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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1892
Page
2
The Durham Recorder urges settling accounts, naming long unpaid subscribers as it warns to hand over nonpayers to an officer. Other items note Raleigh canvass results favoring Thos. Settle, a remark on football math, a jeweled watch charm from Winston, and reports on Bill Murphy and a plant with leaf lungs.
Editor Marshall in the Gastonia Gazette argues the robin is a true songster not a pest. He cites poetry and natural fact to claim the robin sings with vast, year worthy energy. The piece portrays the robin’s spring chorus as a soulful expression rivaling flute or guitar.
Joseph Kane, released from prison, tracked his wife to a neighbor's house, shot her in the head and face. He then killed five more shots, uncoupled a railroad car, jumped to end his life, and was found headless near the tracks. Mrs Kane survived but with hopeless injuries.
A satirical piece recounts a birth to funeral sequence in which medical and clerical fees accumulate for the editor’s imagined roles. It ends with the editor’s own fate, wondering what payment he receives for chronicling the events. The tone mocks stinginess and the religious and civic rituals surrounding life events.
The Methodist Episcopal Church South session backed B N Duke of Durham plan to insure ten thousand dollars for fifty men to fund Trinity College endowment, with conference guarantees for running expenses until funded. Other items include Seabrooks and Ada Rehan notes, a curious Ky story, tariff debate, and a Montana World’s Fair statue controversy.
The Western North Carolina Conference closed its session in Winston Salem and announced next district appointments. Presiding elders named for Greensboro West Market Street, Reidsville, Winston, Forsyth, Mt. Airy, Statesville, Salisbury, Asheville, Hendersonville, Charlotte, Shelby, Moton districts and various station assignments. References to Centenary churches, Grace, Grace, and multiple station names appear among the listed appointments.
The article traces the rise and fall of Boston women voters on the registration list from 1888 to 1891, noting peaks at 20 000 in 1888 and declines to 8 000 in 1890 before a rebound to 10 000 in 1891, without unusual school question excitement. It also includes a weaponized dental ad for Dr Kings New Discovery and a speculative moral paragraph about wealth and ambition.
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