08 Oct 1890
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1890
Page
1
A verbose Durham NC promotional piece extols Blackwell's Durham Tobacco, W Duke Sons & Co, and local banks. It lauds tobacco markets, factory capacity, and high leaf usage with claims of economic superiority and local prosperity.
In a California frontier tale, Ephram Stoner, a Texan Ranger rancher, rules his rugged Santa Lucia domain. His daughter Tessa smarts with plans and a thwarted suitor Tom Warren confronts a deadly quicksand trap after a night of intrigue. Tessa rescues Warren then elopes to San Luis, leaving Stoner to retire.
About thirty thousand dollars worth of lots near Mirag Cove were sold yesterday to several prominent locals at fixed company prices. Another block valued around forty thousand dollars is reportedly on the market and may close today as agents collect commissions to be shared among participants.
Reports say a new railroad is forming toward Dayton with surveyors near M and Dayton and prospects for a line from the Hiwassee river to Murphy. Prominent railroad figures, including D G Mays and Onnet, weigh in as work continues, with suggested routes closer to the Hiwassee and Charleston paths and connections to the Tennessee river at suitable points.
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