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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1887
Page
2
A Durham 1887 editorial argues States must regain sovereignty and repeal the ten percent tax on state bank notes. It criticizes national banks and greenbacks as unsafe, urging the return to state chartered banks alongside national banks for sound currency and financial independence.
Fragmentary dispatch urges North Carolina to reclaim state rights as sovereign. Letter from Lyxcustine Virginia dated December 7 notes R E Matthias millinery dealer has assigned with about 2000 pounds sterling debt. Baltimore creditors favored.
A morning blaze on Main Street in Norfolk wipes out the Palais' Royal Nation store owned by Louis Leanthal. Loss estimated at 40 000 dollars with 29 000 dollars insured.
One prize room on Ramseur street and one vacant lot on Foster street where the Novell prize house stood are for sale. Apply to RI omnes Sec. & Treas Durham Land & Sec. Co.
A collage of small notices and adverts for Mitchell Paper Box Co Petersburg Va urging shipments of paper boxes and various local goods. Items mention Oysters Bargains in shoes flour fruit candies and groceries with several names and shop lines including W J Wyatt Co Perry Kaufman Barkley Rawls Hutchins Shepard and Paul Norwood Co alongside officer names J S Carr G S Bryan Leo Heartt Chas A Sordan.
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