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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
3
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The lesson explores John the Baptist as a witness to Christ and the Lamb of God. It notes John’s humility and mission to prepare the way, and emphasizes believers’ duty to testify to Jesus, the true witness, and to reflect Him in their lives for others to see.
A long list of obituaries notes Ernest Howard Crosby in Baltimore aged 50, and many figures across months, including Gen. Russell A. Alger in Washington, Rev. Lyman Beecher in Hartford, Isabell Urquhart in Rochester, Rear Admiral Albert Kautz in Florence, Daniel H. Chamberlain in Charleston, and others in New York, Paris, London, and elsewhere, with ages and places for each. The roll spans January through December with prominent politicians, actors, scientists, and writers named.
A compiled list shows numerous deadly incidents: Rock Island and Pacific wreck at Weiland with 23 deaths, Big Four collision at Fowler and at Sandford with 4 dead and 27 injured, a powder-explosion collapse near Primero and elsewhere in France Germany and Mexico. The roll includes mine explosions, torpedo boat losses, and train wrecks across multiple regions with high fatality counts and many injuries.
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The Durham Division timetable lists start times from Durham and connections to Roxboro Denniston S'th Boston Houston Lynchburg and Lynchburg to Roanoke Raleigh and Norfolk. It notes eastbound departures from Lynchburg at 3 45 pm and 2 55 am with Pullman sleepers and parlor cars and westbound service via Roanoke Columbus and Knoxville. Transport officers Bragg and Bevill sign as agents in Roanoke Virginia.
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