Durham To Build Brown Stone Mansion For Mr Watts
C H Norton of Durham awarded the contract to build a brown stone mansion for Mr George W Watts on Morehead avenue. The 125 by 125 foot house will cost about 100000 dollars and begin immediately, with work proceeding upon Mr Watts return from Europe next July.
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George W. Watts
Morehead Avenue
Watts
C. H. Norton
Durham
Norton
North Carolina
Recorder
Glasgow City Housing Scheme Reaps Revenue
The city of Glasgow built extensive tenement housing for the poor with rent graded to income and large washing warehouses for women charging a penny a day. The project, though costly, now yields revenue, per the Baltimore American.
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Glasgow
Baltimore
Durham Light Infantry Plans Sunday Service and Full Dress Review
A Durham Light Infantry meeting resolved to attend services at St Philip's church Sunday morning at 1 o clock. Rev Juden, away on a bridal tour, will return for a special sermon to the boys in blue. The company to march out in full dress with side arms. Col W A Bobout reported from Ox to Aiuéte on the purchase of to-
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Durham Light Infantry
St. Philip's Church
Juden
J. C. Michie
Shome
Runaway Wagon Leaves Driver Fatally Wounded
A wagon ran into a ditch near Durham injuring Dave Lyon, a wood wagoner for A. D. Markham. He was knocked against a telephone pole, unconscious, then moved to a store and later home. He remained unconscious briefly but is now recovering with head wounds about an inch long.
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Here
East Durham
Dave Lyon
A. D. Markham
Durham
Talbot Smith
Lyon
A. M. Moore
Ground broken for Durham Ice Factory
Ground was broken yesterday for the Durham Ice Factory on the vacant lot behind the Southern Freight Depot. Manager Lee H. Simmons said construction and machinery installation would proceed rapidly and ice production could begin by late next month or early April, boosting local and regional supply.
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Durham
Lee H. Simmons
Peo Albright
English labor leader Burns writes unbreakable will
The will of John Burns proclaims his devotion to wife son parish and country debts. Emperor Francis Joseph sits for a Horowitz portrait in Vienna's Historical Art Museum. Oklahoma House elected Mrs Weeks as clerk but later revoked the appointment amid turmoil. A hunting party with J W Hutchins A J Weatherspoon and ex Sheriff J W Rigsbee aims to hunt foxes using Rigsbee’s hounds. sickness keeps him from joining.
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John Burns
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Jnard Horowitz
Historical Art Museum
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
London
Dunbar
Oklahoma House
Weeks
House
J. W. Hutchins
A. J. Weatherspoon
J. W. Rigsbee
Durhamites Sail on Five Month Abroad Trip
The party aboard the Our- Northern train includes Mr. G. W. Watts and his new daughter Miss Annie with L. B. Eee nd and Dr. Turnbull who plans five months abroad visiting the Holy Land and other sites. A large crowd saw them off at the station with wishes for a safe voyage. Col. J S. Carr accompanies them to New York where they sail next Saturday.
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New York
Col. J S.carr
Recorder
One Mile a Week An Early Western North Carolina Rail Tale
The Western North Carolina railroad faced a 500 foot per mile climb over the Blue Ridge with Henrys gap to Asheville. An engine was dragged uphill by convicts 40 tons of locomotive moving inch by inch at a rate of about one mile per week. The effort spanned three weeks amid slow progress and weather delays.
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Western North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
Old Fort
N. C
Swannoa‘gap
Asheville
Henry
Iece
Yorkville
S. C. Enquirer
Death's door fate looms over Mr G Harden Sr
The article reports George M Harden Sr critically ill with paralysis and unconscious since Monday night. Sister Mrs R A Noel of Roxboro tends him with Dr Cheatham attending. Son G M Harden Jr. recently arrived from Danville joins numerous friends hoping for recovery.
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G. Harden
George M.harden, Sr
A Cheatham
Armstrong Bell Ringers to Perform at Durham Opera House
The Armstrong family of Swiss bell ringers will appear at the Durham Opera House Friday night. They have appeared here before and are among the oldest bell-ringing families traveling. The group, four generations of musicians, performs classical and popular music and is highly regarded in their field.
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Rovert Downing
Eugenie Blair
Opera House
East Lynne
Durham
Robert Downing
Armstrong
Durham Opera House
Business Picking Up In Local Records
The register of deeds office reports improved activity with three marriages issued in the last three days. Couples listed are G. W. Lynn and Mrs. Mary Fuller ton, Arthur Bray and Miss Lucy Parker, and Moses Blackwell and Janie Bailey. Revenue officer J. H. Shelbun departed for Halifax.
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Register of Deeds Office
G. W. Lynn
Mary Fullerton
Arthur Bray
Lucy Parker
Moses Blackwell
Janie Bailey
A Smart Man at Harvard Claimed Higher Tariffs Lower Wages
The Burlington Hawk Eye argues against Professor Eliot of Harvard who says protected industries raise wages. It asserts laborers should be taught by practical experience that higher protection yields lower wages, predicting workers won’t believe the professor.
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Eliot
Harvard
Burlington
Buck Kitchin's Manifesto Attacks Butler and Silver Candidate
The Asheville Citizen reports Buck Kitchin's new manifesto accusing Butler of leading the populist party toward ruin as he urged support for a silver party candidate for U S senator. It recalls a prior manifesto attacking middle-of-the-road populists over Tou Watso and Bryan-Sewall on silver.
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Buck Kitchin
Butler
United States
Buck
Tou Watso
Bryan
Sewall
Asheville
Domestic and Imperial Paper Patterns advertisement copy
This short fragment markets “Best value for its price” and claims high quality at fair prices, presenting the Domestic as the best machine in every sense. It targets agents with profit and ease, and buyers with satisfaction, concluding with “gents wanted” and a request to address for catalogs.
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Raleigh
Carrolina
Cobb
Bick
John Terry
George Terry
Red Mountain
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J. J. Caudle
Golden Belt Hosiery Company
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Wm. A. Albright
Matthews, Chisworm & Stroud, Clothiers and Furnishers
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Margaret B. Albright
Col
W. A. Albright
APRA
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G.W. Lynn
Maryton
Lynn
Pobtzeff
Holy Synod of Ia
George Womb
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Mise Lallal Nth Carr
Death's Door
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New York Tribune
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J Johnson
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Miss Shields
Shields
Supreme Court
Walter Henry
Johnson
Chas. A. Gattis
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Bayne
Miss Simmons
Sam Kramer
Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
Washranee
J. T. Kerr
J. C. Wilkerson
Hi Vetter
Farmer Hopkins
B. H. Cozart
Internal Revenue
Raleigh Youtordeg
J. H. Shelbun
Halifax
Leenton
Cioolo
Analgine
Mse
Domestic” ‘Sewing Machine Co
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Webster
Frewer
Bupermme Court
New Orleans
Raleigh News & Observer
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Weinter
Merriam Co., Publishers
Ingfeld, Masc
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