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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
3
A fragment shows a witty anecdote about a cavalry rookie and officer orders amid a stream incident. It includes a quote about a swallow poem by Francis Thompson and a naval garden anecdote from the Washington Star.
Claims arise of a large corrup tion fund to defeat prohibition and reports that Coca Cola makers will donate heavily to push prohibition to boost sales of their product. Also notes obituaries and a humorous exchange about geography and education with a solicitation from J. M. Rhodes, Littleton, N. C.
Winter tourist and year round rates from Durham to Camden Columbia Havana Jacksonville St. Augustine Tampa Palm Beach Tallahassee and more with 15 days transit limit and return by May 31 1908. All year rates to Hot Springs Salt Lake City Mexico City San Francisco Los Angeles with 90 day return limits and stopovers. Double daily vestibule service with through Pullman sleeping cars to major eastern and southern cities. Contact F W Woodward Agent for timetables and bookings.
Trains depart Durham North Carolina at 1 20 a m No 111 westbound to Greensboro and points south and west with connections at Greensboro to No 8 north to Danville and Richmond and to Nos 39 33 11 and 37 for Salisbury Charlotte Columbia Savannah Charleston Jacksonville Atlanta and New Orleans. No 112 eastbound to Raleigh Selma and Goldsboro. No 108 to Raleigh Selma and Goldsboro. No 107 westbound to Greensboro with connections to Danville Lynchburg Washington and North and West. dining cars on Nos 36 and 30. No 116 northbound to Oxford Henderson Jeffries Keys ville and Richmond with Jeffries connection to Norfolk and steamship lines to Baltimore New York and Boston. No 136 eastbound to Raleigh Selma Goldsboro. No 135 westbound to Greensboro with connections to Winston Salem Salisbury Charlotte Columbia Charleston Savannah Jacksonville Atlanta New Orleans and northbound links to Richmond Lynchburg Charlottesville Washington Baltimore New York and Richmond Norfolk. No 145 Richmond to Durham arriving 5 35 PM. For information contact Southern Railway offices in Washington DC or Durham NC.
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