25 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1893
Page
1
Norfolk Ledger condemns a Scribner's Magazine piece on Lincoln era Southern people as slanderous. It notes other items: pension reform calls, California voters favor direct election, and local incidents from North Carolina to New York, including a big bequest and a turkey head payout.
A garbled notice from Texas describes a cure for a skin condition using seven dollars' worth of remedies. The text is largely unreadable but asserts complete recovery with a listed regimen and local references.
An ad claims Cuticura Resolvent, Sew Binet, and Grin Purifier cure skin ailments including pimples and scrofula through internal and external use. It asserts rapid effects and a loving endorsement by the advertiser.
The article recalls General Jackson’s victory at New Orleans on January 8 1815 praising its American grit while noting the Ghent treaty had been signed earlier and that the English suffered heavier losses Packenham fell among them. It contrasts the slaughter with a hint of satire about cowardice and demoralization in modern times. The piece also mentions a bicycle funeral and Texas Governor Hogg’s stance on concealed weapons. It closes with New York politics noting Edwards to Senate and two Democratic Senators after Cleveland’s March 4 inauguration.
The passage condemns the extensive space given to prize fighting coverage in leading newspapers. It denounces the boxers as savages and unscrupulous, while noting that crowds follow and report their every boast and action at length.
The Orange Va Observer shares satirical quips on butter tastes, skating, rhetoric, and mortality. It discusses broader road improvement momentum and questions a new system's profitworthiness for the nation, closing with cautious belief in reform.
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