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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
2
The notice urges citizens to prepare a voter list as an extra legislative session looms. It hints at forthcoming county campaign activity and warns of early accusations, while predicting that local races will favor contenders with strong campaigning abilities in Durham County.
The Lexington Dispatch argues advertising should not be cut during economic slowdowns. It urges merchants to double efforts, noting advertising builds bank balances and destiny, likening it to maintaining insurance during risk.
Creosote treatment can extend fence posts life to twenty years. Ordinary cheap woods such as cottonwood, aspen, willow, sycamore, low grade gums, and some others respond well to the process, outlasting untreated oak. Properly treated posts resist decay when placed in the ground.
The article notes a open tank system costing 380 to 44 dollars that treats 40 to 50 six inch posts daily. Creosote absorption varies by wood, with costs ranging 10 to 26 cents per gallon across regions. Treating posts could last twenty years, with Forest Service data showing lodgepole pine durability gains in Idaho. The circular 117 guides commercial preservative methods and state forest service publication availability.
Police secured evidence to arrest Bob Bailey and obtained a search warrant uncovering fifty eight pints of yellow liquid suspected as illicit liquor. The report notes a long standing blind tiger operation connected to Bailey with ongoing investigations.
C. E. King & Sons advertise on page four. C. F. Council opens a new Five Points drug store in a recently completed building. Governor Glenn explains railroad rate matters and the purpose of the extra session, noting that railroads must share the expenses.
An Irish applicant for police duty refused the job after confessing he did not know the exact distance from New York to San Francisco. He remarked he would not take a beat he could not master, prompting the judge to comment on the exchange.
A discussion on managing a torpid liver by treating underlying digestion first. Advocates Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to restore stomach function, blood-maker secretions, and detoxify the system, claiming it cures liver trouble and bile issues through a known herbal formula.
The Recorder announces premium number 1 a pocket knife given to every subscriber paying for one year in advance. Current subscribers know the knife. new ones can view the offer at the office or Taylor & Phipps Co's store.
The notice explains that any person who pays for The Recorder for a year in advance and brings in one new subscriber will receive premium No 2 a sharper knife than premium No 1.
An advertising notice promises Premium No 3 to readers who pay for one year in advance and recruit three new subscribers. The card emphasizes a special premium for early, prepaid dealings and rewards for expanding the readership.
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