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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1887
Page
7
Five 100 by 200 foot parcels in West Durham on Thaxton Avenue to be sold at 11 o'clock on the 10th of December to the highest bidder. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months with interest at 8 percent on deferred payments. Title warranted and deed delivered when full payment is made.
TAPPEY & STEEL announce a new partnership with Mr. Alex Delaney, formerly of the Tanner & Delaney Engine Company of Richmond Virginia. Delaney is described as a skilled machinist and engineer joining Tappey Steel to continue their forty year record of uninterrupted service.
A Raleigh tailor offers equally fine suits as Manhattan shops with monthly new styles and top quality trimmings. He guarantees workmanship and features a wide array of foreign and domestic fabrics, urging locals to patronize home industry over distant establishments.
The Medical Society meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Members gather Monday evenings for planned sessions and committee updates.
The Durham Furniture Manufacturer Company announces it has acquired the hearses and unsold stock and cancels the obligation to Mr. Howerton. It will keep stock of coffin materials and is ready to supply coffins of various quality at reasonable prices, inviting orders.
By deed of trust dated May 14 1883 Wm Lipscomb and Lizzie C Lipscomb pledged land in Durham County North Carolina. On December 29 1887 public sale at the Durham County courthouse will offer two tracts the first four 40 acres with mill and outbuildings on Eno River vicinity the second about 300 acres with cabins barns and stables. Trustee W A W Harwoon for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia oversees the sale at 12 o clock.
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