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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1895
Page
3
The Durham Light Infantry rode by rail from the armory to Ocean View Virginia with about forty men led by the Durham band. Major Winston stayed behind and the men cheered him and the band before departure. The trip cost little thanks to local generosity and groceries were carried along.
A colored man on the front coach leaped from a Norfolk excursion train amid rain and fell into a ditch. The train stopped, bystanders and manager Mr. Christian aided him, he recovered consciousness, and walked home without injuries. Other travelers include Marshall Hopperthus returning from Poughkeepsie and W M Byers, McCown, and O M Hutchings from Morehead City.
In Raleigh yesterday the funeral procession for Mrs. Della Upchurch fled after a harness strap dropped. The hearse wrecked. the driver was thrown and dislocated his hip while the undertaker escaped injury. The horses, four years old, will be trained for the Independent Hose company. A revenue raid at Christian's mill led to Ed Carrington being bound over for appearance Monday after seizure of eight gallons of unstamped whiskey. Durham opens a white barber shop and reports a baseball game with Wade's nine defeating the city team 16 to 12.
The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Co at Ishpeming raised daily wages 10 to 25 cents for 1,600 workers due to market gains, while Mahoning Valley Iron Co at Youngstown boosts pay 10 percent for non-scale workers. Miners in Ishpeming and Negaunee held a mass meeting to strike for higher pay, aiming to mobilize thousands and curb ore shipments from Marquette range if unresolved.
Reports from Morehead to Greensboro Charlotte and Wilmington detail a shifting engine fatality, a deputy shot, and plans for a naval battalion cruise aboard the Amphrítite off North and South Carolina shores likely in August. A Edgecombe county death follows a mule accident. a severe electric storm spurred a dramatic tale from Oaks.
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