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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1907
Page
2
A Durham editorial argues editors may face pressure from railroad passes but condemns lawmakers who avoid tougher railroad accident liability. It states voters can retire negligent judges and criticizes lawyers who profit from firm clients while opposing safety measures. The piece links such conduct to anarchist behavior and urges accountability.
The Statesville Landmark endorses a bill to fine judges who delay opening court and urges measures to compel prompt court operation. It notes congested dockets, bemused by some judges avoiding full-term work, and cites a proposal to increase judges and solicitors to twenty as costly.
The 1907 Trinity commencement will feature Hon. David J. Brewer of the U S Supreme Court as principal speaker and Rev. Donald Sage Mackay as the commencement sermon. Professor Jerome Dowd will give the alumni address, with Dr. W G Bradsher presiding as association president. The class is large and the event highly anticipated.
The article explains Japanese poetry forms hokku tanka and dodoitsu with emphasis on hokkus role in daily life and national culture. It notes hokku as spontaneous short verse capturing moments and sentiments from grave to joyful, and describes its popularity among poets and readers during cherry blossom seasons and park visits.
Professor Flie Metchnikoff cites Dana on monstrilla a small crustacean lacking digestion yet rich in senses and muscles. It cannot feed or sustain life and is doomed to natural death, illustrating death as an inherent fate in some animal forms.
The Hon. John Steel, a Missouri sheriff, elected a county judge panel of heavyset men. After dining them to sleep, the judge dismissed the panel for blindness to justice, and Steel toured the county to replace it with men of a single eye to justice.
An elderly man planting an apple tree explains he plants for future generations. A stranger questions why he plants despite not living to eat the fruit. The man replies that others planted before him and he plants now to leave a memorial for those who come after.
The Asheville Citizen notes both sides in the Thaw trial seem poised to pick favorable jurors. The paper says no one accuses a combine, but hints that Justice may run for attorney general before the next Democratic state convention. It promises to take pleas.
A Greensboro Industrial News report notes a denial tied to a request by Mr Justice. The event signals the court's stance on whether to proceed with a stated action. Community attention centers on legal officialdom and local press responses.
An offer of a positive cure for eczema salt rheum erysipelas piles and skin diseases at no charge. Immediate relief promised to afflicted individuals. Written by F. W. Williams at 400 Manhattan Avenue New York with stamped reply requested.
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