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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
2
A letter discusses asylums, urges better ward conditions and increased funding from the legislature. It blames political shortfalls on 60 day sessions, calls for prudent spending, and urges lawmakers to protect charities while warning against partisan obstruction. Notes on local teachers, pastors, and community events follow.
Weather across Chatham County brings heavy rain and freshets hindering crops. Corn suffers on hills, fields remain flooded, and cotton planting slows in New Hope Valley. Tobacco remains the main money crop on higher ground as farmers adapt to the wet season.
Peace Institute Raleigh N Y offers full English course with music art and modern languages plus commercial courses in typewriting bookkeeping and stenography. All departments taught by experienced teachers. For catalogue and terms address Rev. R Burwell & Son Raleigh N C July 24.
The Oxford Female Seminary opens September 4 1889 with a highly qualified faculty. Teachers hold diplomas from University of Virginia Sauveur School of Language and other premier institutions. Piano organ and vocal instructors boast notable conservatory and New York training. Annual session runs 40 weeks with board and extras. catalogues available from President B Tessosee.
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