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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1907
Page
2
Publication history notice from Durham N C with mailing date details and subscription advertising information. Mentions established year and August 1903 matter entry at the Durham post office under an old act, with rates and code references.
Durham editorials weigh crime laws city campaigning and upcoming meetings as the State Bankers’ association nears Durham. They critique legislation changes on game seasons and scrutinize Rockefeller and Ogden gifts to southern education.
A collage of editorials and notices from North Carolina and nearby papers discusses political appointments, local legislation, immigration plans, public policy, and social issues. Topics include the corporation commission, Bailey investigations, railroad fares, and educational proposals plus a tragic fire in Newton Grove.
Elizabeth College in Charlotte reports over forty students sickened by suspected ptomaine in a Sunday dessert of whipped cream and gelatine. Mocksville burglars connected to a Georgia prison term are moved to Charlotte for safer confinement before Davie superior court in April. Asheville mistrial in murder case delays bail while jurors faced illness. Mount Airy discusses adding four county commissioners to protect taxpayers. Marion sees 15 year old Will Lynch convicted for wrecking a train, three years chain gang and $200 fine.
An English correspondent relays a curious tale of a gentle young retriever adored by a cat a parrot and village children. Two drowned Aberdeen puppies vanish from a burial pail until Maggie the dog is found with two fresh corpses laid in straw suggesting unspoken maternal instinct.
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