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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1907
Page
2
Public notice of postal classification dated August 8 1903 at Durham North Carolina. Includes subscription rates for one year six months and three months and states advertising rates to be learned on application.
In Durham May 21 1907 editors comment on NC Republican infighting and gubernatorial prospects. They note state officials rarely seek more than two terms and discuss road funding shifts including a proposed five to six thousand dollar hit to the road fund and a plan to tax differentially for road improvements.
The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Horton died at their new home in Jebulon on Wednesday after a brief illness from pneumonia. Burial was at the Hortons new home. Durham residents including Mr. D. W. Horton attended the funeral and interment.
Durham superior court disposed of many cases last week. Guthrie’s murder case was continued due to absent witnesses. Lyon pled guilty to manslaughter in a near Duke's factory killing. Barbee and Hester settled. Barbee to six months on roads, Hester fined $50 plus costs. Hester wounded in Easter Monday pistol fight at Masonic hall. Beckett bystander shot. Ed Dunston sent to roads for eight months. Several others failed or had judgments suspended, including gambling, whiskey, and resisting an officer charges.
A dialogue shows a child told by She Papa that summer buys a sealskin coat in exchange for not going to the seaside, while winter promises a seaside trip if the coat is forgone. The child remains optimistic, saying they are always happy.
The article describes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery made with glycerine and heat, praising its use for weak stomach indigestion torpid liver and biliousness. It cites endorsements from medical books, notes cautions about expectations, and urges early use to prevent consumption.
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