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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
2
Durham June 28 1907 readers hear a mix of news notes on Governor candidates and political critique. The piece rails at government jobs trusts railroads and Bryan while musing on punishment laws and unwritten rules. It also reports a Cleveland heat wave with several deaths and prostrations alongside a reflection on wealth and judgment.
In a remote courthouse yard a humane master saves Tom from Norfolk island but prescribes fifty lashes for punishment. Dr. Sullivan and Strachan discuss power over prisoners as a blunt lash scene unfolds with a brutal weatherboard justice outpost and a grim convict crew.
In a tense scene, a sergeant and others threaten Tom with corporal punishment to make him come up to the mark. Tom slips from restraints, grabs the scourge, and defends himself as chaos erupts, drawing Dr. Sullivan to the scene as the drama spills toward page four.
A long account of Dr St V Pierce suing the Ladies' Home Journal for libel over a May 1904 article alleging his Favorite Prescription contained harmful ingredients. The case sought damages of 300000.09 pounds. The text notes the jury verdict and critiques the publication and its sensational display headings.
Mrs Lula Fost and Sam James Foster are involved in a dissolution of marriage action in Durham County North Carolina. A summons was issued May 1907 and served by publication in the Durham Recorder. The defendant, a non resident, must appear by August 26, 1907, or the court will grant the relief prayed. B Green Clerk of Superior Court.
Order of the Superior Court directs the sale of two Lebanon Township tracts in Durham County. Public sale at court house door on date in 1907. Prices start at 247.50 with payments 1/3 each at six and twelve months, bearing interest, by J S Manning Commissioner.
State of North Carolina department of state certifies the dissolution of a Durham, North Carolina corporation. Secretary J Bryant Grimes attests that on June 8, 1997, the stockholders consented to dissolution and the proceedings are on file in Raleigh.
A Durham Court of Lincoln county order directs Victor H. Bryant as commissioner to sell at public auction the real estate lot in Durham City North Carolina for division. The sale occurs at the courthouse door July 26 1907 with one half cash and balance in ninety days, property described along Southern boundary of the North Carolina Railroad Company and Frank Leathers line.
The North Carolina Superior Court Durham County August Term 1907 issues summons and warrant of attachment against Richard H. Wright for $37,083.59 with interest accruing from 1904 and 1906 in a NY judgments case where George P. Butler is plaintiff. Returnable at the Durham Court House on August 26 1907 with appearance required or relief granted. Clerk Co B Green.]
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