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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
2
A Durham based issue column discusses prohibition and unequal enforcement, the county jail crowding with twenty six prisoners sent to county home, road plans toward the Person county line, and calls for a Durham recorder. It cites Major Hamlin's larceny case and stresses accountability in jail releases.
Mr. J E Tucker travels to Greensboro for medical care amid prolonged ill health. Dr A P Reade opened a Durham dental office, visiting friends less often. Robbery on a High Point train yielded 642 dollars cash and a 1000 dollar certificate. the thief described as a low stout man with a mustache. Rev G T Watkins accepts the call to Goldsboro First Baptist, leaving Roxboro Mill Creek and Buffalo churches after 17 years of service. his departure is mourned by the community.
Elizabeth City North Carolina January 13 report states farmer James W. Pritchard residing two miles west of the city shot himself with a rifle early Sunday. Earlier he suffered a brain illness last summer but had fully recovered according to the notice. Dennis Rochelle railroad worker injured when his foot was crushed on a West Durham freight train. doctors do not expect amputation.
The Board of Education assigns monthly salaries and total apportionments for white and colored schools in Durham Lebanon Oak Grove and other townships for the 1908 spring term. Holmes Holt Sylvan and factory schools listed with specific monthly salaries and limited or no apportionment. A robbery of Massey on Church Street nets about 125 dollars with a partial loss and an armed warning to not speak.
Editorial notes from Dr. Fyfe of the Rececro Memoan Revy praising a uterine health remedy. Cites Unicorn root as a chief ingredient and lists purported benefits for backache, weakness, mood, and reproductive health in women.
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