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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
4
A Pall Mall Gazette item notes that European law once made almsgiving a crime punished by death in some cases. It cites the Grajas code of 1116 enforcing family responsibility for paupers, outlawing beggars, and harsh penalties for supporting vagrants, reflecting a long gone era of strict poor relief.
A garbled excerpt lists various ethnic food taboos and delicacies with several misspellings. It mentions the Hollander, Chinese, Turk, English, French, Wet Indian, Mesan, and Mesan-like terms, touching on decayed shark, dog, beef, oysters, periwinkles, and unusual meats.
Transcribed notes describe a churchyard monument resembling a large wickerlike figure with wooden limbs and a central tower dated to an early period. Reports mention bells and a wheel while recounting legends of a caretaker and a prior builder whose work inspired local memory and ritual surrounding the unfinished steeple.
A visitor in Portheanwh had four false teeth removed while shaving and later believed he had swallowed them. He suffered severe pains as a doctor administered emetics without relief, his body convulsing during the episode.
An 18th century attempt used swivels on whaleboats to fire short harpoon guns. A stout barrel housed a two barbed harpoon linked by a sliding ring to the harpoon line. Firing used loose powder and a flint lock, but aiming was hard, accuracy limited, and powder wetting sidelined the effort. Forest and Stream.
An eccentric eighteenth century note recalls Fontenelle distracted by food and drink while a companion watches him. The fragmentary text mentions a valley, a flock and a general sense of contemplation disrupted by appetites, with unclear dialogue about meals and mood.
Fragmentary OCR notes mix quotes and dialogue about crime, schooling, law, and a father’s advice. Includes references to Boston Transcript and Chicago Tribune tone without a cohesive report or identifiable event.
Fragmented dialogue recounts a shepherd reflecting on loss. A girl pleads with a doctor about a bottle and a moment near dawn. The scene hints at remorse and paternal concern in a rural setting.
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