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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1891
Page
8
Washington weather bulletin forecasts fair to Friday for North Carolina with warmer temperatures and southerly winds. Raleigh area expected to have fair weather and a warm up on Thursday. Also includes an index to New Advertisements featuring Standard Bred Trotting Horses for Sale by B. P. Williamson.
Cotton compress gains exhaust pipe. Williamson Lewis family arrives from Statesville. Boll worm damage reported. Oakdale sale nets over 10000. Exposition week features concerts and speeches. Cross Creek railway vote. Oak City building sale. notable visitors and trials announced. Odd Fellows Day event planned. Priest Father Gross attends Baltimore reunion. Alliance grapes praised at Exposition. Ground wire work underway to improve Raleigh telephone service. Col. E T Becton donates 1000 to Soldiers Home. Exposition attendees include W H Kitchen and 600 veterans. Major appointees and social news fill the page.
Hiram Lodge No 40 A F and A M holds a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM with all members urged to attend for business of importance. Seaton Gales Lodge No 64 meets tonight at 7 4 o clock with third degree candidates arriving by 7 45 PM. Manteo Lodge members and visiting brethren invited. Tmem Secretary.
Mr John S Johnston of Chat ham county married Mrs Mollie Stone at her sister Mrs W R Fatmans home. The ceremony was quiet with friends in attendance. Rev A D Fiunter of Greenville officiated, assisted by Rev Dr J W Carter. The couple departed for Pittsboro yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday morning at Philip Thiem's residence the bride Lula Thiem and groom Walter Woollcott were married with Rev. Dr. Cordon officiating. Woollcott, foreman of the Capital Hose Company, is a well respected local citizen. The couple left for a bridal tour in New York.
The Chronicle reports Dr. Richard Gatling greeted by Jas H Lassiter of Henderson and Jacob Parker of Warrenton in Raleigh. Gatling recalled school days and shared anecdotes including a turkey hunt from when he was seventeen.
The noted inventor Dr Gatling visited Raleigh for the Exposition and met with residents and prominent state figures. Yesterday afternoon Pulaski Cowper hosted a luncheon for the guest, who planned to depart for home this morning after engagements across the state.
Court calendar listing cases in the first and second weeks of November with numerous civil filings. Includes Florence Grady, Walter Beddingfield, R L Herndon, Upchurch, Shaffer, Jackson, Jones, Harris, Partin, Crowder, Green, Johnson, Bunn, Williamson, Upchurch, Goodwin, Norris, Eatman, Utley, Ellison, Harvey, Vickers, Gunter, Mangum, and others. Entries span multiple dates from Monday November 2 to Friday November 6 with various defendants and plaintiffs and notes on docket numbers.
The Wake county farm of Capt B P Williamson near here hosts a second auction of trotting bred Hambletonian and Morgan stallions brood mares colts and fillies on November 11 with nineteen animals to be disposed of Edenton Street Methodist Church drew a large crowd for the marriage of Miss Pattie M Brown to Mr Rufus Cooper of Statesville Rev Dr J H Gordon presided with a lengthy list of bridesmaids groomsmen and attendants. the bride noted for her many friends and attractions.
You can find stylish dresses, gloves, hats, hand-sewn shoes, and gents furnishings at Swindell's. The store offers velvet moquette Brussels carpets, ingrain rugs, and floor cloths at low prices in a large emporium.
Special notices advertise pure maple sap and maple sugar and new mince meat in packages and by the pound. Carroll Bailey's North Carolina hams priced 16c small, 15c large, at 205 S Wilmington St. Roysten's sells hand painted 6 lb boxes filled by an artist. Abbott's corn paint promises painless corn removal.
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