30 May 1883
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1883
Page
1
The page lists Masonic lodge meeting nights in Denham and neighboring towns, with officers named, and notes about the Denham Lyceum and a Fridays night gathering. Also appears are notices for attorney offices in Hillsboro and Durham, with names and practice areas.
A local businessman claims a simple hot water breakfast cure reversed long standing dyspepsia. After three weeks he gained weight and regained appetite, attributing success to drinking a cup of hot water before breakfast, a method he learned from a German contact.
The article explains using hot alum water to kill insects in homes. It advises dissolving two pounds of alum in several quarts of boiling water and applying to joints, crevices, and surfaces. It also suggests adding alum to whitewash, chalk marks on sugar boxes, and carrying alum powder to deter bed bugs and other pests.
A column notes simple arithmetic for six, eight, ten percent interest by multiplying by days and dividing by fixed numbers. It mentions an unfortunate wife killed in Troy New York while cooking her husband’s breakfast. It also highlights Geo A Post as a young Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania and references a Springfield Illinois caucus. Finally it notes Málaga raisins shipping to the United States.
A chaotic list of historical firsts and odd notices, citing inventions from 1608 to 1846, along with scattered anecdotes about ships, deaths, fashion, and humorous misprints. The text also references era trivia such as printing, locomotives, and sewing machines amid fragmented clippings.
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