Durham Visitors and Local Notices Quietly Recapped
Short paragraphs note Y L Poller's return from Burlington and Mrs T B Vickers's Chapel Hill visit. Mrs G P Collins arrives from Hillsboro to visit Capt W L Wall. Deaths include Mrs Jane Rewards near the cemetery and Susan Whitted in Hayti. Charles King’s Patterson township home nearly burned, four barrels saved it. no insurance. Josephus Daniele travels to Washington to check on Do Nothing Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Collins
Hillsboro
City
W. L. Wall
Chapel Hill Street
Josephus Daniele
Raleigh News and Observer
Washington, D.C
Congress
Susan Whitted
J. A. Whitted
Hayti
Charles King
Patterson Township
Fire at West Durham and cold night weather
An evening fire at Erwin Cotton mill West Durham started in the picking room when a small stone or match ignited cotton. Four bales burned briefly, flames were quelled by automatic machinery and mill workers. A fire company may be organized hereafter. temperatures dropped to around 14 degrees by bedtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin
West Durham
Careful with fire amid dry windy weather hazards
The era warns of widespread fires across the country caused by carelessness during a dry windy spell. Edison reports success with Roentgen photography using fluorescent tubes and aims to image the human head. A severe blizzard hampers a lumber camp accident in Sunny, Michigan where four workers die and seven are injured. A burglary in Mangum Street yields $900, leading to the arrest and confession of Charley Neatherly. Greenville endures a devastating blaze destroying many buildings and the armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orance
N. J
West Orange
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Sunny, Mich
McKay's
Here
B. Enoch
Mangum “Street
M. Gladstein
Mr. Enoch
Woodall
Charley Neathery
Young Neatherly
Tel Ng
Wen
W. T. Carrington
Deoe Bank
Detroit
Mich
Lower Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Menominee
Marquette
Upper Michigan
Holland
Help the Armenians
Cable from Clara Barton president of the National Red Cross reports entrance and protection given with no obstructions for Armenian relief efforts. The message ties to a dispatch from the U S minister to Turkey noting the door opened for relief work and U S aid possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Armenian Relief Committee
Clara Barton
The
National Red Cross
Coxstaxuxorie
Trask
Clara Bantoy
Terrell
United States
Turkey
A Harvest of Thieves Arrests in City
An epidemic of theft leads to multiple arrests including Lockhart a drayman for J. Sanders and Dave Mebane for soda water theft from W. D. Pegram. Lockhart bound over in three cases at $100 each, Mebane $25, Bradley’s case continued. Police action pursued at City Hall with Mayor Peay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Draymin
J. 1 Sanders
Sanders
Eurry
Hicks
Max
Ellis, Stone & Co
Crabtree
Dave Mebane
W. D. Pegram
Peabody Street
Bil” Bradley
James Patterson
Peay Thureday
Mebane
Bradley
Mad Dog Attack Jolts City as Father Seeks Care
A man named James Weaveryorahama arrived with his daughter after a dog bite last Monday. The dog, now feared mad, bit two other children, Marion and George Ellis, and died on Saturday. The incident unsettled the neighborhood as fears of rabies spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Weaveryorahama
City
Rey
Yeatkep
Honita Peeestera
Aeae
Morgan & Co to receive 4 percent bonds worth millions
Morgan & Co and associates bid for 100 million in United States 4 per cent bonds of 1925. Under treasury circulars they are entitled to about 4.7 million in bonds in addition to those already notified, giving Mr. Morgan roughly 38 million of the new issue.
Bobbitt Drug Company Forms in Raleigh for Rheumacide
Raleigh organizers J H Novo and J & Ramsey establish the Bobbitt Drug Company in Raleigh to market Rheumacide a claimed vegetable constitutional cure for rheumatism. The trio report sales in three states and promise active promotion with manager J Lamsey. Local papers praise Bobbitt as a progressive pharmacist and note differing ingredients from other medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. H. Novo
J. & Ramsey
Raleigh
Bobbitt. Drug . Company
Bobbitt
Ramsey
Old Time Southern Devotion and Rural Anecdotes
A collage of vignettes and anecdotes from a Southern background includes a 74-year-old man named George McSwain tied to long marriage and property, a dramatic kitchen scene with a nurse and a servant, courtroom humor about wind and death, a cat-loving aristocrat and her 150 felines, medical claims about blood, a dramatic breakup scene with mistaken proposal, and various rural humor pieces fromLondon and Chicago era publications. Includes Michigan blizzard reports and Suffolk peasant manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Laney
Liza
Nebber
Tramp Army Moves South As Cold Weather Hits
The Denver Republican notes Mexico’s prosperity as proof against a claim that tramps only flock to wealth. It argues the tramp movement southward is seasonal each year with winter onset and does not reflect preference for a gold standard nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
New York
Wall Street
Denver Republican
Mechanical Cure for Impotence Offered in Durham
An advertisement promotes The Mechanical Care a device claimed to cure impotence without drugs or pumps. It promises rapid relief with a full money back guarantee if cured, and offers a package with instructions sold by W. M. Yearby in Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fema
Durham
W. M. Yearby
Also Mentioned on This Page
Y.L Poller
Burling_ton
Vickers
Chapel Hill
Jane Rewards
Crumpacker
Cora Blian
Charlotte
Charlotte News
Miss Bion
Cora Blinn
Asheville Hotel
Asiavilla
N. Y
Swannanoa Hotel
Durham City
Main Street
C. W. Watts
Long
A. A. Praden
J. W. Wellens
J. N. Cole
Rev. W. C. Tyree
Topic
W A. Irwin
T. B. Ful
N. Snow
T. L
J. T . Kilgo
Dow “Dowell
Peay
Enoch
B. Davis
C. T. Postley
George Vent
A. A. Sears
W.S. Poindexter & Co
E. W. Neathery
Neatherly
Greenville
Pitt Couty Rifles
Odd Fellows
New Enterprise
George McSwain
William McSwain
Shelby Aurora
Georgia
Beart
Chicago Times
Marcus Heresford
Marcus
Washington Times
Eoch
Cerainty
Harper’s Bazar
Manners
Suffolk
Mme. Groome
London News
J. M Nissen
Starke
Dixie Plows
Oliver
Clarke
Lloyds Hardware Store
Reztam, IW. Cc
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