Durham paper reflects on law, weather, and local life in 1909
A Durham column reviews state politics and court matters, notes delays in superior court, and laments slow progress while linking local scenes from Roxboro Route 5. It highlights Leap Year parties, Helena’s growth, and church life, interspersed with ads for Greenville Washers and a sermon outline by J. A. Beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pearce
Helena
Mt.Harmony Church
D. E. Peed
Gillows
Peed
Brother Peed
Recorder
The
White Rogers
Chapel Hill
Leonard Barton
Leaksville
Spray Institute
Greenville
J. A. Beam
Leaksville Institute
Bethel Hill
Brother Beam
Rover
Crises in Government and Miscellaneous Happenings
A compact review of domestic and international affairs with reports of fatal land and sea explosions and losses by fire. The piece also surveys sports developments and other notable events from the period.
Global political and royal events from 1900 era
A dense chronology notes Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan of Morocco at Fez, Gladys Vanderbilt's marriage in New York, Portugal’s king and crown prince assassinated and Manuel I proclaimed king, Haitian revolutions and emigration, U.S. political nominating events, and European leadership shifts. It also lists battles, races, and honors across 1900s period with multiple headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Fez
Gladys Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechenyi
Hungary
New York City
Carlos
Portugal
Luiz Filippo
Lisbon
Manuel
Manuel 1i
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
People's Party
St. Louis
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
England
Herbert S. Asquith
Edward
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
New York
Robley D. Evans
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
Benjamin Hanford
Chicago
Congress
W. H. Taft
Luke E. Wright
United States
Venezuela
William Jennings Bryan
Denver
Obaldia
Panama
Eugene W. Chafin
Aaron
Watkins
Columbus
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Turkey
Thomas L. Hiegen
John Temple’ Graves
Robly D. Evans
Chamber of Deputies
Abdul Aziz
Henry M. Nevius
Toedo
Gotch Defeats Hackenschmidt for World Heavyweight Title
At Chicago on April 2 Gotch defeated Hackenschmidt to win the world's heavyweight wrestling championship. Jack Atkin claimed the $1,000 Carter Handicap at the Aqueduct track in Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planship
New York
Revolle
Latonia
Louisville
Jack Atkin
Belmont Park
Jay Gould
Eugene Miles
London
Celt
Gravesend Bay
N. Y
Signorinetta
W. K. Vanderbilt
Northeast
Paris
Ballot
J. R. Keene
Sheepshead Bay
Harvard
New London
Carlisle Indians
Cambridge
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Yule
Princeton
Chicago
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Yale
Philadelphia
Wagener
Fiat
Automobile Club
Savannah
West Point
Annapolis
Pat McDonald
Matt McGrath
Norman Brooks
A. F. Wilding
Melbourne
Gotch
Hackenschmidt
Aqueduct Track
Newark
Tornado and Flood Toll Across States
A historical summary lists fatalities and damage from tornadoes and floods across Texas to Georgia. It notes 12 killed and 14 injured from an avalanche in Switzerland, a Pittsburg flood with unspecified losses, and multiple U S events including a Bellevue Nebraska tornado with 12 dead, Louisiana and Oklahoma tornadoes, and broad flood devastation in the Carolinas and Georgia with numerous deaths and extensive property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
maAnen
Goppenstein
Switzerland
Prlti
New York City
Texas
Georgia
Bellevue
Neb
Louisiana
Alfalfa County
Okla
Sune
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
North Carolina
South Carolina
Folsom
N. M
Shipping Disasters Claim Sixty Deaths in North Atlantic Seas
A sequence of maritime wrecks is reported including the Phoenix line steamship Bt Cuthbert destroyed by an explosion off Nova Beotia with 16 deaths. The Emily Reed wrecked off the Oregon coast with 16 rescued or died and the Asiak wrecked on the Norwegian coast with 14 sailors lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pesruart
Phoenix Line Steamship
Bt. Cuthbert
Nova Beo
Tiger
Berwick
Isle of Wight
Marion
St. Francis River
Arkansas
Gladiator
J. Paul
Japan
Matsushima
Peccadores Islands
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Durham
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Durham, N. C
Clarksville
South Boston
Uncle Sam
Recorder’s Court
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Raleigh
Recorders
Morning Herald
Roxboro
Roper
Atandi
Alexis
Haiti
Edward VII
Nicholas I
Russia
Revel
Clement A. Evans
United Confederate Veterans
Persia
R. D. Evans
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Austria
Bosnia
Herzego
Vina
Cmpite
Independence League
Beckmann
Pu Yi
Hosuan-a
China
Prince Chun Re Revoir
Alexia I
Hiatt
Rudolf Kueken
Germany
Gomez
Venexuvia
Hol- 3 the
Panama Canal
Battling Nelson
Joe Gans
San Francisco
Martin J. Sheridan
John J. Hayes
J. J. Hayes
Allen Winter
Readville
Mass
Maskette
Papke
Ketchel
Los Angeles
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Cubs
Detroit American League Club
Tigers
Detroit
George Robertson
Motor Parkway
Tom Collins
Ome
MacFarland
Moran
Maret
Messick
New Orleana
Cylvin Demarest
Bliard Coato
Wesson
Biles
Pittsburg
Larache
Muros
Porswngers
Folgetondep
Norway
Taylor & Phipps CO
Mangum and
Parrish Streets
Katie L. Johnson
East Main Street
Newhittake Wester
Durham Division
Gan
Boom Phat
Weat
F. Bragg
Trav
Pass
Agt
W. B. Bevill
G.P. A
Gen
A. A. Thacker
B. C. Woodall
J. W. Petty
Hackney Bros
Seaboard
AIR Line Railway
Henderson
Norfolk
Weldon
A. L
Carolina
Portsmouth-Norfolk
Cennington
Timore
Cape York
Boston
Richmond
Washington
Durham & Southern
Charlotte
Wilmington
Atlanta
Birmingham
Memphis
Columbia
Jacksonville
Florida
F. W. Woodward
R. L. Montgomery
Jrang Aw
Ron Sexs
Kansas City, MO
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