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Durham Recorder in Durham, North Carolina
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
3
How to inspect a typewriter before buying or renting
A New York Herald piece advises stenographers to test keys and types, check for wear and misalignment, and ensure smooth action. It notes test sentences, rotation of Figures, and the benefits of renting with repairs included. Emphasizes cleaning and oiling for longevity and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Donkey Remarks at Clergy Tea Provokes Lively Exchange
A curate with a nervous temperament embarrasses peers with awkward compliments to the bishop during a clergy tea at the bishop’s palace. A senior curate rebukes him, calling him a donkey and urging restraint as laughter erupts. Also notes a medical claim on lime's role for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop's Palace
Bruce
Aler
Call of the Past Note on a Grocery Store Debate
A Wall Street man recalls living in the country until age twenty five and jokes about a suburban grocer creating a large store that becomes a forum for loafing and discussing national questions. He imagines customers paying by the hour and providing their own tobacco, reminiscent of a Franklin era shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Franklin
New York Press
White House design copied from Duke of Leinster palace
In March 1792 commissioners advertised for a plan to build a house in Washington. Bids ranged from $500, with James Hoban’s entry accepted. Later it emerged Hoban copied the duke of Leinster’s Dublin palace design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
You All in the South Language Study
Philologists examine the southern idiom you all as a distinct plural form with accent on you. Alphonso Smith argues it signals a provincial usage not interchangeable with all of you. Joel Chandler Harris supports the plural reference, not a single individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Uncle Remus’ Magazine
Alphonso Smith
University of North Carolina
Inquid
Mason
Dixon
Joel Chan Dier Harris
Dinner guest jokes about costs and贵 grapes
Edward Everett Hale attends a New York millionaire’s dinner where the host boasts, with exact pennies, the expense of dishes including terrapin and grapes. Hale jokingly asks for $1.87 more. A London correspondent urges olive oil and lime juice for yellow fever, claiming rapid recovery shown in Cuba and South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett Hale
New York
Baltimore
Dr. Hale
London
Cuba
South America
The Chief Trouble
A Harper's Weekly quotation notes the waste of food in an English middle class family, contrasting it with a French family. The statis tician and the epicure debate whether cooked English waste could feed a French household, implying France bears little waste burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Corruption of Names in Scotland including Glasgow
Corruption of place names in Scotland traced to Abercro san and Crosan at the mouth of a small river. Travel names like St Enoch in Glasgow derive from St Thenog or The nan, Kelty’s bishop and patron saint, revealing layer upon layer of medieval legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Applecross
Ross-shire
Abercrosan
Crosan
Scotland
St. Enoch
Glasgow
Enoch
St. Thenog
Thenan
Kentigern
Exquisite Jewels Offer Beauty Secret Recipe Ring
A sensational ad promises a flawless complexion through a secret method claimed to be used by the most beautiful European women. It touts a beauty ring offered at a price below competitors, with unsolicited notes that the recipe for complexion care comes free with purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Doctors All Agree This Time On Dr Pierce's Medicines
Dense promotional text extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, claiming universal physician endorsement for curing mucous surface illnesses and related symptoms. It urges consumers to avoid substitutes, praising the product’s blood cleansing and liver benefits and noting availability via druggists in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Materia Medica
Pierce
Gulden
Eare
Golden Medical
Sage
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Ey
Aeaeerach
Ingredieni
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