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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1892
Page
3
A Durham notice bundle reports subscriber collection concerns and warns of rent and housing shortages driving wage earners away. It highlights a murder verdict in Memphis, a Graves lecture in Durham, and lists advertisers W H Proctor, Slater & Co, Max, J W Jones Co, C Taylor, and Mr Andrews. Also covers Seattle murder, Wellsburg child murder, and Moses Conner death.
A plan for a Nice Christmas spelling bee with admission charges to cover lights and expenses. Proposes using Webster’s blue back speller or the Unabridged dictionary, appoints Professors Kennedy Buchanan and Middleton as teachers, invites white citizens to participate, and seeks a prize to attract contestants for communal fun. Also covers death of Arch McPhatter and a London newspaper view on Gould.
A fragment from a periodical praise sheet touts John Thompson in a laughable comedy and urges audiences to attend next Thursday night. It references a prior ad praising Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for croup and whooping cough and Syrup of Figs as a laxative and family remedy. It also notesMorton France’s tiny commune with twelve inhabitants and taxes under 60 shillings.
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