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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1907
Page
2
The Durham Recorder comments on political reform, the need for better hotel accommodations, and upcoming elections. It urges support for a permanent Y M C A building, critiques current aldermen, and warns about illicit distilleries with a call for community action.
A collage of excerpts shows editorial opinions on sun spots, groundhog folklore, Brownsville troops, sympathy for California, and legislative sentiment. Reports mention Senator Foraker, Senator Overman, and a Salisbury sermon tied to a Brownsville inquiry across several papers.
Revenue officers Harkins and Hendricks wrecked a sixty five gallon illicit distillery and 700 gallons of beer near Stoneville last night. They faced shotgun fire from a bush but returned fire, driving the blockaders away. A flood of local notes follow on politics law and local crime.
Notice that an application will be made to the General Assembly to charter the Mechanics and Farmers Bank in Durham City. Dated January 15, 1907, signed by John Merrick and J. BE. Shepherd amid other bid and offer context for pemfee ear knives expiring March 1.
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