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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
3
Durham audience to witness John Robinson's 10 big shows in one program featuring 4 circuses 300 circus acts 10 male riders 9 sensational acts 12 manege acts 10 brother acts with high divers and high wire stunts scheduled for August 20 in Durham.
A collage of poems and prose excerpts includes Swinburne, Poe, and others with musings on life memory and love, interwoven with an upcoming Seaboard excursion notice detailing August trips from Durham to Richmond and Norfolk with rates and conditions.
Seaboard offers 80 percent of double local fares for round trips from North Carolina points to Charlotte for the Republican State Convention. Tickets on sale August 25 with arrival in Charlotte August 26 and final return by August 30. Contact station agent or C. H. Gattis Traveling Passenger Agent Raleigh for details.
Effective April 12 1908 Seaboard schedules list trains from Durham with connections at Henderson Weldon Portsmouth Norfolk Richmond and Apex. No. 238 departs 10 35 A M to link with No. 38 reaching Washington Baltimore Cape Charles New York and Boston via steamship lines and with No. 66 for Richmond and New York. Nos 241 221 222 and Durham Southern No 41 43 provide further connections to Charlotte Wilmington Atlanta Birmingham Memphis and Florida points. Timetables rates and info available from F W Woodward or R L Montgomery agents.
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