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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1907
Page
2
Local newspaper fragment notes post office designation and pricing details with dates and rates for mail or subscription, mentioning Durham North Carolina and archival context. The readable text references entries from August 1903 and public notice style typical of early 20th century adverts.
Cotton markets show 114 cents while the Y M C A fund nears the $20,000 mark. Trinity students Culbreth and Caudle are injured or recovering as storefront updates, hospital trips, and factory mishaps color a busy week. Trinity debates Tennessee in Knoxville with six speakers and a large audience. Vanderbilt era lectures begin in April under Wilbur Tillett bringing a Biennial series honoring WoT Avera.
Durham, N C February 12 1907 editorial reflects on two executions in Durham County and links the cases to liquor laws. It critiques legislative powers and party actions on whiskey sales, cites Watts law, and argues for local self governance and county wide rights in prohibition decisions.
Last Saturday morning Miss Anna Hopkins an inmate at the county home nearly lost her life when her clothing ignited near a fire. Guard Ferguson rushed to aid extinguishing the flames. Both he and Hopkins were burned and suffered pain but were resting quietly at last reports.
An article promotes a home mixture claimed to relieve rheumatism by forcing the kidneys to filter uric acid and waste. It lists Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to be shaken and taken after meals and at night, asserting permanent cure with harmless ingredients.
A reflective essay contrasts government bodies meeting schedules with a parable about dollars. A teacher explains flowers and weeds as good and bad actions, then Walter defines weeds as plants that grow while flowers resist. The text ponders money as silent, powerful yet omnipresent, shaping fortune and despair.
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