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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
5
Ram Reber at Funston reports a wet weekend with showers reviving crops and farmers. The piece highlights wheat yields, Baptist and Methodist revivals, social visits, school projects, and plans for a local church tour to Washington and Niagara Falls with details on participants and local commitments.
Mrs John Micol traveled to Durham for a tonsil operation reported as very successful. John Whitfield recently returned from Perron county surveying crops which are described as generally worrying. Sid Perry and a crowd seined Thursday as manual good luck. H. Clayton continues in local news.
Fragmentary timetable notes routes for the Seaboard Air Line and Durham & Southern trains. It lists trains 1 and 2, arrival and departure times at Durham, and a No 41 connection to Apex with onward links to Washington, Atlanta, Memphis, Savannah, and Jacksonville, among others.
Reported damage to the apple crop in the western part of the state suggests reduced quality and potential impact on production. Officials note stress to fruit and possible market effects.
The fragment mentions the Vance Memorial Association of Chat addressing a reunion and funds for a senior named Vance. It references Chief Justice Clark and Ex Gow Janta in connection with an event at a tea meeting. Details are unclear but indicate fundraising and an annual reunion context involving local figures.
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