23 Mar 1892
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1892
Page
1
A collage of items traces odd stories from a Tennessee lecture arrest for bigamy to New York political faiths and a Wisconsin style poetry of crime. It notes a boxing ban in Curacao, a rail executive change, and a postal line prospect, with locals trading war-era papers and odd court cases.
A shell cup carved from a cocoa nut by a Confederate prisoner at Fort Delaware was passed to Gen. Stonewall Jackson, then to the cup maker, sent to Gen. Lee. Associate Justice Walter Clark chosen to deliver the historical oration at the Guilford Battle Ground celebration on July 4.
The report lists eighteenth century patents including candle manufacture to Joseph S. Sampson of Boston in 1790 and a steam powered boat patent granted to John Fitch in 1791. It mentions a 1796 cotton gin patent to Hogden Holmes and various other inventions. Prof. A. A. Reese of Carrollton, Ga., has taught for 56 years, starting at 19 in Troup county, then Grantville, then Carrollton, guiding about 5,000 pupils with only two lost time incidents.
A 1891 testimonial from Deanam North Carolina reports high satisfaction with Dr Johnson's Poultry Powder. It claims the powder makes fowls healthier and keeps them free from disease, though the text shows garbled phrases and partial company names. The note references Moses E McCown and Blackwell Tobacco Co.
A Paris dispatch reports immediate effects from the Meline tariff with prices rising. Pork and mutton advance two pence per unit, Italian and Dutch cheese up 100 percent, and foreign soap up 200 percent, increasing daily costs for workers.
The piece discusses how wives have long studied managing husbands with mixed results and notes that men of good character require little management. It highlights Costumes Aay Stevens of Massachusetts as a major woolen mill owner who argues that the Free Wool bill would aid both growers and manufacturers and has broad support among woolen firms.
A Chicago woman complains her harp is quieter than a St Louis rival's instrument. The scene unfolds as Confilet and Saint Peter discuss the disturbance with an attendant angel, revealing a humorous dispute over musical noise.
A Greensboro Patriot 1839 item recounts a church pew romance where a young man and woman exchange Bible verses to declare affection leading to marriage the next week. The text then shifts to note Behring Sea settlement tensions and mutterings of war with England, questioning life costs for sealing interests and the Harrison era.
News notes Jnc H Winder, longtime Seaboard Air Line superintendent Weldon to Portsmouth, promoted to General Manager Georgia Central and Northern Division with headquarters in Atlanta. The item credits his rail career and lineage to Maj. John C. Winder and notes broad recognition from Raleigh Visitor.
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