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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1888
Page
4
The piece surveys Michigan as a battleground, stressing its uncertain stance amid Prohibitionist and labor reform shifts, tariff views, and a split electorate. It cites Thurman’s letter, Democratic themes on Cleveland administration, and concerns over Republican funding in North Carolina.
The document reviews opinions on taxation policy, land title proof, and public election procedures. It notes arguments about limiting taxes on life’s necessities, and discusses how sheriffs deeds, forfeit clauses, and government warrants affect title. It covers board of county canvassers duties in determining election outcomes and when jury findings on immaterial issues may be disregarded.
A Wilmington Messenger editorial urges voters to value the state’s honor, dignity, and prosperity. It warns against neglect and asserts the responsibility of citizens, especially young Democrats, to protect the state from chaos and destruction.
Telegrams report Montgomery raised quarantine against Jackson Mississippi and all Alabama towns except Decatur. George Moorman was brought to the United States. Prof Paul Gibier of Paris leaves New York for Jacksonville to investigate yellow fever. Five hundred dollars monthly to sustain Jacksonville volunteer physicians corps. criticism led to resignations, later withdrawn.
In Shull Practured Va on Oct 15 a shooting near Noonanville injured James B Hart and W compautors as Frank Payne struck Hart with a tiran weapon. Hartison died later with a critical head wound while Payne fled. At Dayville and New River Jackson Henry Jan shot Googe Blackwell, both colored youths, in what authorities say was accidental.
The bulletin notes above average rainfall across districts affecting crops especially cotton. Frosts caused minor damage while sunshine was near average. Remarks from Beaufort, Carteret, Duplin, Hertford, Lenoir, Pender, Halifax, Edgecombe, Duplin, Martin, Richmond, Orange, Moore, Gravite, Wake, Forsyth, and other counties describe varied impacts from favorable to unfavorable, with late rains delaying sowing and harvests and cotton picking progressing in some areas.
A garbled collection of fragmented lines and street chatter from city papers includes quips about guilt and conviction, mention of a tramp, a street boy calling his mother's slipper yellow, slang for a desense, and a joke about wooden legs, all presenting a collage of late 19th or early 20th century newspaper teasings.
An advertisement claims Wisig Cabin Extract cures pain quickly with one application. It promotes both external and internal use as the best remedy for daily discomfort in a concise, period-voice sales pitch.
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