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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1895
Page
3
Local notes report forthcoming city and municipal elections in Durham, calls for unity, and civic chatter. Items cover health at Watts Hospital, new Main Street stores, a bank stockholder meeting, tax views, and lighter social observations. The column preserves period tone with multiple named locals, businesses, and neighboring towns.
Mercury-based catarrh tonics warned against as dangerous. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio touted as mercury free and internally acting on blood mucous surfaces. ads claim 75c per bottle and genuine product. Separate note on arrests: three men captured for illicit distilling. Weaver Day bond for appearance. Hopkins released after bond. raid described as thinning moonshiners. County workhouse earns a reported $171.85 surplus last quarter. commissioners seek self support.
H Heineman of Milwaukee reports long standing rheumatism cured by Japanet Pile Cure after NY doctors failed. Mystic Cure promises quick relief for rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days at 75 cents, sold by Heartt & Farthing in Durham. Also endorsed are cures for itching, mange in horses, and 40 year cases cured after operations failed, guaranteed by W M Yearby.
Roanoke hosts a Democratic conference on May 15 that sparks editorials across Virginia calling for a constitutional convention. The push aims to revive state reform and ensure the meeting stays businesslike, with strong pressure to avoid regrets over the outcome.
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