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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1892
Page
4
Sept 22 report notes rainfall 0.22 inch in Raleigh vicinity. Forecast calls for morning threats clearing soon and warmer conditions. North Carolina expects clearing tonight or Friday except coastal showers with south winds.
A dense wrap of notices lists attendances at the chamber meeting tonight and committees to meet at the mayor's office. Mentioned are Geo Wilson's Minstrels at Hale High September 27 and several city officials and residents returning from events in Raleigh and Chapel Hill.
The Chamber of Commerce urges all citizens to attend a crucial meeting tonight. The event aims to galvanize Raleigh for a historic occasion and to rally support for the World’s Fair project through an active executive committee and national exhibit plans.
An advertisement extols P. P. P. as an infallible blood purifier claiming it cures scrofula rheumatism and other diseases by cleansing impure blood. It highlights that the tonic suits infants and the elderly and claims women with menstrual issues benefit from its cleansing properties. Sold by all druggists.
A Boston delegation delivered the silken banner of the Cleveland Guards to its original owners in Shelby after a ceremony at the courthouse and banquet at the Shelby hotel. The event honored Cleveland county’s first company to enlist, with speeches by city officials and veterans. The flag’s return concluded a long-standing wartime gesture amid Southern hospitality as attendeeshead home the next day.
In Lexton North Carolina on September 22 Hon RB Glenn Marion Butler and Dr Exum spoke at the courthouse to a mixed crowd of Democrats Republicans and third party voters. Butler opened to applause but Glenn's rebuttal cooled support for Butler and gave third party voters new considerations. Exum’s speech pleased many Democrats though overall it was deemed a political failure for his party. The county remains drought affected yet corn crops are large. The piece emphasizes party principles and vigilance within the Alliance and the Order against schemes conflicting with core beliefs.
Special notices describe a fine horse request and a livery business for sale due to health reasons in North Carolina. The page also promotes soups, crackers, and pantry items from Thos Pescud, plus various letters and notices related to political discussions and medical remedies from Simmons and King’s New Discovery.
An ad-like survey touts Dr King’s New Discovery and other tonics, promising universal satisfaction and refunds if not pleased. It cites testimonials, sample offers, and price points for Kemp's Balsam, P. P. P., Ayer’s Pills and Ayer’s Ague Cure, claiming blood purification and cough relief.
The New York cotton market opened lower with spot sales down about 2 cents per pound. By 1 PM contracts for January stood at 7 63, with afternoon trading seeing a brisk rise in prices as demand picked up. Port receipts for the day reached 70,000 bales, while futures closed steady and the Liverpool spot market remained steady with middling uplands around 4 1/2.
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