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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1888
Page
3
Dover reporters describe an influx of tramps to the peninsula with over 100 in Dover jail and 26 added yesterday. Railroad officers arrest trespassers while some urge a tramp train to move them northward and reduce local numbers amid 10 000 estimated on the peninsula.
Col Fred A Olds telegraphs that many expect indictments in the State National Bank case and treasury expert Drummond remains in Richmond for further inquiry. Across Iowa and Tennessee multiple local items report thefts gambles and bank or mill sales amid volatile news.
We regret to announce the removal of the Greensboro Ive pregegelity to Durham due to lack of water quality promised by the Water Works. The move was deemed necessary.
A 1888 local editorial urges residents to buy at home to keep money circulating and support home merchants tailors milliners and newspapers while discouraging purchases from distant cities. It also notes a Democratic Senatorial Convention and a pistol incident in Danbury with a shooting and subsequent jail stay.
A report of yellow fever in Goldsboro caused panic on the streets as a Jacksonville visitor fell ill after arriving by the eastern train. The city quarantined against Jacksonville to remove danger amid rapid, disorderly spread and local vigilance.
A Washington correspondent notes a wide shift toward the Democrats in Minnesota. He cites tariff as the central issue driving Republicans to lose the state, with large bets on Democratic victory. Also reports London Times and Parnell libel cases, July imports rise, a Oregon murder of five daughters, and a Sanford Express editorial praising academies shaping leaders.
Acting Surgeon General Stone received a Jacksonville telegram showing twenty four hour stats with New cases three recovered one and a death. totals twenty one cases and three deaths. The message discusses taxes on whisky, opposing full repeal and noting a moral issue and effects on licensing.
In a May 8 1888 letter from N C Greensboro a local engineer endorses Eureka Scalp Cleaner and Hair Purifier by Prof Bell. He reports improved scalp condition and new hair growth after six weeks with no itching and dandruff cleared. Prof Bell planned to canvass the town next week.
August 13 report from WasuixcTon notes a Cleveland Thurman banner carried along Pennsylvania Avenue. Congressmen Wilson West Virginia McAdoo New Jersey Townsend Illinois spoke amid high enthusiasm at a DC Democratic Committee event.
Brown satin toweling and red checked 106 red 10 Doz Damask Towells 14x36 with fringe border available. Doilies and napkins sold with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded at Jones & Lyon.
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