24 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1890
Page
1
The poem contrasts unspoken affection with spoken doubt as a lover feels the other's lips and eyes convey love more than words. The prose following celebrates dairy wealth in Victoria, Australia and argues that Southern agriculture should diversify beyond cotton and tobacco to small products, aided by urban growth, transportation, and freer markets.
An elderly Black man asks about the force bill and, after being explained simply by a friend, reflects before concluding that Black people may face harm from the measure. The remark uses blunt local dialect to express concern about potential harm to Black communities.
December 17 report outlines the assault on Sitting Bull’s camp after police under Bull Head and Shave Head confronted camp defenses. Red Tomahawk killed Sitting Bull. several police and followers die or are wounded. battles last over an hour and a half before hostiles retreat toward Pine Ridge.
A historical commentary questions the death of Sitting Bull and condemns government treachery toward Indians. It argues that Indian agents robbed the people, and discusses earned taxation debates linked to the National Farmers Alliance and party stances on income tax and repeal laws.
A reflective piece on autumnal calm and seasonal change contrasts with a Roanoke Virginia snow disaster on the 17th with over thirty inches. A blacksmith shop collapses under snow, fire erupts, and several workers are injured or killed as crews struggle amid chaos.
A syndicate owns 1 500 000 acres bought in 1883 from Louisiana and the U S Government. The Simmenes tract spreads 100 by 25 miles with 16 000 cattle, 360 miles of railway, three steam boats, a rice house bank shipyard and rice mill. Cultivation uses steam powered engines, planting, harrowing and ditching.
A public essay argues that national strength rests on the virtue of people, not wealth or material abundance. It traces history from simple aims to wealth and luxury, warns of class division, and urges teaching the rising generation that a nation’s life is defined by character, not riches.
A Missouri farmer set a trap by a pond for a muskrat. A goose stepped into the trap and an eagle swooped down grabbing the goose. The farmer grabbed the eagle and confined it in a coop then sold it for 25.
A collection of light satire on skating hazards and mishaps. The piece cites a doctor’s mud bath remedy and a quip about a furniture van on a loose car-track, plus social jests from Harper’s Bazar and Boston Traveller.
Winston Daily notes large lumber shipments via railroads to Winston Salem and a planned Raleigh 1891 state exposition with a state fair merger. Local efforts push a cross state baseball league and a reformatory in the penitentiary. Tobacco farming swells in Nash and Granville counties as Hackn Bros rebuilds their conch factory.
A readers letter mocks brutal football theatrics and calls the Coffins Bulls scene absurd, denouncing the "bolt of death" and other slants while deriding sports hype and journalistic sensationalism.
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