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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
2
Notice records state the paper is entered as second class matter at Durham North Carolina on August 6 1903 under the act of Congress of March 1879. The fragment confirms mailing designation and filing date for the publication.
A Durham column from January 1908 comments on prohibition advocates, speculative elections, and state politics. It notes Governor Glenn’s role in calling the legislature, critiques laws as targets for better enforcement, and mentions locals forming or opposing leagues and railroad funding disputes. It also reports two youths admonished after a shooting in the mayor's court.
North Carolina legislature meets in Raleigh at governor call to ratify a railroad rates agreement. Senate opens with prayer as committees file bills on rate relief and road construction, while House moves to print prohibition bills and set Monday as special order for debate.
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for weak stomach liver and blood disorders noting its printed ingredients and honest deal. It claims lasting popularity and superior curative virtues with no secret formula, urging readers to avoid inferior substitutes and to try the original Little Liver Pills.
The Recorder promotes an incentive for one year advance subscribers giving away premium number 1 pocket knives. Old subscribers recognize the item while others can view it at the office or Taylor & Phipps Co's store.
The notice explains that any person who pays for the Recorder for one year in advance and brings in one new subscriber will receive premium No 2 a better knife than premium No 1.
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