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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1908
Page
2
The note reflects on the 1908 election results and reader questions about voting choices. It questions Hearst letters cited in the campaign and notes upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. The piece mentions publication timing and readers awaiting ballot outcomes.
The piece reflects on the post election era and the world’s continuing motion. It notes campaign rhetoric may be remembered as overblown and urges acceptance of the chosen outcome while expecting a calmer period ahead. It emphasizes resilience and preparedness for the years to come.
A clipped editorial notes many whiskey advertisements flood Sunday papers in North Carolina. It argues against selling ads by liquor firms, cites majority rule and licensing laws, and references Colonel A Fairbrother’s Everything column describing widespread mail order whiskey solicitations.
A period critique notes printers refusing liquor ads while admitting Sunday whiskey promotions dominate newspaper pages. The piece lampoons prohibitionists and jokes about the ethical burden of printing ads that encourage drunkenness.
The piece lauds a campaign conducted on a high plane despite heated rhetoric. It notes limited crowds but ordered, clean speeches with decent conduct, praising both sides for duty done and a country seen as safe for four years.
A reader criticizes the Greensboro County Fair experience calling the Midway display crude and unrefined. The writer laments missing beer tickets and notes a perceived contrast between art and public spectacle, questioning why crowds patronize such layouts.
The community notes sunny skies after heavy rain last week. Farmers are busy with tobacco and cotton to market while diphtheria cases dwindle to one or two. Mrs J S Holloway returns from Berea, and Rev Pace preaches at Sandy Level.
A columnist muses on the draw of circuses and county fairs, noting the endless revivals, painted performances, and inevitable crowds. He cites a Greensboro minister who argues the circus may be morally stronger than a county fair, yet both entertain as a long-standing ritual drawing people from far and wide.
The Charlotte Observer quotes Wilmington civic context about Fred B. Rice an ex deputy collector turned inspector who was pressed by the Civil Service Commission to resign for political activity after warnings. The piece rails at campaign overreach noting Cabinet members and federal officers active in politics and calls it humbuggery and hypocrisy.
The article argues the stomach is the most vulnerable area in boxing and in digestion. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as cures for stomach, catarrh, and related ailments, claiming alcohol free formulations and free booklets. The ad invites readers to request literature and the Common Sense Medical Adviser.
Mrs. Mary Holloway and Mrs. E. A. Markham hosted guests last Tuesday afternoon. Durham visitors stayed with Mrs. Holloway for a week. Miss Malissa Markham Belle Markham Nellie Cates and others visited Saturday. Sandy Level Baptist Church called Rev. J. E. Lanier of Wake Forest College as pastor. We anticipate the third with talk and interest.
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