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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
2
The piece surveys Taft’s Republican nomination, notes expectations from Chicago, and weighs potential impacts on the 1908 campaign. It contrasts Taft’s alignment with current policies against possible rival candidates and hints at local political dynamics in North Carolina.
Clarence Cheek longtime Durham resident died last Saturday after a several month illness from consumption. He leaves a wife and four children Mamie Garrison Bernard Norcott and Thomas. Funeral services were held at his East Durham home and interment followed in Maplewood Cemetery with Rev. C J Thompson and Rev. G T Adams officiating.
Nathaniel W. Tuck died at his North Street residence last Saturday afternoon at four. He had suffered long illness and was known across Person Forsythe and Durham counties. Survived by sons A W Tuck of Washington DC W L Travis and Miss Mabel Tuck and three younger daughters. Funeral and burial Sunday afternoon with Rev. W C Barrett officiating at Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. W. D. Pool, 25, died Sunday night at Watts hospital after an illness of some time. She leaves a husband and two children. Death caused by a complication of disease. Funeral conducted by Rev. W. C. Barrett at the family burying ground on the Guess road.
Mrs. Sidney Denny died Sunday morning at 1 o clock in her Stokes Street home. She was thirty-one. She leaves a husband. Funeral services were held Monday at 4 PM from the home by Rev. Downing. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. W. G. Couch, aged 31, died last Sunday at her Walker Street residence. She leaves a husband and no children. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Leyburn from the home on Monday afternoon, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
C A Woodward of Norfolk bought the North Carolina State Building used at the Jamestown Exposition for 5000 dollars last Saturday and will convert it into a summer home. Estelle Barnhill of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway committed suicide at Wrightsville Beach, reportedly after ingesting poison before leaping into the ocean. Rufus Clarke, 41, burned to death in Newton after kerosene was poured over live coals. The 15 months old son of Mr and Mrs J T Hill of Asheville drowned in a tub of water on Saturday. In Greensboro the question of liquor sales was settled last week by the aldermen.
A city ordinance was passed allowing only one drug store to dispense liquor within the municipality. The measure limits access to alcohol and designates a sole dispenser in the urban area.
Otho D Zyon a noted young Oxford attorney and Miss Antonette Taylor of Oxford were married in Richmond on Sunday June 13 surgery in hospital left friends surprised. Creedmoor awarded an $8000 contract for a new school building with work soon to start. The Village Improvement Society of Oxford aims to clean the town and hide unsightly objects from view.
Southern Railway announces greatly reduced round trip fares from Goldsboro through Chapel Hill and from Henderson and Oxford branch stations for the St Johns Day Masonic Celebration in Oxford North Carolina. Tickets on sale June 26 for trains June 27 with return by June 28. Ample extra equipment will be provided. Apply to any agent or W H McGlamery P T A Raleigh NC.
Miss Alpha R. Tatum and J. E. Foster were wed May 29 by Justice Morton of East Durham. The couple, married in private, continued courting and left last Saturday for Ore Hill to spend time before settling in Durham.
Eno lodge No 10 A F and A M elected for the ensuing year Worshipful Master H L Smith senior warden O R Billings junior warden T Fred Moore treasurer John Sprunt Hill secretary Jas J Carden chaplain Rev A P Kee marshal Jozeph L Conrad senior deacon Paul D Seapark junior deacon Percy T Elliott senior steward John M Pollard junior steward Geo Fred Roll tyler pro tem B W Harris
An article extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for women's ailments including postpartum and nursing concerns. It warns marriage and motherhood cause loss of freshness and urges use of the tonic to restore health, strength, and ease pregnancy. The advertisement invites letters to Dr. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York.
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