Classified Notice Rates and Postal Information
Notice appears to be a pagination fragment detailing second class matter status for a Durham North Carolina post office entry dated August 8 1903. It references postal act of March 1879 and advertising rates showing options for one year six months three months and per cent values with incomplete figures. The readable portion identifies publication handling and rate structure.
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Durham
N. C
Tommy
Jim
Durham News Touts Premium Offers Amid Local Deliberations
In Durham County and Raleigh area notes from November 1907 readers see chatter about county officers acting only on orders, prohibition efforts, and a scarce money panic. The United States Civil Service announces a post office clerk and carrier exam with salary grades up to 1200 and a November 20, 1907 deadline.
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Durham County
United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office Service
United States
Willis T. Carpenter
Durham
N. C
Recorder
Dumped grain left to dry near city limits sparks home complaints
The grain is dumped just outside the city limits and not buried. It lies scattered across the ground drying in the sun and wind, making many homes near the area uncomfortable and unhygienic.
Deputy sheriff arrests Jim Cheek on deadly weapon charge
Saturday morning Deputy Belvin arrested Jim Cheek in Oak Grove township after a dispute with Charles Smith. Cheek, charged with using a stick as a deadly weapon, faced a preliminary hearing before Justice R. C. Cox, and was committed to jail in default of a $100 bond. Cheek was later bound over to court on a $350 bond. Also noted, reports say $2,000,000 in Mexican silver coins moved from Mexico City to the U S sub Treasury in New York in boxes never opened.
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Belvin
Redwood
Oak Grove Township
Jim Cheek
Charles Smith
Justice of the Peace
R. C. Cox
Cheek
el Paso
United States sub-Treasury
New York
Mexico City
Mexico
Cortelyou
United States
Charlotte Observer
Tragic Shooting Ends in Fatality at Wilmington Home
Isiah Abner, a Black handyman, shot and killed John Robertson at the latter’s house near Eleventh and Market streets. Two bullets struck Robertson in the back, penetrating a lung. Abner fled and remained at large. Robertson was taken to a hospital but died within three hours.
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Wilmington
Isiah Abner
John Robertson
Eleventh and
Market Streets
Abner
Robertson
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Broad Health Benefits
An advertisement-style piece touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleanser and cure for skin and glandular issues. It urges using All Healing Salve for open sores and notes a known composition with a full ingredient list. It offers ordering by mail from Buffalo New York and mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach and bowel regulation.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Origin of Blackleg in Labor and Sport Slang
The term blackleg has evolved in labor discourse beyond its original sense and now far outruns its early meaning. Its swindling connotations remain debated, with theories linking it to black top boots or gamecocks’ legs, while trades unions use it as an abusive label similar to scab.
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Queen's Bench
Strange duties fall to service staff in old stories
The report recalls Air Archival Alison from the 1873 Ashanti expedition who, afflicted by malaria, must take a nauseating dose. His aide de camp offers the nose hold so the governor can swallow it, a moment illustrating strict, humorously rigid military protocol. A separate note from the Cornhill Magazine recounts a Mexican horse hood device for drivers in Mexico, claimed to calm horses and save lives.
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Alison
de Camp
Sir Archibald
Cornhill
Lambuke
Mexico
Kansas City
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Bictlam
ZEB. P. Council
Raleigh
L. H. Fisher
Civil Service District
the Banner
Durham, North Carolina
Warren & Mangum
Proprietors
Ore Banner
Warren
Mangum
Free Nursery
Andy Imphlet
How
T and Culti
Mae
Ness
Taylor & Phipps Co’s
Holladay Studio
GEM Safety Razor
the Postoffice
Durham, N. C
H. Steinmetz
Raleigh, N. C
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