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27 Oct 1908
Page 1
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
1
Those on the field report brief items and personals from multiple locales through regular correspondents. The column surveys happenings and social notes with concise notices and local color.
A long exhortation on living honestly and kindly, avoiding fraud, praising others, aiding the poor and sick, and shaping a faithful life through church, prayer, and charity. The piece urges community welfare and delegitimizes vice while emphasizing religious duty and posthumous remembrance.
An enthusiastic crowd estimated at three to four thousand, including about fifty women, gathers at Parrish Warehouse to hear Governor R B Glenn outline Democratic positions. Special trains from East and West Durham bring supporters as ministers bankers and workers join a large Democratic demonstration.
Mrs Parrish died at midnight on Friday after pneumonia fever and malignant paralysis. She was forty, mother of nine, and survived by her husband and mother. Buried Sunday at Mt. Tabor Church, sixteen miles distant, after a long illness. The article notes the funeral procession and reflects on political tempers.
An advertisement claims 35 years of evidence and millions in evidence sales by 16 600 agents. It promotes mixing 4 gallons L M Paint with 3 gallons Pure Linseed Oil at 60 cents, yielding 7 gallons of ready to use paint for $1.20 per gallon, with a two minute application. Hackney Bros., L M Paint Agents.
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