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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1888
Page
7
In Nashville Tennessee on May 17 Judge Ridley urged jurors to indict those behind lotteries noting that newspapers promote subscriptions and church fairs run lotteries. He condemned all schemes as gambling and said their promoters deserve prosecution, referencing the American lottery and imitators like the Banner.
The Hillsboro Record notes Durham would likely support a new nursery. The piece cites wide local faith in Durham's success, mentioning prior ventures that succeeded, with one exception being a failed attempt by Co. Blackwell to reach China through the area, leading to difficulties and smoke.
May 17 report outlines Republican strategy in the state with figures for a first ballot in the Democratic convention, plans to elect four delegates to Chicago, reorganize the State Executive Committee, and adjourn by August. It notes no platform or nominations and hints at aligning with national parties and pending Congress actions.
The piece rails against Cleveland as inept at government while praising Depew. It notes Western Republican opposition to a Blame ticket and mentions Henry Watterson as a St Louis delegate. It contains partisan sniping about The New South and postwar recovery, referencing the South’s evolving social conditions.
The Norfolk Virginia Democratic State Convention met at the Antony of Music with a spirit of harmony and support for Grover Cleveland and the national party. Delegates reaffirmed Democratic principles, endorsed Cleveland’s administration, and re elected John Barbour as State Committee chairman before adjourning at 10 30 PM.
Dr. T. B. Wilferson of Granville county recently performed a rare laparotomic operation on a sixty year old Colored man to remove a large abdominal tumor. The five inch incision near major vessels posed extreme danger yet after five weeks the patient remains out of immediate danger and surgeons view the case as unique.
A Franklin County writer asks about the Charlotte and Wedon railroad plans. Meetings in Charlotte formed committees to open subscription books along the line. books opened, but no stock totals or organized plan yet. News expected in a week or two, with no definite operation plan in place.
A Moral reform movement in Durham positively changes a local house of ill fame. The establishment is converted into Bobbitt's Chapel and the colored residents receive instruction aimed at making them better, law-abiding citizens. The Recorder thanks the contributors and urges extension into Smoky Hollow.
T D Meador extols Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial as essential in fruit season households. Newberne Journal notes Henry Chadwick and Pleas ant Jones, both African American, wed in a runaway marriage by Justice Brinson in Jones county with likely 76 year old spouses escaping grand children’s wrath.
Washington May 17. Friends and admirers of Senators Ingalls and Voorhees hosted receptions after their Senate episode. Ingalls spoke criticizing Mr Fuller’s Chief Justice nomination. Voorhees’ reception at Willard's Hall drew crowds with repeated cheers for President Cleveland.
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