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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
2
The Durham Recorder notes its second class mail status and mailing at Durham North Carolina under an 1879 act. The snippet indicates the publication’s postal designation and date of entry. The readable fragment emphasizes official mailing procedure rather than event details.
Durham writer recounts travel to the Jamestown Exposition with rail delays and water issues. He surveys exhibition buildings from Education to Manufactures, lists state pavilions, side attractions on the War Path, and lodging costs, urging attendance and noting prices. A separate dispatch reports a wreck verdict and warrants for railroad officials.
Frank Crabtree was accused of stealing a watch from Virge Thompson at a park but testified he found both items at the Chapel Hill Street crossing and sold the watch for three dollars. The court discharged the case after hearing all evidence.
A dialogue from Harper's Weekly recounts a coroner questioning a yokel about a man found hanging in a barn. The yokel explains he did not cut him down because the man was not quite dead when found, prompting the coroner's horror.
The article extols Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. Pierce Buffalo New York as a remedy from glycerine extracted ingredients. It claims benefits for weak digestion and catarrhal throat ailments and warns it cannot cure advanced consumption though early use may help. It offers free mailing of the bottle wrapper details by postal card or letter to Dr Pierce.
Public auction by commissioner to sell real estate in Durham City North Carolina for division. The sale requires one half cash and balance in ninety days optional for purchaser. Auction at Durham Court House door on July 26 1907 at noon. Property lines describe lot beginning at Frank Leathers north boundary near railroad with specified bearings and distances. June 16 1907.
A jury probes the wreck on the Southern near Garner to determine responsibility for the engineers and firemen killed and others wounded. Witnesses have been examined as the inquiry continues late Monday afternoon.
The defendant must appear in the Superior Court of Durham County to dissolve a marriage. The action for divorce was filed under Revisal 1909, Subsection 1. The defendant is required to answer or demur the complaint at the first term in September 1907 at the courthouse. This notice is dated June 20, 1907.
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