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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1891
Page
2
Terms list dairy subscriptions one year six dollars discount postage free. Batty six months three dollars. Datty one month free. Weekly one year one dollar twenty five cents. Weekly clubs of five one dollar. Liberal commission allowed to club agents. Sample copies furnished free on application.
The piece notes dissatisfaction with delayed papers and demands prompt delivery. It quotes Ben Tillman on democracy and reform. It also reports on the unveiling of Henry W Grapy’s statue in Atlanta with Gov Daylng delivering the oration and a Democratic banquet.
The New York Financial Chronicle reports weekly cotton receipts at 375,820 bales with total since September 1, 1891 at 1,412,772 bales, down 28,056 from 1890. Exports for the week total 158,853 bales, with 95,924 to Britain and 50,673 to the rest of the continent. Forward sales reach 751,500 bales while immediate delivery sales total 1,344. Interior stocks rise by 66,994 bales and are 109,455 bales higher than last year. Plantations movement averages show 1,614,970 bales since September 1, 1891. Weather across the South remains cool yet satisfactory for gathering as marketing hits a record pace at ports.
The piece describes how after Boulanger's suicide over a beloved mistress, New York newspapers failed to locate a real photograph. An afternoon paper commissioned an artist to create a fictional portrait, and the image quickly ran in all papers, praised as a good likeness by readers.
The piece urges Ireland to unite beyond Parnell and avoid hatred toward rivals. It argues that the Irish cause is greater than any single leader and that personal hero worship should yield to achieving Home Rule. It warns that division weakens the opportunity for self government.
Government rain making near San Diego Texas yielded half an inch of rain in under an hour, extending up to forty miles northeast and several other directions. Balloons rose to half a mile as humidity rose from 63 to 95 percent, with a total cost of 2500 dollars and cattlemen estimating a half million dollars in value. A Cuiiaco newspaper sues a directory firm for 50000 dollars over understated circulation. Simmons Liver Regulator touted for relief of costiveness and hemorrhoids.
Assignee's sale set for October 26 1891 at 11 o'clock in the forenoon at the factory building Nos 113 and 115 East Hargett Street Raleigh North Carolina the place where John W Walter formerly conducted business under the same name and style.
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