Durham Local Notes and Events at Stokes Opera House
Durham records a bustling slate of local items from church meetings to theatre. Notable notes include Miss Mamie Gregory visiting Roxboro, Rev. Jurney linked to the Durham Light Infantry chaplaincy, the Trinity Church sermons, and plans for a pastor conference at the Baptist Church. The city reports on civic concerns, charity drives, and the ongoing Angier & Johnson building.
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Durham Lodge
A. F
Mamie Gregory
Roxboro
C. A. Jordan
Durham & Northern Railroad Work Progress Report
Report notes the Durham and Northern Railroad crew working seven miles east of Durham with rapid progress. A large fill is deferred and a half mile through Mr Briggs land remains, with Briggs paid $125 per acre to settle his opposition.
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Durham & Northern Railroad
Durham
Briggs
A Fine Estabishment Celebrates Durham Furniture House
M. Co Hern don & Co. operates three floors in the Carr building, offering first class furniture and bric-a-brac from parlor to bedroom sets. The store showcases pictures, frames, and numerous items ideal for Christmas presents in a grand display of beauty and utility.
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M. Co. Herndon & Co
Durham
Carr Building
Parrish
Their
Salvation Army march contrasts with hunter circle scene
The Salvationist describes a Salvation Army march with banner, cornet, and tambourine beside a cotton factory on Sunday evening. It likens their gospel offense to a grand hunt against wild animals, depicting farmers and moblike crowds chasing prey, then contrasts the devilish battle with a likened attack and a haunting tambourine hymn.
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Salvationist
Salvation Army
Salvationists
Shooting at Smoky Hollow Sparks Durham Feud
In Smoky Hollow there was a quarrel between two disreputable women on Saturday. One woman, Lizzie Shipman, wounded her opponent with a pistol in a duel attempt, striking her thigh and leaving the other injured but alive. A county jail visit later provided details of the confrontation.
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Helen Blythe
Stokes Hall
Mallory
Durham
Smoky Hollow
Sodom
Gomorrah
Moosey
Fista
Lizzie Shipman
Baseball Notes on Pfeffer and Washington Trades
The Chicago club will not sell Pfeffer to Washington amid Chicago public opposition. Several Washington players receive favorable winter posts, while Cincinnati’s President Sterne would trade Fennelly for Gilmore though the Senators oppose it. The revised league contract limits Tom Deasley’s compensation prospects for the season.
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Chicago
Pfeffer
Washin
eGeveral
Washington Peveral
Washington
Sterna
Cincinnati Club
Fennelly
Gilmore
Senators
Tom Deasley
Washingtona
Dress making through a reporter’s eye in a local shop
A reporter visits the dress making department at W F Ellis store led by Mrs S M Davenport to observe silk satin calico and other fabrics. Four ladies assist as reporters learn the craft, noting the variety of styles and the dangers of a broken drawstring while joking about fashion and memory.
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Thia
Young
W.F. Ellis
8. M. Davenport
Durham Tobacco Association Formed In Durham
The Durham Tobacco Association is organized to maintain rules for the tobacco trade. It is a 30 year old corporate body with no capital stock, capable of bylaws, dues, elections, and enforcement of standards while limiting personal liability of members and successors.
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B. N. Duke
R. G. Lea
J. B. Gobb
T. D. Jones
R. H. Jones
S. F.tomlinson
J. 8. Carr
G. W. Watts
A. H. Stokes
T. L. Peay
A.K. Umpstead
L. W. Wise
I. M. Keams
Lucius Tilly
T. A. Martin
Durham
Clerical Moves Delayed and a Street Car Conductor Inherits
The Changes Rev W S Davis of the Durham circuit will not move to Cary until January 1 1888 Rev W S Creasy of Durham Rev Dr E A Yates of Wilmington have agreed not to leave their towns until after the Christmas Holidays Rev N M Jurney has not written when he will assume charge of Main Street Church and Joseph Snyder a New York street car conductor has been left 60000 by a relative who died recently in nud a
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W. S. Davis
Durham
Cary
W. 8. Creasy
E. A. Yates
Wilmington
N. M. Jurney
Main Street Church
Joseph Snyder
New York
Nuda
Land Sale in Durham County Under Latta Estate
On January 17, 1888, at the Durham court house door at noon, four tracts totaling about 980 acres in Lebanon Township will be sold at public auction. Property formerly owned by J. W. Latta, deceased, with widow's dower reserved. Sale to satisfy debts under Superior Court authority. Terms: third cash, balance in six and twelve month installments, 8 percent interest. J. G. Latta, Adm'r.
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Court House
Durham
Lebanon Township
J. W. Latta
Superior Court of
Durham County
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Dr. Warner
Warner
Durham Daily Recorder
Whitaker
Wil C. Thaxton
Recorder
Stokes Opera House
Muse & A
Riggsbee
Trinity Sunday School
Edmund Joyner
St. Phillips Church
Durham Light Infantry
Mr. Jurney
W.S. Creasy
Lizze Guck
Corsicane Texas
J. T. Harris
Trinity Church
J.J. Renn
W. F. Ellis
Albert Creasy
W. F. Creasy
Certs
The
Baptist Church
Mr. James
Culpper
Dr. N. M. Johnson & Co
Wangum Street
Main Street
Angier & Johnson
W. F. Remington
Boston
Sullivan
England
Feather Renovator Company
Levsie M. Southgate
Miss Southgate
Hytellaiborn
Pascal Danie
Petersberg
PL. Grome
Greensboro
W. T. Hutchings
HL. Wilber
P. Linehaw
W.Z. Blake
Raleigh
Paul Witcover
Little Billy Jenkins
W. H. Rogers
Billy Jenkins
Durham Town
Supreme Court
Rogers
Lizzi¢ Shipman
Thomeson
Baseball Notes
Durham Tobacco Association
J. G. Latta
Adm'r
Christman
Santa Claus
Mush & Shaw
Ellis & Muse
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