Local Observations and notices from Durham in 1895
The Durham Recorder prints local observations and gossip including weather impacts on water works, new subscribers, a Raleigh caucus nominating Jeter C. Pritchard, and notices of earthquakes in Italy. It notes the North Carolina Institute for the Deaf and Blind report, farm talk, and entertainment previews at Central Opera House with Henry and his minstrel company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
North Carolina Institute For the Deaf and the Blind
Central Opera House
Henry
Daily Inquirer
Galion
Stokes Hall
Suth
Harriette Weems to Star in Great Double Bill at Stokes Hall
Baltimore Sun reports that Harriette Weems will headline a special Christmas Eve program at Stokes Hall featuring Dickens Christmas Ideal Cricket on the Hearth and Booth's Taming of the Shrew. Weems has appeared with Creston Clarke Louis James and Thomas W. Keane and will be supported by John Doud with a strong company. Reserved seats at Vaughan's drag store 75 cents general admission 50 gallery 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriette Weems
Dickens
Booth
Katherine
Petrucia
Miss Weems
Stagville News: Local Notes and Courtcases
Mr. H. T. Pool of Raleigh plans Stagville residence with family arrival anticipated. Lizzie Edwards visits from Durham. multiple locals travel to Durham for court. A horse accident injures the writer. beef and hog slaughter noted. Two warrants addressed for Jim Peaks and William Peaks for disturbances, with cautious commentary on local justice and race relations. Hon. J. L. M. Curry invited to a New York dinner to speak on Southern States relations.
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Stagville
Stacyine
T. Pool
Raleigh
Pool
Lizzie Edwards
Durham
Southerland
Claud Lashley
W. E. Durham
J.T. Lashley
Jim Peaks
Marcus Tilley
Stagg
William Peaks
William
Hunt's Old
North Carolina
J.B. Lasavey
J. L. M. Curry
Southern Society
New York
New York City
Reward for Catarrh Cure and Farmland Wealth Shifts
An advertisement offers a hundred dollars for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. The notice asserts Cheney's integrity over 15 years. A separate report notes a tobacco trust indictment looming and farm wealth rising since 1850 with higher per acre values, plus court dockets in Durham county with multiple verdicts and sentences in ongoing cases.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truxa
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
United States
Man’s abortive poker ruse upends travel plot at depot
A traveling salesman overhears a telegram scheme used to lure a man named Samuel King into a poker game. The message to John Betts reveals the deception. Samuel’s wife confronts him, and the couple leaves for home after the exposure at the St. Louis Union Depot.
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St. Louis
Union Depot
John Betts
Marla
Samuel King
Samuel
Western Union Telegraph Co
Mr. King
N. Y
Unparalleled Tale of the Thirteenth Duke of Somerset
The death of the thirteenth Duke recalls a notable peerage incident. Sir Edward Seymour, later lord protector and beheaded, became duke in 1547 with a male line remainder. The elder line inherited in 1750 after the first duke’s male line became extinct, prompting reflection on Seymour’s pride and status. The late duke funded a Maiden Bradley fountain with his inscription, and commentary records Blyden as Liberia’s former representative in Britain.
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Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour
England
Duke of Somerset Pras
House of Commons
Seymour
Lord Macaulay
William III
Edward
William
Sir Edward
Seymours
Maiden Bratley
Algernon
Bradley
Duke
Chicago Times
Wimberly Murder Case in Raleigh Trial Progress
The Wimberly murder case is on trial in Raleigh. Miss Stevenson in Asheville grows increasingly worse, with death hourly expected. News and Observer notes Mr A F Dyer visits from Ohio to recruit farmers for a southern colony. Governor Carr seeks South Carolina cooperation to return Press Douglas and Jesse Melton for the Anson county homicide last Christmas. B J Wall appointed as agent for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberly
Raleigh
News and Observer
A F. Dyer
Ohio
North Carolina
Carr
South Carolina
Douglas
Jesse Melton
Frank Grady
Anson County
B. J. Wall
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cough Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds claiming it cures throat chest and lung diseases. It promises a money back guarantee and offers sample bottles free at Blackyax & Son Drug Store with large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Blackyax &Son Drug Store
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Durham Recorder
Iing
Jim Davis
W. T. Neal
Col. R. E. Carr
Hannah Jane
Jimmie
Reve
Eld
Jeter C. Pritchard
Madison County
Italy
Sicily
Aan L
Yates
Morrisville
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
McNish
Daily Leader
Galton
John Lubbock
Paris
Hi Henry
Hi. Henry's Minstrels
Levering Hall
Commedian
Frank E. McNish
Larry Mack
Sentinel
Mt. Gilead
Annes Hall
Carl MH. Gardner
Mangum Street
Carl
Charles M,nyough
Sansa
Raticiseo Callis
W. P. Durham
Ruggist
Ayer
Mhilibore
Eleier
Owen Enos
Winston
Glenn, Willl
American Tobacco Company
Osborne
Florida
California
the Superior Court
Durham County Superior Court
L. Ll. Green
Bynum
Commonwealth
W. A. Wilkerson
Westley Henderson
W. J. Fowler
Benjamin Perry
W. F. Barbee
W. G. Rhew
C. A. Ferrell
T. J. Whitaker
Albert Phipps
George W. White
W. T. Christian
Samuel Garrard
Harvey Bolton
T. R. Morton
W. T. Carpenter
E. W. Hays
R. L. Jordan
J. Aiken
State
Ed Durham
James Ray
Carter
M. B. Durham
Morris Haskell
Major Brown
Wade Halliburton
B. Harper
William Cozart
Dave Barbee
W. H. Ausley
H. MH. Lam
Jordan Poteat
A. Hatchett
R. C. Mortis
Hatchett
Savannah Hester
Will Coleman
Daniel Taylor
Texas
Edward Wilmot Blyden
Liberia
Court of St. James
Tron Bitters
Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore
Heartt & Farthing
Superior Court
Durham County
Alvis Riggs
E. V. Kiges
Court House
Mangum Township
Seld County
A. J. Roberts
J. P.M. Terry
Tilley
Jennie Garrant
E. B. Teasley
R. c. Tilley
Commission
Trinity College
Trinity College Park
Fuller & Fuller
V. Halland
V. Ballard Ane
W. S Hlallibarton
Office of Register of Deeds
Rt Hous
Decor
V. Ballard & Ve & Halliburton
W.T. Blackwell
United Im
Atlanta
W. M. Yearby
Carl H. Gardner
Durham, N. C
Alabama Experiment Station
Neens Street
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