04 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1908
Page
1
A local column recounts several injuries and passings in Orange County. Joe Rigsbee badly cuts his leg while pruning. Seton Ferguson's illness worsens and physicians declare consumption. Obituaries note Calvin Andrews and Matthew J W McCauley dying at 83 and 82, with praise for their service and community roles.
The Exposition Car Cuba on Wheels, containing Cuba’s sole Jamestown exhibit, will tour Durham for one week from February 5 to 13 on Southern tracks. Hours are 10 AM to 10 PM daily with 10 cent admission, five cents for schoolrooms. Manager W H Ramseur previously led the North Carolina Rolling Exposition. The display promises business interest, female entertainment, and child education with real Cuban articles.
R N Goodwin a well known Edgemont resident died suddenly Sunday night at his Holman Street home. He was nearly sixty five, had been ill for years from war wounds, and left brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held at the house and burial in Maplewood Cemetery within the soldiers reservation.
The remark notes a debate on road funding, contrasting building with borrowed money at six percent versus using five percent bonds. It reflects fiscal arguments about debt cost and financing methods, indicating skepticism about borrowing costs and bond efficiency.
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