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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
3
Four big circuses tour with 300 acts and 10 male riders. The shows spotlight 20 sensational acts 12 manege acts 10 brother acts and include high divers, high wire exploits and a host of sensational performances.
The notice details daily trains from Durham North Carolina to Greensboro and connections to Raleigh Selma Goldsboro Salisbury and points north south and west. It lists sleeper service dining cars fast mail connections and key station partners with names and offices.
W. D. Turrentine announces his candidacy for sheriff of Durham County subject to the Democratic primary and asks for voter support.
A compilation of curiosities describes sun silhouettes in the Harz mountains and Mount Washington, May day rites in Europe, the ancient drinking game cottabus, and theater chorus dancers learning to harmonize hand movements, drawing on quotes from Boston Post and Harper's.
Fragmentary report notes grim practice in Porto Rico where cemeteries rent plots and eviction of nonpaying tenants is reportedly common. The piece portrays a landlord using a shovel to move a corpse for unpaid rent, highlighting unusual burial customs.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt reports a bride used a ruse to influence a jeweler to withhold cut glass gifts by having a third party relay her dislike of such items. The tale is paired with a Business Proposition remark about a German woman who would not wait for a policy payment and urged the clerk to let it stand until a fire burned down.
Effective April 12 1908 Seaboard outlines Durham departures with connections to Henderson Weldon Portsmouth Norfolk Richmond and Florida lines. Details include Nos 288 241 221 222 and 41 43 with times and connections plus farm animal care services and vaccination offered locally with a Union Ticket Agent contact and phone number.
R N Lee of Durham announces a policy offer from his office in the Wright Building room 15. Interested parties may contact P O Box 384 for details and enrollment.
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