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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
3
A quiet home wedding occurred at the Forsythe residence on Ferrell road two miles from town. Miss Vera Forsythe wed Mr. Fred Faucette of Burlington with Elder W A Simpkins officiating in the presence of close friends. The couple left for Burlington to establish their home.
Colonel Al Fairbrother of Greensboro visited Durham on business while the Southern railway works on the Gregson street undergrade crossing. Fire damaged a kitchen ceiling at Mrs J Ed Lyon’s Mangum street home with about 200 dollars in damages. Blackwall's West End drug store hires Clyde B Avent as manager returning to Durham. John B Graham, former Southern railway agent, has improved enough to drive again. Robert Harvel was fined ten dollars and costs for drunkenness at Carr church. Mrs J A Robinson of Durham Graded Schools attended the North Carolina Primary Teachers Association meeting in Wilson and read a paper. Hallie Bowling, recently on county road duty, faced malicious injury charges, bound over to the grand jury with a fifty dollar bond defaulted, now jailed.
The New York Sun notes a Jamaican phrase earthquake carpenter describing a worker who rapidly disassembles cases and completes tasks in tight timeframes. The term implies urgency and improvisation rather than danger.
The New York Times editorials praise Southern educators for promoting open discussion on politics and national issues. Articles by Few, Woods, and Glasson in the South Atlantic Quarterly are cited. Meanwhile University of Michigan sophomores mandate freshmen wear a distinctive hat or cap, sparking freshmen resistance to the design choice.
The Trinity Union Chronicle lauds the November Trinity Archive for high standards and noticeable improvement over October. It praises leading articles on Faust in Phillips Carr’s adaptation, Norton’s life, Ruskin, Georgia court tales, Big Bill Pruit’s Trial, and Churchill’s Mr Crewe’s Career. Poetries and editorials receive positive notes, with formatting updates enhancing appearance.
The ad compares oxide of zinc as the wearing quality of 1. M. Paint with white lead’s elastic quality of Bh. M. Paint. It claims long exterior durability and lists 1. M. Paint Agents for sale, with price mentions in unusual spellings.
Harvard offers a new MBIA degree in business education with courses on banking trusts corporations and rate setting. The University of Alabama raises its entrance requirements to fourteen Carnegie units and revises the curriculum. A Bible Study Conference assembles nearly 1,000 students in Columbus. Washington opens a four year School of Commerce at Seattle. Nebraska freshmen and sophomores to settle disputes by pushball. Minnesota suffers a three year first fire loss at the Anatomy building from unknown spontaneous combustion.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe non alcoholic tonic for women with demanding duties including expected mothers. It notes ingredients listed on every bottle wrapper and claims endorsements from medical writers. Also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation, described as easy to take like candy.
Southern Railway will start through Pullman car service on Sept 6 between Raleigh North Carolina and Atlanta Georgia. The sleeper operates on train 139 Raleigh 4 05 pm and train 43 Greensboro arriving Atlanta 6 25 am. northbound train 44 Atlanta 9 25 pm arriving Raleigh noon next day. Train 43 connects Salisbury with train 35 for Asheville Knoxville Chattanooga Cincinnati and Chicago. For reservations contact W H McClamery Raleigh or R H DeButts Greensboro.
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