Timberlake Correspondent Notes Community Life and Local Happenings
Regular correspondent from Timberlake reports visits by Frank Rogers and wife of Prospect Hill, a unique saddleback shoat. district schools 4 and 5 closed with commencements. Rev J. K. Faulkner travels to Buffalo Va. farmers cite rain delaying plowing and corn yields. multiple local names and events including hospital, deliveries, and church revival remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Button Dunn
Dunn
J. K. Faulkner
R. A. Allen
Buffalo
J. W. Chambers
S. H. Jones
Roy Howard
J. H. Howard
W. A
People of Hisville Face Cold Spell Hampering Salad Growth
In Hisville Route 2 residents note a downturn as cold weather slows turnip salad growth. A large crowd of younger people gathered at W. G. reflects local community activity amid waning garden yields and ongoing winter conditions.
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Jim
Durham
Pat
Daisy
Myrtle Wilson
Nellie Gray
Ed Wilson
Rougemont
W. G
Taft Delegates Face Contested Wins in Durham Areas
Taft supporters secured delegations from East Durham Hunt's Store West Durham Southside and Brag Town primaries while Cannon followers pushed for control at several sites. Contested results and resigning resolutions indicate a split path to the county convention in Greensboro with factions claiming advantage.
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East Durham
Hunt’s
Taft
Hunt’s Store
Cannon
West Durham
Southside
Bragtown
Spencer B. Adams
Greensboro
Blackwood Heads to Texas to Live with Son Fuller
Durham resident J. M. Blackwood departs this week to reside in Texas joining his son Fuller who has already been there, marking a relocation after years in Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Blackwood
Durham
Texas
Jake
Fuller
Brooks to Resign by June 30 in North Carolina
Greensboro report confirms Solicitor Brooks will resign his office before the Congressional Convention. He says the move was intended to spare politicians from bias and to allow a fair nominating process. The resignation will take effect June 30, with a successor chosen by voters in the district.
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Greensboro
N. C
Charlotte
Brooks
Glenn
Solicitor Brooks
Guthrie Commuted to Life Prison Term by Governor
Governor Glenn commuted Major Guthrie’s sentence to life imprisonment. Guthrie’s wife was found murdered in her bed and Guthrie was convicted in superior court after a circumstantial case. Lawyer Benjamin Lowenstein had campaigned to spare him, and Guthrie was sent to Raleigh to begin life imprisonment.
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Glenn
Guthrie
Benjamin Lowenstein
Lowenstein
Raleigh
Harvard
Dr Vienburg at Corcoran for daily eye and ear consults
Dr Vienburg, the eye and ear specialist, is at the Corcoran offering daily consultations until further notice. Praise from patients supports his reputed cures, including a Lexing ton Virginia minister who after five days with his remedy reports hearing improvement and cessation of head rumbling.
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Vienburg
Corcoran
J. W. Hick
Lexington
Linseed Oil and Paint Costs Compared in 1908 Hackney Bros
An 1908 price note shows pure linseed oil at 60 cents per gallon when sold by the barrel, while in cans it costs 1 60. By mixing three gallons of linseed oil with four gallons of L M Paint, you yield seven gallons of ready to use paint at 1 20 per gallon. Hackney Bros. L and M Paint Agents.
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Hackney Bros. 1
For Sale Leghorn and Wyandotte Eggs At Farm
White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 1.00 for 15. White and Partridge Wyandotte Eggs 1.50 for 15. Orders booked for future delivery. Y Poultry Farm, Fast Durham, N.C. 8.6. Briggs, Pro.
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Durham
N.C
Briggs
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Frank Rogers
Prospect Hill
Mr. Lawrence
R. I. Satterfield
Anville
P. S. Rogers
Robert Ashley
Igh House
Dropsy
Rayer
Gethsemane
Jesus
C. H. Garrett Roxboro
Buffalo News
Seaton Ferguson
Old Home Burying Ground
May O’briant
H. D. Martin
John A. Oats
Leesville High School
Oats
Z. P. Ferrell
Hisville
Citizens National Bank
B. N
Duke
J. S. Mannina
J. B. Mason
J.B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Y. &. Smira
Durham Cotton Mfg. Company
C. L. Haywood
Haywood & Boone
J. H. SouThGate
Southgate & Son
R. H. RicsBee
Capital
E. Rawls
N. Duke
J. S. Manning
N. M. Johnson
American Tobacco Co
Cap Attornay
Saveveuny
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
Home Savings Bank AM
North Carolin
George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
W. W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Reade Bros. Ge
Reade Bros. Co
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