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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1891
Page
4
The Durham Recorder quotes warnings on diligence and punctuality stressing that half measures ruin plans, reputations, and trust. It urges young men to cultivate thorough effort, timely work, and reliability, noting the need for steady attention to details in all tasks.
A Pittsburg dispatch reports Rev. Thomas Pitt D D of the East End died after convulsions caused by a two inch brain implant found at autopsy. Dr. Samuel Ayers conducted the postmortem and notes no similar case in medicine. The piece also recounts a runaway marriage at a school event and extols good handwriting for career prospects.
A Greensboro Workman opinion notes the possible loss of Julian B Carrie’s business vigor as a public calamity amid negotiations. The piece urges North Carolina to keep his able leadership and energy in industry, praising brain and enterprise.
An observed hen associated with Dr William Lynch reportedly laid two eggs daily for fourteen days in two nests, prompting talk of a egg shortage and a possible hen trust. The report mentions a Durham rivalry and observers noting the bird’s diligent laying pattern.
Trial bottles and free literature offered by Yearby's drugstore or by Dr Miles Metall Co Elkhart Ind for conditions including sleeplessness nerves hysteria hot flushes nervous dyspepsia headaches and confusion presented in a period medicine ad style with direct claims of cures and free materials.
L I Pamplin endorses Johnson Sunny South Condition Powders as an effective horse remedy after managing over 200 horses and mules. The ad touts Bucklen's Arniva Salve and other treatments for human skin ailments and promotes a range of patent medicines from Durham manufacturers.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for liver and kidney diseases skin conditions impure blood malaria digestion and related ailments. It promises complete satisfaction or money back and lists R Blacknall Son as the seller with bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
A garbled ad claims a new discovery by Dr Miles Medical Co offering relief for headaches neuralgia nervous debility and sexual weakness. It hints at a restorative service at Yearbys Headache and other terms, but the text is fragmented and unclear.
English Spavin Liniment removes hard or soft lumps and blemishes from horses including blood spavins curbs splints sweeney ring bone stifles sprains and other blemishes sold by N M Johnson Co druggists Durham.
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