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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1907
Page
2
Publication notes establish 1820 as origin and entry as second class matter in 1903 at Durham post office. Subscription options list one year, six months, and three months with rates indicated by application. The text includes garbled phrases and appears to be an old newspaper masthead with ad rates.
A Durham editorial critiques early gubernatorial talk, party strategy, and Prohibition laws. It laments court actions in the Rowland case, questions multitier charges for gun and whiskey offenses, and notes a local pistol theft tied to court proceedings, urging fairness in law enforcement.
Tom endures brutal discipline at Hyde Park barracks in New South Wales where floggings are common and felons crowd the streets. A “special” tutor position offers a brief glimpse of better prospects before an unexpected return to the harsh convict city reveals the system's grim cycle and eventual voyage to Van Diemen's Land.
A warily hopeful convict named Tom awaits a fresh master after a flawed assignment system. An abrupt arrival of a well dressed man from Castle Sullivan demands two farm laborers and a groom, threatening to complain to the board if Tom is not offered. The officer calls Tom a “special” and tests him with questions before promising an hour to prepare.
In Durham County December Term Carolinia Superior Court Mrs Lula Foster gives notice of a summons in a divorce action. The defendant, a non resident, is to appear or respond by publication in the Durham Recorder four weeks starting May 20, 1907. If no appearance is made the court will grant dissolution of the marriage. C. B. Green Clerk.
Court sale ordered by Superior Court in the Wapownd est matter to settle estates of Gates and Owens. Two parcels in Lebanon County Durham offered by public outcry at the courthouse at 12 oclock noon with bidding starting at 247.50 dollars, to be increased by a per cent daily bid. Commissioner I. S. Manning oversees the sale listing adjacent landowners and prior deeds to Nannie E. Gates and F. D. Markham Sheriff.
R T Olmsted named defendant in Durham County Superior Court action to sell 42 acre Mangum town land conveyed by Nichols to secure a $100 note dated November 12 1902. Plaintiff J E Owens owner after assignment. Appearance required by last Monday before September first 1907. Clerk C B Green. May 16 1907.
The text extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and related tonics as alcohol free and triple refined ensuring curative virtues from forest roots. It argues the formulas are sworn on bottle wrappers and free from habit forming or appetite creating properties, touting blood purification and stomach regulation benefits.
The Durham County Superior Court August Term 1907 summons notices George P. Butler as plaintiff and Richard H. Wright as defendant. It commands appearance at the Court House Durham NC on the first Monday before September first 1907 to answer on a claim of debt with interest totaling thirty seven dollars for balance on an account originally 286.65 dollars with interest to 1904 and later claimed by Coates, Green, and others. The clerk is C B Green.
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