Hurdle Mills Community Notes and Key Events
Ideal weather keeps farmers busy while the public school progresses rapidly. Obituary for Mrs. Louisa Laws age about ninety. Social events include an art display and charity sale at the academy on January 15 1909 raising nearly $20 for new library books. Music and entertainment by local students and residents ended around 10 45 pm with praise for community efforts.
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Ethel Newton
Hester’s Store
Sue Bradsher
Roxboro
J. S. Richmond
Presbyterian Church
Little River
Hurdle Mills
Academy
R. L. Wilburn
Archie P. Daniel
Glen O’brien
Jordie Mills
Lhfe Fannie Sergeant
Art Jasen
Danny Jordan
Dixie Long
R. C. Long
Sar Blalock
Ing
Acton, A. P. D
Durham group returns from Cuba and other local notices
The Durham party returned after ten days in Cuba reporting a pleasant sojourn and safe arrivals. A fire at Grant Meadows on Seminary street caused doors to be broken but fire quickly extinguished with little loss. Dr. F P Venable spoke to a large Y M C A crowd at the university. The Durham Light Infantry plans a February 2 armory smoker with boxing matches sponsored by the Coney Island Amusement Construction Co, 50 cent admission.
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Grant Meadows
Seminary Street
F. P. Venable
University
Durham Light Infantry Co
M. Third Regiment National Guard
Coney Island Amusement Construction Company
Sleeping Under Fire A Soldier’s Unseen Battle
A London surgeon recounts incidents from the South Africa campaign where soldiers, under extreme tension, briefly slept in trenches during attacks. The account notes several cases of sleep amidst shelling, heat, and fatigue, suggesting stress and inactivity as triggers, with active duty keeping the writer awake.
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London
South Africa
Henningspruit
Bullock
British Medical Journal
Moral from the eggs about a boy's troubles
A quirky fable titled By a Modern Aesop describes a boy who says he is beaten unless he behaves. The eggs respond that they will not be beaten unless they are good, delivering a moral about misunderstandings in jokes and omelets.
Poems to Be Published at His Own Expense
A Times-Democrat item notes a writer plans to publish a volume of poems funded personally. Quotes reflect surprise at his finances and suggests he saved money by cutting hair.
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New Orleans ‘Times-Democrat
Southern Railway Timetable Highlights for Durham 1908
Effective April 6 1908 trains depart Durham North Carolina daily at 6 00 am for Greensboro and South West with connections to Danville Richmond and points north south east and west. Additional eastbound westbound services link Greensboro Salisbury Raleigh and Richmond with sleeper and dining car services on select trains. Multiple connections at Jeffries Salisbury Greensboro and Greenshore connect to Charlotte Winston Salem and Winston routes.
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Durham
N.C
Greensboro
Danville
Richmond
Salisbury
Charlotte
Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
Jacksonville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Asheville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Raleigh
Selima
Gokisboro
Pullaan
U. Fast Mail
Lynchburg
Washington
Southern Railway
Oxford
Henderson
Jeffries
Keysville
Richaud
Norfolk and
Steamport
New York
Boston
Selma
Goldsboro
Greenshore
All Points
Winston Salem
Savannal
Kuaexville
Memphis
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Lynchbury
Charlottes
Notice of divorce suit in Durham County court
A Superior Court case in Durham County seeks divorce on grounds of abandonment and adultery. The defendant must appear before the court on the first Monday in March to answer the complaint as the plaintiff seeks relief through the action. The document is dated December 18 1908 and signed by Clerk C BR Green.
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A. E
Durham County
Durham
N.C
GREEN
Administrator Notice for J H Woo Estate
This notice states that on this day the administrator qualified for the estate of the late J H Woo of Durham County. Creditors are asked to present claims and indebted persons to make payment before the specified deadline. Route 1 Rougemont NC is listed for notices by J A Poot, deceased.
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J. H. Woo
Durhan County
NATO
Covery
Rts
W. Shanon
Rougemont
N. C
J. A. Poot
Deceasd
James Preston
Ifrham
Dee
D. Guaran
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. W. Wood & 8
Cuba
Tn . Pet
En Althouch
Galilei
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Worth's Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Ye
Taylor & Phipps Co
Mangum
Parrish Streets
THE
Durham Recorder
Durham, N.C
Carolena
Thehom County 4 Court
Loren Beek
R.T. Howerton & Son
Old Reliable Modern Funeral
Mangum St
Tae Pecorper
T Holladay Studio
the Postoffice
Scciies
Vox
KR. C. Peacock
Success Magazine
New
Lokery
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