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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1909
Page
2
A brief classified notice from Durham North Carolina dated March 2 1909 outlines advertising rates and terms. The message notes a year six months and three months options with a rate around 50 cents per line and a total cost listed as 285 cents for display space.
A editorial argues against attracting immigrant workers to the South and urges keeping promising local youth. It praises allowing straight party fights in Durham municipal affairs and notes Republican gains in the fifth district possibly aided by the Industrial News.
The account charts Lt De Rudio and two scouts retreating after Reno’s group at Little Bighorn, hiding in brush and creek, dodging pursuing Sioux in hostile terrain, and finally reaching Reno with renewed hope as night fades. The mates O Neil Gerard and Jackson aid De Rudio by protecting horses, dodging capture, and surviving through a perilous river crossing and brush-filled pursuit.
The text extols Dr Pierce's medicines, noting alcohol free extraction from forest roots, glycerine as solvent, and a claim that the Golden Medical Discovery purifies blood, tonifies stomachs, regulates bowels, and helps lung ailments when used with patience. It cites medical endorsements and urges fair trial without miracles.
Effective April 6 1908 trains depart Durham daily for Greensboro and points south and west with connections at Greensboro Salisbury and Washington for Raleigh Norfolk Baltimore New York and other points. Dining cars operate on select trains and sleepers run Greensboro to Raleigh with additional east and westbound through connections via Salisbury Athens and Richmond. For more details contact Southern Railway agents in Durham or Charlotte.
It pays to paint your house now or face higher costs for repairs later. L. M. Paint mixes with Linseed Oil to seven gallons of ready paint at $1.20 a gallon. Sold by W. A. Mabry in Durham, North Carolina.
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