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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1896
Page
2
Notice to subscribers from Durham indicates The Recorder is back in Durham after a sale to Hillsboro failed to meet terms. Debtors are urged to pay at the office to lessees King and Rollins, with thanks from E. G. Hackney. A distant column from Pueblo discusses politics and scholarship.
The piece argues government finances are out of balance as expenses exceed income and bonds are sold to foreign lenders. It condemns mortgaging posterity, favors retrenchment or tax increases, and notes deficits and upcoming interest payments. It cites the Washington Times on public sentiment and mentions the Commodore’s Cuban arms shipment and a poison murder attempt by Elkin’s king. It also reports on Supreme Court upholding interstate freight rates and Durham’s district convention, with Confederate memorial events planned in Richmond.
A Washington Post Sunday feature recounts Andrew Bass born in Edentown North Carolina in 1771 and living to an advanced age in a New Jersey poorhouse. He recalls tobacco use since age six and whiskey for nearly as long, claims schooling by reading the Bible, and notes a Baptist faith, blindness, and a sharp mind.
Advertisement offers men and women 10 to 18 dollars per week for easy home tasks or peddling. Applicants are told to send a lamp and details to Herman n Seymour at 213 South Sixth Street Philadelphia Pa.
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