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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1896
Page
3
Local notes from Durham report a mix of social calls, travel, and small events. Items include repairs at Royall & Borden, a large sign painted by Paul Olsson, a released patient, and visits by police, clergy, and businessmen. A drunken incident, a quiet Beves Farmer wedding, and various departures and trips fill the page.
The Durham Ice Factory on Puller street was burned to the ground at about 1 o clock this morning with nothing saved. The plant was valued at 8 000 dollars and insured for 4 000. Assistant Fire Chief Howard E Heartt was severely injured by a falling wall and later required stitches. The blaze also damaged a nearby cottage but it was saved.
A New York Times piece warns mothers against scattered disinfection methods after illness. It argues real disinfection requires intelligent, thorough use of chemicals, sufficient fumigation with sulfur, sealed rooms, and airing. Isolation is essential until diagnosis.
A hungry tramp recounts asking a benevolent stranger for aid at dusk. He imagines a feast but receives a bath check instead, the illusion dissolving under gaslight as he clutches the small payment. The Arkansas Traveler tale frame adds a wry punch to the misfortune.
A Alameda inn keeper keeps a small bear cub and a confrontational gander enters the scene. The bear tries to menace a grocer’s cat while the gander sneers and fights back, grabbing the cub’s ear and thumping with wings. A woman with a broom intervenes to drive the gander away.
Read of an upcoming curling tournament in Chicago during the winter season. Locals, including barbers, anticipate a lively convention atmosphere with teams gathering for competition and social events amid the chilly season.
The Washington Star discusses how popular history is often myth or fable citing Plymouth rock and Norse voyages, then shifts to a Boston Herald report on a Curtis Conkling eloquence anecdote. It notes mischaracterizations of Columbus, Pocahontas, and Waterloo and recounts a humorous exchange over an Emerson passage.
A lily white blonde man entered a haberdasher several days ago to buy two collars priced at twenty cents each. The clerk offered three for fifty cents but the customer insisted on two. The clerk pressed the three for a half dollar deal, while the buyer argued he only wanted two and counted forty cents. In the end the man bought two collars, failing to account for beer and street car fare, and left frustrated as the clerk persisted with the three-for-fifty offer.
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