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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
2
Durham leaders and businessmen pass a resolution urging Wilmington to secure a 30 foot channel to boost state trade. They back federal river and harbor funding and pledge unqualified support, aiming for a November 5 state meeting to push legislation.
The coroner's inquest into the Rudd wreck stretched long but jurors chose to keep deliberations private. The writer argues coroner investigations are inquiries not trials and stresses public access questions. Leonard testified yesterday as the case unfolded with no arrests yet.
A Greensboro Record note reports that findings were not released until a war rant was secured and the suspect placed under arrest. The sequence highlights legal procedures and court action in a wartime context.
A High Point family endures multiple losses as Carl Peace a young white boy dies after rail injuries. The mother already faced the deaths of the two elder sons and now mourns the loss of her youngest child as she struggles to support the remaining survivor.
J. Morehead Reams and his bride return to Durham after a wedding tour of northern cities. They are at home on Roxboro Street. The text notes Rhodes harbor statues and the large Brouse image in the ancient city.
Advertising copy claims Dr Pierce tonics cure indigestion functional heart disorders and women's ailments using native root extracts. It asserts marvels in cures, free booklets from Buffalo New York, and states medicines are made by chemists with no harmful drugs and a full ingredient list on each bottle wrapper.
The Pythians of Durham including East and West Durham prepare for a district meeting next Tuesday with the East Durham lodge, expecting a large attendance. John Freeman was jailed Thursday on a deadly weapon charge involving Vernon Jordan after Jordan was stabbed and hospitalized. James Franklin faced Justice J E Owens Thursday for stabbing Ada Moore. authorities sent him to the grand jury and he remains jailed for lack of bond.
The New York Tribune notes military prisoners on Governors Island observe peculiarities such as counting time in brooms instead of months and avoiding salutes to officers. Prisoners are identified by numbers rather than names and perform ground policing tasks, creating an isolated, almost foreign environment. A second item humorously recalls a country editor receiving an Italian reply to a subscription reminder with “requiescat in pace.”
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