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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1890
Page
3
Commencement week and busy farmers frame a Durham scene. Public Building hopes rise as Chapel Hill trains run for the Hill. Local lectures, sermons, and a broad mix of notices and opinions reflect a bustling community in May.
The County Board met to review township list blanks, granted many accounts, and named OC A High as superintendent of county fence in Patterson township. J Pitchett won the contract to fix the outer area wall of the Courthouse. Court duties included a grand jury and cases such as State vs David and David Thompson with mixed verdicts and fines. News notes report two drownings at Beaufort, Willie Potter and Johnnie Davis, with details on their families and search efforts.
Gratifying to all the California Fig Syrup Company promotes Syrup of Figs as the best laxative. Walter A. Wood Mowing Machines and Hay Rakes are praised for quality and light draft. John L. Markham sells these machines with a history of exhibition honors from 1857 to 1889.
Jones and Lyon describe seasonable dress fabrics with curated selections from various counters. The passage hints at many more fabrics not named in the piece, aiming for a comprehensive display in the shop’s featured collection.
An unusual width and a low price for Batiste. By nightfall it should be about 15 cents or more, yet you save at least 5 cents a yard. The fabric is sheer clear smooth and well suited to use with blue or cardinal or brown on cream or white. Neat designs accompany this high value material.
A shopping note advertises cream cashmere 36 inch at 40 per yard, down from 50 cents. Poll assortment features evening shades in Albatros and Henriettas among others, highlighting ready for sale.
The store touts $2.00 shoes with better fit and wear than higher priced rivals. Ladies genuine Dongola-kid and worked buttonhole styles are highlighted at $2.00, with other offerings including ribbed vests and silk mitts. Men's $2.00 and $3.00 shoes are also advertised along with miscellaneous accessories.
A poem warns that loud noise from a bass drum or a boisterous speaker often outshines more capable voices. It ridicules loud individuals as least important, emphasizing tone over volume across social crowds.
Doctors Starkey and Palen advertise the “original and only genuine” Compound Oxygen Treatment for chronic and nervous disorders. The notice lists numerous supporters and claims decades of use, offering mailed information and cures, with address in Philadelphia.
The passage cites G. J. Seznogr praising Micro Ler plus drugstore promotions for Dyspepsia and biloss remedies. It advertises Hood’s Sarsaparilla for health restoration and Dr. Davids Liver Yearby Co. products. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is urged for colds and coughs with a parental nod to using sugar coated cathartics for children.
An 19th century ad spread promotes Dixie Cholera Cure for chickens and hogs at Yearby & Co. Drug Store and English Spavin Lotion for horses from N M Johnson & Co. Druggist in Durham. Also a Hood's Sarsaparilla patent remedy claims to boost health and mood in humans.
Purporting to purify blood and restore energy Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a seasonable medicine. The ad claims it strengthens the weak relieves fatigue and improves vitality, citing reader letters and testimonials as evidence of its benefits.
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