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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1891
Page
3
The issue includes notices and filler about events at City Hall, promotions for products from J W Towns Co and Dr Kal Co, plus a revival of religious and moral commentary. It highlights Durham’s cotton market growth and local manufacturing progress amid frost and hardship.
A new Roxboro Lodge No. 52 was instituted for Roxboro and district with 13 members traveling from the town on the 7:30 train. Durham Odd Fellows hosted them at Claiborne House and led a ceremony at Odd Fellows Hall. Officers elected include W. W. Kitchen as N G and T. H. Street as W G. visiting brothers Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell and J. G. Lamberth assisted, with Lee the Irish evangelist in attendance.
Notice outlines schedule changes by R and D B R effective November 15 including Train No 10 eastbound from Greensboro to May Durham and Train No 9 westbound from Durham. Also lists 00 pairs of garments at 334 per cent from W Jones Co and a humorous boarding house quip about children.
Local ad notes men and boys hats at J W Jones Co with reduced prices. Mentions unrelated items including World Fair detective tale and dividends totals reaching fourteen million in a previous period. Also references dress goods at Weybone & Co and mixed terse notes from 1890 figures.
A Raleigh diary review notes the Clarke Ford Comedy Company opening at Metropolitan Hall with She Stoops to Conquer and Poor Pillicoddy. Tony Lumpkin is praised for wit and vitality. the entire cast earns favorable notice for stage presence, costumes, and performance quality.
A massive coal pile at the Pioneer Company docks in Duluth Minnesota burned with water blasting at 1800 gallons per minute since last Friday. About sixty workers removed coal while fire crews could not reach the hottest area of the blaze threatening thousands of tons of coal.
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