10 Aug 1892
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1892
Page
1
An 1890s style miscellany blends a patently pure patent medicine claim for ABSOLUTELY PURE Shilohs Consumption Cure with political notes on Democrats, the Force Bill, and Southern reactions. It cites campaigns, party figures, and local color about campaigns and press commentary, with a contrast between medicine ads and party discourse.
A news item notes a boy with eczema who tried various remedies through Coneras Reserves and local physicians, with persistent sores and suffering. The report mentions Union County and Worcester area as referenced locations in the brief account.
Damaged OCR fragment mentions New Orleans city matters and a name Clark Gaines estate with unclear figures. Reads like a partial note on a property or paper distribution. No clear event, date, or full entities to verify.
The Durham Sun criticizes Mr. John C. Wilkerson of the People's Party for Register of Deeds, citing a past 1884 race when he aligned with Republicans and later supported the Democratic ticket after campaigning against them. It questions his loyalty to the party and to Black voters who endorsed him, urging straight forward voters to doubt his record.
Special correspondence reports Chairman Carter of the Republican National Committee in Washington reviving a scare about carrying Democratic states in the South. Alabama, the Carolinas, and West Virginia are named as targets, while observers rate Democratic chances in Illinois, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts as stronger. The piece also notes Prof. Collier Cobb being elected assistant professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of North Carolina, highlighting his Harvard education and career.
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