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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1886
Page
3
The notice lists Rev. N. B. Dobb hs resignation from Hickory Baptist Church along with a flood of local items. It mentions races for judge and solicitor, farm woes, a Danville death, bids for offices, crop gloom, and humorous asides reflecting 1880s Orange County life.
An eyewitness from 1865 recounts Jefferson Davis being placed in irons at Fortress Monroe after landing from a gun boat. Guards kept bystanders away as he was moved to a casement, robed with ankle restraints, until Washington ordered removal and limited exercise within the grounds. President Johnson is mentioned in the ensuing amelioration.
A white man named Rowe living in the northwestern part of town was struck by lightning Sunday evening and has remained seriously ill since. The report appears in a local exchange listing from Mt. Vernon Springs and references tobacco market activity in Alamance County, with buyers Lea Warren & Pope and Globe Warehouse handling large loads and high prices.
Advertises Eddystone Guano as a tested fertilizer for bright yellow tobacco grown in Durham by Capt. W. D Lunsford. Claims drought resistance and seasonable use to secure fine crops. Also mentions Dr Devi cough syrup at Perry's and Zaiglers shoes sale with low prices at Perry's.
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