Prohibition talk and post office notices in Durham
In Durham on January 3 1908 discussion grows about a possible extra session to pass a state prohibition law. Governor Glenn may deny pardons promptly. Jail term cases and civil term claims await court actions. Towns like Wilmington Winston and Salisbury shift toward prohibition and dispensary debates. Immigration data show North Carolina receiving the fewest immigrants of any state. Post office rules allow publishers until April to adjust lists for new delinquent mailing restrictions and renewal notices.
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Wilmington
Winston
Salisbury
Durham Grand Jury Chosen and Sessions Open
Durham Superior Court convened for criminal trials with Judge Webb presiding. Grand jury named including foreman E K Powe. several defendants heard with verdicts of guilty or not guilty and sentences ranging from fines to months in the workhouse or roads. The cow theft case ended with Jack Burwell convicted and the animal returned to its owner.
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T. L. Russell
W. H.byrd
M. Gladstein
W. H. Page
G. T. Hampon
Walter T. Barbee
James M. Watts
I. E. Wilkerson
Alexander Craig
J. E. Morrison
J. R. Ross
S. W. Minor
J. B. Christian
Richard 3. House
L. W. Grissom
C. D. Whitaker
C. H. Shaw
Walter Cleveland
Sandy Riddell
Oscar Johnson
Bettie Smith
George Eaton
Walter Whitted
Whit
Nisi
Seifa
Capias
Ernest Scott
Lewis Coleman
Crosby Stone
Jack Burwell
William Harris
Burwell
Webb
Holestein
Jack
Benjamin Lovenstein
Lovenstein
Local Briefs Cover Society Talk Rentals and Schedules
Dr W C Tyree addressed the Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church this afternoon. Congress man Kitchin visited last week on business from Raleigh. Dr J M O Kelly has gone to Hot Springs Ark for rheumatism treatment and expects to return in five or six weeks. Gen J S Carr returned from Richmond VA where he attended the funeral of Mrs Heath widow of Gen Harry Heath. Cash's store on Trinity avenue was entered Sunday night and goods valued at $15 or $20 were stolen. Walter Edwards appeared before the mayor for selling whiskey and was bound over to the superior court in a $100 bond which he could not make. The Citizens National Bank received calendars for 1908 and offered a handsome one. Invitations issued for the marriage of Miss Maude Angier S and William Blue. ceremony at Main Street Methodist church January 16. couple to reside in Aberdeen. Eight month old child of Mr and Mrs S A Edwards died near Trinity College. funeral held Saturday. A native of Borneo uses a pig divination ritual. In Indiana a man sues a hardware company for $10,000 over a rope accused of failing to prevent self harm. Judge. An important change in Seaboard schedule effective January 5 1908 to inaugurate the Florida Limited between New York and St Augustine. several train times listed for Durham connections and connections to Norfolk Portsmouth and Florida. Timetables rates information available from local agents.
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New York
St. Augustine
Fla
Durham
Henderson
Portsmouth- Norfolk
Weldon
Carolina
Portsmouth-Norfolk
Washington
Baltimore
Cape Charles
Boston
Durham & Southern
Apex
Charlotte
Atlanta
Columbia
Savannah
Jacksonville
Florida
F. W. Woodward
Union
R. L. Montgomery
The Newsboys Pie Mix Up at Christmas Dinner
A Century story recounts Christmas Eve at a New York newsboys lodging house where urchins queue for turkey pie and vegetables. A visiting patrolman resembles the famed Bing ham in a mistaken identity moment as pies vanish and reappear amid laughter.
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Bingham
New York
Hhe
W. T. Lashley Dies at 49 on Burch Avenue
W T Lashley aged 49 died Monday at his home on Burch Avenue after a long illness. He leaves a wife and one child. Funeral and burial were held this afternoon at 2 30 guided by Rev C J Thompson pastor of the First Baptist church.
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Burch Avenue
W. T. Lashley
C. J. Thompson
First Baptist Church
General Carr Leaves Durham for Kansas City Funeral
Gen J S Carr departed Durham on Sunday for Kansas City Missouri on account of the death of his four month old granddaughter Nancy Patton. The infant child of Mr and Mrs Patton died Sunday afternoon in Kansas City.
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J.S. Carr
Durhamn
Kansas City
Nancy Patton
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Catarrh Cure Endorsed
Advertises Dr. Pierce's medicines asserting full ingredient disclosure and oath attestation. Claims Golden Medical Discovery treats indigestion mucous membrane diseases and chronic catarrh while urging concurrent use of Catarrh Remedy for nasal passages. Warns against expecting to cure consumption and promotes glycerine as part of the formula.
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Dr. Pierce
Nature
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