21 Jan 1891
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1891
Page
1
Bad fix Bat cure advertises Vorr presage for the weak and debilitated urging readers to send 6 cents for the Book of Life by a top specialist. Alorers Dr. Parker's Medical and Surgical Institute at 151 North Spruce St Nashville Tenn promotes health guidance and stamps payment.
The undersigned offer a sale by public auction on a February date in 1891 at five miles south of Durben of a 25 horsepower engine and boiler with saw mill complete, plus two fog carts to settle the G W Lyon and Bros business. Terms cash. Surviving partners Piles and Iebing Piles.
A promotional note extols the high position and universal approval of a liquid antiseptic product by the California Pig Syrup Company. It claims the remedy is the most excellent fixative and satisfies the qualities its process is said to seal, expressing broad appeal and gratification.
A tribute recounts Col Robert F. Webb of the 6th North Carolina State Troops and Bee Military Lodge No 200. It covers his Mexican service with Paine's Regiment, rise from sergeant to colonel, leadership at Gaines Farm Manassas and Sharpsburg, capture at Rapahannock bridge, two years in Camp Chase, Mason and lodge roles, and memory among veterans who mourn his death.
The piece argues for mandatory school attendance and criticizes broad crime laws that ignore education. It asserts that schooling benefits society, notes many citizens face prosecutions and costs, and contends states should compel attendance to prevent ignorance and crime.
The piece laments the McKinley tariff’s impact on workers who lost jobs and export markets. It claims the policy pushes pauper labor, causes starvation, and forces people into poverty without wage gains, criticizing the tariff as an achievement for its advocates. It cites a claim that a large sum, five hundred thousand dollars, was lent on nothing.
The proposed act would authorize a district judge to appoint three supervisors to purge poll books and restrict voting. It outlines duties to verify qualifications, arrest poll disturbances, and supervise canvasses. The measure includes habeas corpus suspension and use of armed forces if needed.
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