13 Jun 1883
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1883
Page
1
A fragmentary 1883 Durham N C text mixes business notices with verse and editorials. It includes lawyers Manning and Manning of Durham, a garden of poems about rain and spring, and ragged anecdotal sketches of drivers Curly and other urban yesteryear vignettes. The item blends local ads, literary blurbs, and pulsing regional life.
A Richmond tale warns of a roaming gang bent on arson robbery and outrages. The North State printer calls for city and village watchfulness, noting fires in Lynehtn Raleigh and the need to curb lawlessness before society’s foundations crumble. It highlights tactics like pedlar entry and organ grinder fronts.
The Tompkins case draws gossip as friends whisper of his trip to the West Indies and uneasy sightings of a cast iron spider on a woman, a loathsome beetle in lace, and a long tailed lizard on a hat. Tompkins screams at a snake on another woman’s ankle, fleeing in fright as readers learn women’s taste leans toward vivacious insects in embroidery.
A Mail and Express correspondent recalls a Scottish Strathie family mystery at Glamis Castle. An eldest earl, hidden for generations due to fear of legal trouble, died last year at ninety two. Descriptions portray a gigantic, mute, webbed creature kept as a frightened secret by jailing keepers.
Officers hunted 15 year old Dick Flinner described as mulatto, accused of raping a 10 year old colored girl. He lured her with strawberry promises, forced the act in a stable lot, fled when alarm rose, but was captured and jailed. A Cottonfield era note adds a separate line about two Brooklyn brothers and a common wife facing penitentiary stakes.
Curly wakes, greets his mother, and joins a dawn coach trip with his father and Uncle Tom. The boy reassures his mother and proudly handles the reins under the driver’s guidance, cherishing his devotion and the prospect of adventure ahead. The scene captures a tender family moment and Curly’s growing independence.
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