below cost sale. Cloaks wraps and dress goods offered with emphasis on urgency and stock clearance through the week.
The article outlines railway timings between Wilmington and Raleigh and other towns, and praises the State Chronicle as North Carolina’s sole eight page daily, with late dispatches, a leased telegraph wire, and strong Democratic alignment. It highlights extensive coverage from Murphy to Manteo and stresses wide state focus and substantial printing costs.
In Raleigh, McGee and Moseley advertise a store closing sale with stock to be closed out and cheap prices. S. F. Morprcat, Trustee, notes the event and October 13 as the starting reference.
An advertisement offers Gordon and Dilworth preserved fruits and notes Cary Hotel in Cary North Carolina as a stop for visitors to the Southern Exposition. It highlights convenient rail service from Raleigh via the Richmond and Danville line and Raleigh and Augusta Air Line, with special Exposition rates of one dollar per day.
Classified notice seeking a neat respectable white woman to live in a small Oxford family with children in the asylum. Respond with references to W. B. Black, Oxford, N.C. Oct 7 11.
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