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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1907
Page
2
The Durnam Recorder published semi weekly issues on Tuesdays and Fridays. It notes the paper is entered as second class matter August 1903 in Durham North Carolina with 1.00 annual subscription and 0.50 for six months. Advertising rates are available on request. The piece includes a reflective remark about local drinking habits and a jab at the governor’s address style.
The couple united in marriage at the bride's parents home in East Orange New Jersey last Saturday at 6 30 pm. They honeymoon briefly then head to Durham to start their life together Mr King works for C E King Sons drug firm and his bride is well known in Durham. The story notes their popularity and hopeful future.
Home with the bride Mrs Harris Lewter King and Miss Zula Henry has arrived in the city and are staying at the home of the groom’s father C. E. King on Duke Street. The couple are presented to local society.
Mrs A W Cain and Miss Vera Yates were married at the bride’s parents home in Cary on Sunday afternoon. Rev Beach officiated. They then traveled to Durham to the groom’s home and began housekeeping with many relatives and friends in attendance.
Early Saturday evening a fire on Justice of the Peace G A Barbee’s Patterson township plantation burned a small storage house and its fodder contents. Barbee claims the house was set fire to by white men and says the owner appeared enraged upon reporting the incident. It is the third house burned on this site and Barbee says he has evidence that may cause trouble.
The Bev. til R Hicks 1908 Almanac announces a ready delivery surpassing prior editions in design and value. It includes Hicks weather forecasts for the year with fine half tone illustrations and mail price of 35 cents. News-Stands price is 20 cents. Word and Works offers monthly forecasts with extensive family reading at 11 dollars yearly plus an almanac with subscription, agents wanted.
The Richmond seed firm T W Wood & Sons receiving the gold medal from the Jamestown Exposition jury. Founded in 1879 by T W Wood, the Richmond establishment is praised as one of the nation’s leading seed suppliers with the current partners Henry W Wood, William P Wood, Thomas Whitted, and Robert W Wood.
The piece condemns physicians overprescribing for dyspepsia and other pains, while attributing many female illnesses to uterine causes. It warns that sham remedies like Dr Pierce's preparations offer false relief and generate large bills without real treatment.
A crude report notes a Tachovel factory claim of producing around 10 000 gallons of paint quickly using mechanized methods. It mentions L and M paints including white lead and linseed oil, claiming efficient output and low cost per gallon, with Hackney Brothers selling the product.
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