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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1891
Page
5
Local notes report Georgia Buck watermelons at 35 cents and praise road improvements in Durham county. Agricultural advocacy urges diversification, better crops, and self-sufficiency while noting floods and crop prospects across regions and the penitentiary board's quarterly statement.
A letter-thread discusses Commissioner Robinson and fertilizer taxation, alleging biased analysis of fertilizer samples from Durham, Fayetteville, and Raleigh. The writer requests direct answers, questions sanitary practices, and questions political entanglements with a Durham fertilizer company.
A four year old daughter of Mr L Edwards who recently opened a store here died this morning at home in Goldsboro. Mr Edwards and family left on the noon train to attend the funeral. The item notes several other local briefs including health data for Durham and a Rainmaking experiment.
Describes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting gentle laxative for families. Claims its soothing effects provide gratifying results for costive or bilious parents and urges every family to keep a bottle on hand.
Camms Emulsion claims to arrest consumption and cure scrofula glandular swellings rheumatism bronchitis and other lung diseases. The product combines Norwegian liver oil with lime and soda iron and is prescribed nationwide in the United States and Europe. Reverend Dr Hawes of Staunton Virginia endorses it noting a life saved after pneumonia and lung inflammation. Available from E A Craighill and Co Lynchburg Virginia.
By virtue of a mortgage deed executed to me by Louisa Leigh the land described in the mortgage totaling 51 12 acres will be sold at public auction at the Court House door in Durham on Saturday June 20 1891 at 12 o'clock The property includes a dwelling and crops wheat and corn Located in Lebanon Township Durham County James A Garrard mortgagee May 18 1891
The data fragment lists numerous names such as Gilliam, J.C. Lyon, Thomas Clayton, McAdavns and H, J. HiLarris, J.J. Pool, and others with varied numeric figures, percentages, and monetary signs, implying a compiled ledger or statistics sheet. No narrative context or dates are provided.
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