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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1891
Page
2
A bidder’s notice lists subscription rates for daily and weekly papers with discount entries and terms. It urges readers to report late deliveries and provide the address for prompt attention, then features Ben Tillman declaring loyalty to the Democratic Party and opposition to third-party organizing in the South.
A satirical New York Herald piece portrays courage through a cartoonish tale of a man returning home at dawn to face an angry wife. The dialogue mocks heroic deeds by comparing them to the man’s domesticated bravery and a mundane domestic scene.
Mr. Cameron Morrison of Richmond county resigns from the committee due to a shift in political views and will become a Democrat. Murat Harsteap telegrams the Republican press of Ohio calling voters who back the Democratic ticket infernal fools. The Constitution notes the Republicans saving their strongest arguments for the campaign’s final days.
Henry George Jr. reports from London on England's postal telegraph system. Telegrams cost one cent a word to the U K with a twelve word minimum, postage stamps cover payment, and repeats cost half. News rates vary by time and distance, with cheap bulk news transmission and a Wheatstone automatic process increasing speed.
The Manufacturers' Record notes widespread South growth with unprecedented cotton receipts and heavy foreign shipments. New enterprises form nationwide from Alabama to Virginia, including several million dollar deals in Sheffield and numerous small and mid sized ventures across Florida Georgia North Carolina Texas and Kentucky.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pa says he will not be without Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. He credits it with saving his wife from pneumonia after La Grippe and endorses its use. Robert Barber of Cooksport Pa reports great relief from lung trouble. Free trial bottles at John Y Mac Rae's drugstore. Large bottles 50c and 1.
E. E. Hichard of Scotland Neck Democrat and Prof. W. C. Auen call for a modern Southern Speaker focusing on reconciliation, progress, and education. They favor works by postbellum leaders and urge compilation of notable orations, including Cannown, Grapy, and other era figures, to inspire youth to high achievement.
Secretary Barnes reports gradual decline in Alliance strength statewide except in counties where partisan politics remains dominant. The Chronix argues the Alliance must avoid party politics or risk its dissolution, criticizing those who push a People's party alignment as unfit leaders.
The notice extols Electric Bitters as a pure medicine that cleanses blood and cures liver and kidney ailments. It claims the product removes pimples and skin conditions and notes widespread usage and praise. A separate item announces Greensboro North State moving to Raleigh to publish as the Republican office-holders' organ with funding by assessments. Governor Fleming of Florida is set to speak at noon.
The Weekly Toiler outlines Alliance platform items including low tariff free coinage graduated income tax opposition to alien land ownership and abolition of national banks. It notes the sub treasury is a detail of the last item and invites alternative plans if the treasury idea is objectionable.
An 40 year old patent medicine ad touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure for bitter mornings, sour stomach, heartburn, restlessness and sleeplessness. It claims safety for all ages including infants, promises digestion aid, improved breath, and a harmless risk with a distinctive red trade-mark on the wrapper and signature of J. A. Zeilin & Co.
Mrs C A Little and the estate of ML Little schedule a public sale on the 27th at Hickory. The property includes a valuable urban lot in a prosperous town to be sold on a credit term by the Bank of Fi ble.
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