Death Roll of 1908 Acknowledges Noted Figures
A roll of distinguished statesmen diplomats authors artists soldiers and leaders lists names and ages from January through December. Notable entries include Grover Cleveland at Princeton Edmund Clarence Stedman in New York City and Henry Chadwick in field sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Augustus Young
Hanover
N. H
James Ryder Randall
Maryland
Augusta
Edmund Clarence Stedman
New York City
Edward A. MacDowell
August Wilhelmj
London
Antonio Yznaga
Natchez
Louise de la Ramee
Oulda
Florence
Italy
David Johnson
Walden
N. Y
L Crosby
Noyes
Washington Star
Los Angeles
Harriet Hosmer
Watertown
Maas
Pauline Locca
Baroness Walchofen
Vienna
William Pinkney Whyte
Baltimore
Joseph Howard, Jr
James Jeffrey Roche
Americas Post
Berne
Switzerland
Charles A L. Totten
Ypsilanti
Mich
Henry Chadwick
John A. Dix
Trinity Parish
New York
Miscellaneous items recount 19th century events and deaths
A compendium of brief notes lists conviction of Mayor Schmitz set aside in San Francisco, the death of A Henry Kenny in Ridley Park, the Port Arthur verdicts on Gen Stoessel, a Hudson tunnel opening, ships launched and sailed, early aviation feats by the Wright brothers, deaths of notable figures like Blind Tom and Count Zeppelin, and public commemorations in New York and Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmitz
San Francisco
A. Henry Kenny
Dela Ware Railway
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Ridley Park
Stoessel
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Hudson
Hoboken
N. J
New York
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
New York City
Count Zeppelin
Switzerland
Quebec
United States Court of Appeals
Landisavova T
Sydney
N.sw
Stephen A. Douglas
Ottawa
Melbourne
Manila
John Milton
England
America
Abraham Ruef
Gelderland
Alix
Puerto Cabello
Gen
Simon
Halt
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
France
Personally Conducted Tour to Havana Excursion Tickets Sold
Southern Railway offers round trip Havana excursion from Durham at 46 dollars with departures January 11 to 27, 1909. Tickets may route via Jacksonville to Knight's Key or Port Tampa with stopovers at St Augustine Palm Beach Miami and other southern points. A representative will accompany the movement and arrange side trips hotels and reservations. R L Vernon T P A Charlotte NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Havana
Cuba
Durham
Jacksonville
Knight’s Key
Port Tampa
St. Augustine
Palm Beach
Miami
R. L. Vernon
T. P. A. Charlotte
N. C
Southern Railway schedules and connections in 1908
Train times list from Durham to Greensboro Selma Goldsboro Danville and Raleigh with connects to Richmond Washington and Charlotte. Includes Pullman sleeper Greensboro to Raleigh, dining cars on Nos 30 and 36, and extensive north south and intermediate service details. Also notes Norfolk steamboat links and frequent Salisbury Asheville and Knoxville connections. Periodic famines report cites Bengal 1770 famine and British drought forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N.C
Dail
Greensboro
le Oe
North Ees
Richmond
South Fury
Chats Do Colamabia
Devansed
A. m
Selma
Goldsboro
Carl Pullman
Leena
U. Fast Mail
Danville
Lynchburg
Washington
Charlotte
Southern Railway
Oxford
Henderson
Jeffries
Keysville
Norfolk
Baltimoro
New York
Bown
Raleigh
All Points
Winston-Salem
Salisbury
Charllotte
Columbia
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Asheville
Knoxville
Chattain
Memphis
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Charlottesville
Washi
Baltimore
Norf
Oxford Ie
Oragent Southern Railway
RL. Vossen
Trav
F. W. Woodward
Union
Divorce Action Filed for Abandonment and Adultery in Durham
The defendant is notified of a suit for absolute divorce in Durham County Superior Court on abandonment and fornication. He must appear at the next term before the first Monday in March 1909 at the Durham courthouse to answer or demur. if not, the plaintiff seeks relief per the complaint. This notice is dated December 18, 1908, by Clerk Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Keth
Durham County
Durham
N. C
Co. B
Green Clerk Superior Court
Administrator's Notice for J H Pool Estate in Durham County
Notice from W W Hannis administrator Route 1 Rougemont NC asks all creditors to come forward with claims against the estate of J H Pool deceased of Durham County. Creditors must present their claims by a specified date to avoid legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H Pool
Durhan
W. W. Hannis
Rougemont
N.C
J. H. Poor
James Preston Potent
Durham County
K. 2D
Gueter
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. C. Stedman
Henry Redvers Buller
Mander
Ladysmith
Frank C. Bangs
Edwin Booth
Charlotte Cushman
Laura Keene
Philadelphia
Ellen M. Ames
Eleanor Kirk
Weekapaug
Grover Cleveland
United States
Princeton
Muunt Halstead
Charles M. Thomas
Monterey
Cal
Dort Chander Marine
Uncle Hemur
Atdante
Henry C. Potter
Div Twee
Cooperstown RY
Atcherick Bronson Upward
Wrigat
Saratoga
Shen Ghdcab
Avon-by-she-dea
N. d
Willian Hoya Ailton
Iowa
Senate
Dubuque
Kliskvoin M. Siewert
Hicksville
Louies
Niier Moulton
Blox
Miss
George P. Rowell
Jean
Poland
Jean Springs
Joseph Wheelock
Navesink Highlands
Alfred ‘Thompson Richer
New Dorp
By Trnton
Lang
Virginia
Daniel Colt
Himon
Norwich
Conn
George C. Howard
Topsy
Cambridge
Mass
Michitsura Nodzu
Russia
Tokyo
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
Camebridge
John Wallace Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Lynn
Willian Astor
Tomas Estrada Palma
Santiago
Victorien Sardou
Paris
Tsze Hsi An
China
Pexia
Joseph Bullock Coghlan
New Rochette
Donald G. Mitchell
Ln Marvel
Edgewood
Golden Gate
Wright Brothers
Manteo
Walter A. Wyckett
Michigan
Camden
Williamson Boyakin
Andrew Jackson
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Pittsburg
William Penn
Rosebud
South Dakota
Julia A. F. Carney
Ugaleobers
Francis J. Heney
Mortis Haas
Prieon
Brooklyn
Beet
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Bengal
India
Taylor & Phipps Co
Mangum
Parrish Streets
Durham Recorder
WN. C
Nokti Carolina
Dorian County Court
Lorens
Tek
Tuk
R.T. Howerton & Son
Old Reliable Modern Funeral Directors
Mangum St
TH Holladay Studio
the Postoffice
Durham, N. C
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