Durham contentions and town notes fuel winter editorials
The Durham North Carolina semi weekly addresses weather shifts, city politics, and public affairs. It praises the recorder appointment of R H Sykes, notes educational meetings at Redwood school, and records social visits by Mrs Dock Gooch and Miss Ela Holloway. It also comments on crime publicity near the coal shore and county borrowing decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Sykes
Durham
Sykes
Dock Gooch
Ela Holloway
Redwood School
Markham
Valentine
G. C
Notes From Gorman Revels in Quiet Rural Life
Notes From Gorman describes a calm period with farmers preparing for a full crop and little sickness. It recalls church services at Roberson Grove led by Rev. J. M. Arnette, visits to Durham for socializing, a W including the mail carrier’s attendance at a lodge, and various local residents hosting or visiting relatives and friends with social events and valentines noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberson’s Grove
J. M. Arnette
Ruth Hardy
Odis Rogers
Durham
W. T
T. J. Holloway
Maude Copley
Fannie Cash
Nannie Copley
Salisbury Officer Shot in Domestic Disturbance
Salisbury reports Policeman W. A. Monroe shot while pursuing John A. Jackson, a Black suspect, after Jackson fled a rear yard confrontation sparked by alleged wife beating. Monroe, 50, on the force over a decade, was wounded in the abdomen. Jackson, Yorkville, S.C., fled into a rough Black neighborhood as a citywide manhunt launched with a $100 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Monroe
Sheloff
Cox’s
Main Street
Whitehead Stokes
Jackson
Yorkville
S. C
Julian
James M. Monroe
Salisbury
John Jackson
Burned to Death in House Fire Following Epileptic Fits
Bettie Howell, a colored woman, died Sunday morning after a lamp exploded during an epileptic episode at the home of D. C. Mitchel. A man named He suffered burns while fighting the fire. The house caught fire but was not damaged otherwise. The article also mentions a roulette wheel gambling device resembling the praying wheel of Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Howell
D. C. Mitchel
Lincoln Hospital
Custers Last Fight in the 1876 Sioux Campaign
The narrative recounts the 1876 Custer campaign against the northern Sioux and Cheyennes, detailing Sheridan's earlier expeditions, Custer and Mills movements, army dispositions under Terry Gibbon Crook and the March to the Little Big Horn. It covers Custer's split forces, Reno’s engagement, and the surprise of the Indian village led by Gall and Sitting Bull during the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Sheridan
General Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Black Hills
Anson Mills
Department of
Powder River
Mills
Tawlins
Independence Rock
Sweetwater River
Flack Hills
Fort Abrahham Lincoln
Sitting Bull
Northwest
United States
Alfred Terry
Department of Dakota
Fort Snelling
George A. Custer
John Gibbon
Department of Montana
Hhis Department
Yellowstone
George A. Crook
Department of the Platte
Fort Laramie
Fort Fetterman
Old Fort Reno
Old Fort
Phil Kearny
Washington
Terry
Charlie Reynolds
Bloody Knife
Rosebud
Little Big Horn
Major Reno
Benteen
Reno
Littl Big Horn
Gall
Crazy Horse
Rain-in
Little Big Man
Grass
Rail timetable notices from Durham 1908 connections to eastern lines
Effective September 13 1908 trains leave Durham with No 238.10.35 A M linking at Henderson to No 38 arriving at Pyrene Norfolk 5 40 P M and Weldon for Eastern points. No 241 arrives Durham 4 30 P M No 221 at 10 05 A M Pesea leaves at 4 25 P M linking with Sea board Nos 41 and 43 for Atlanta and points south. Apply for time tables to W. or Montgomery Phone 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Henderson
Pyrene Norfolk
Weldon
Portsmouth
Washin
Baltimore
Cape Charles
New York
Boston
Richmond
Washington
Pesea
Seaboard
Atlanta
Biris _ s
Armohie
W. Ei
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ZEB P. Council
N. C
Recorder's Court
Coal Shore
Gorman
Atlas Hall
Eva Hall
Davis
Knap of Reeds
W. O. W. Lodge
Japan
Custers
Cutaway Harrow
Taylor & Phipps CO
Mangum and
Parrish Streets
Durham, N. C
Katie L. Johnson
East Main Street
Navelorfalka
Sun Dali
Durham Division
Ux Sun Daily
Lynebburg
Lynelburg
M. F. Bragg
Trav
Pass. Agt
W. B, Bevill
G.P. A
Roanoke
Gen
Roanoke, Va
Turkey
A. A. Thacker
B. C. Woodall
J. W. Petty
Woolford
Hackney Bron
Deugyists
AIR Line Railway
Jranger
Eve
Kansas City
Deiat
Ramone City
Taylor Phipys CO
Lurhom, N.C
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