Local matters call on Hackney and Mackay
Garcall on Hackney and Mackay with reference to fire insurance rates and guidance. Mentions placing insurance with reputable companies and guarantees in conduct of business. References Eugene Morehead's Bank as an office location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garcall
Hackney & MacKay
Owice
Eugene Morehead
D. J. Mackay
Crescent Insurance Company
New Orleans
F Co
Liverpool
London and Globe
Insurance Company of North America
Morehele Bank
We Want Payment for Subscriptions Now
A notice appeals to subscribers to pay small amounts overdue, noting a $500,000 reward and stressing that collective payments will improve the Curtain Recorder. The appeal states the publication has no desire to run the paper unpaid and will use its records to show the truth.
Local items and notices in Durham newspaper
A patchwork page reports admissions and calls for purchases at local offices, real estate and business ventures, and civic notes. It notes a new artesian well, court-house build plans, and social updates including Mrs. Crabtree, Prof. Kennedy, and Miss Mallory. It promotes Excelsior stoves, Duke cigarettes, and insurance options, urging public health vigilance and cooperation with city authorities.
Deaths and notices from a Brooklyn church and local events
A Brooklyn church class notes the death of Walter Baxter Couch aged young, with resolutions of sympathy and a pledge to remember mortality. Also reported are a local death at Weller’s Vineyard, an accident involving cattle and a European immigrant Otto, and a flurry of school notices, lectures, and appointments in North Carolina papers.
Faculty of the University school COURB OF InstauCTION ron 188
The Faculty of the University announces the 188 season completed from May to May 25. M A Newell will supervise and lecture on school duties. Dr Newell assists in Reading. E P Moses of Goldsboro will teach Arithmetic. A Leazer will handle English Grammar and Analysis. W A Wilborn will teach Geography. E L Harris will teach Penmanship and Drawing. FE W Kennedy will teach Algebra and Natural Philosophy. Lewis M D, Principal on Colli
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University
Norsane
Daty
Hon
Newell
Maryland
E. P. Moses
Goldsboro
A Leazer
Mooresville
W. A. Wilborn
Salisbury
E. L. Harris
Cooper Institute
New York City
FE. W. Kennedy
Durham Graded School
It ii
Lewis, M. D
Principinston Colli
Bride Runs Away for Schoolhouse Wedding in Georgia
A romantic runaway marriage occurred at a courthouse in Georgia as J R Rollins of Henderson county Alabama married a Lawrenceville, Alabama girl about sixteen who fled from school with long frocks. The union follows a youthful courtship interrupted by parental objections and a theft from the schoolhouse during dinner. Local officials note the couple’s elopement and escape to Georgia ending in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Spoitsorer
J. R. Rollins
Henderson County
Ala
Miss
Lawrenceville
Cat
Rollins
Rolling
Georgia
Fort Gaines
Curette
Method to prevent chimneys from cracking
A Useful Receipts journal describes a glass making method that claims to harden lamp chimneys tumblers and similar items. Items are boiled in water with salt then cooled slowly. After washing the articles allegedly they resist sudden temperature changes. The process is a form of annealing and works best with slower cooling.
Durham shoppers urged to support life insurance firm
An appeal praises The Life Insurance Company of Virginia for aiding local patrons with home investments and loans totaling over five thousand dollars. It seeks liberal agents in Orange, Durham, Franklin and Granville and names J. J. Kay, District Agent in Durham, for inquiries and engagement.
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Arielig
Joss
Ain
Orange
Durham
Franklins
Granville
J. J. Kay
N. C
Hackney & Mackay
New Dry Goods Sale Hits Low Prices Across Goods Lines
Advert closes with a dense, regional sales pitch announcing 5000 yards of spring prints at 4 cents, 15000 yards at 6 and 74 cents, plus a broad assortment of lawns, piques, muslins, lace collars, and shirtings. It touts cheap prices, frequent customer affirmations, and urges immediate purchasing. Also notes tobacco buying activity from Lee and Lockhart and Parrish & Blackwell in Durham with high quotes and planned expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
The Bank of Durham Opens in Durham North Carolina
The undersigned announces a new Banking House named The Bank of Durham in Durham NC with ample means for general banking. P A Wiley Esq is to manage the bank as cashier for thirteen years and oversee daily operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
Bank of Durham
P. A. Wiley
Banking Firm Ad From 19th Century Notice
Banks and financial services offered include making collections at all accessible points, discounting paper, buying and selling exchange, receiving deposits payable on demand or on agreement, and other banking business. Patronage solicited by W. T. Blackweir, Proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Blackweir
Seville Female College Promotes Affordable Women’s Education
Parents and guardians are urged to consider Seville Female College in Asheville North Carolina as a top affordable option for higher education for women. The climate is praised for healthfulness, with a full faculty of expert teachers, thorough instruction, firm discipline, and music emphasized by a magnificent pipe organ. The literary department tuition for the year ranges from 150 to 170 dollars with discounts for clubs. Catalogues available from Reverend Jas. Aitkins Jr President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Union For the Higher Education of
Cluba
Andres
Jas. Atrins
Jit
Notice and advertisements from early newspaper page
The text presents a jumble of notices and ads including a dissolution of Voulhae & Co, debt settlements, a medical advertisement for Mothers Advice and Winson remedies, and a Voltaic Belt Co trial offer. It reflects a period piece with varied topics from business notices to patent medicine pitches.
Market Report for Smokers and Wrappers
Corrected by Cooper Hurcumns Co to medium Smokers 507 812 Medium to good New Smokers 10 1400 Good to fine New Smokers 12 1600 Fancy Smokers 7 2500 Com to Medium New Fillers 5 800 Good to Fine New Fillers 10 1400 Com to Medium Wrappers 1500 2000 Medium to good News 18 8000 Good to Fine News S&S 60 00 Fancy 65 00 85.00 Market active on all grades especially Smokers Fillers and Wrappers We sop fair prices and active demand for the next sixty days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper, Hurcumns’ ‘ & Co
S&s
Durham Produce Market Corrections and Prices
Corrected weekly rates list for Durham Produce Market by Angier and Farthing. Includes prices for bacon, hams, salt, lime, corn, meal, fodder, wheat, oats, syrup, eggs, butter, beeswax, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, dried apples, peaches, cotton seed and various per unit costs with regional price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Angier & Farthing
N.C
Author of Ariel Dies in Tennessee Home
Col Buckner H Payne author of Ariel or the Ethnological Status of the Negro died last week in Davidson County Tennessee. He was eighty four, died in poverty, and spent much of his life railing against the negro as a separate creation, stirring controversy a dozen years ago with his brochure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News and Courier
Buckner H. Payne
Davidsan
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Wheeler & Wilson
Richard Hanks
Lewis Blount
Lina Mallory
Greensboro
Philadelphia
Blackwell Durham Ee Co
E. J. Gray
Washington, D. C
Chas
F. Crabtree
A. D. Stone
Eudora
E. W. Kennedy
Richmond
Cooper & Co
Isaac A. Sheppard & Co
Mr. Small
W. Duke, Sons & Co
Goldero
Duke
Saything
Durhan
Walter Baxter
Eustice Wompie
Walker Dornan
Tommie Howriton
Durham Baptist
Walter Rivert
Avenrnt St
Brooklys
N. Y
Autcock
Braxperera
Mie
Tompxius
Allcock
Halifax
Yo'elock
Otto
Buil
Nashville Tonn
Sultia Wis
Raleigh
Mary O. Humphrey
Lillie W. Long
Dr.Sauveur
Sauveur
Jane C. Wade
Monroe High School
Jno. E. Dugger
Rocky Mount
Wm. L. Marshall
Geo. E. Little
Washington City
Marshall
Little
W. T. Patterson
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
University Normal School of
Er Ren
Pees
Scarborough
Public Instruction
Kemp P. Battle
University of N.C
the Life Insurance Comeany OF Virginia
Lee
Chambersburg
Gettysburg
Messersmith
Caere
Parrish
Blackwel Durham
Cooper | —Carrington
Coble & Crosby’s
Clay Street
Cobles & Crosbys
Cobls & Crosby
Coble & Crosbys
Veaey & Vickers
Mangum Street
Veazey & Vickers
Richmond, Cooper & Co
Cooper
Sadevice. Or
J.J. Mackay
C. H. Lewellin
Complera
Dike
R. W. Thomas & Co. Drug Store
Or. W. Thomas & Co
R. W. Thomas & Co
Smiths
R.W. Thomas & Co
Mr. Ashe
Dike’s
Hookstore
Croquet
the Man
Bae
Way
A Creech
Raleigh, NC
Acconteans, &c. &c
Dike's
Lee and Lockhart
Lee & Lockhart
Teams
the Bank OF Durham
P. A. Winey
Cashier
Seville Female College
D. . Pagna
Wirkws
Sfver
England
Voulhae & Co
Willian Lipscomb
Hnent
Wo. Houlilag
WM. Lipscomb
Mas. Winson
United States
The
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Dye
N. S
Office of the Register OF Deeds
Onpen
Tir Boarp
Ino. C. Wilkerson
Cork
Betts
DEA
Ariel
Parrish & Blackwell's Warehouse
Durham, N. G
Parrish & Blackwell
ORIOL
Meg Co., Groer
John L. Markham
New York
William Daffron
Main Street
Richmond, VA
North Adam
Nortil Fiftentil Street
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