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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1888
Page
4
A reflective essay contrasts seeking happiness with virtue and faith. It notes that people find what they look for, cites Goldsmith and Pope, and argues a contented disposition and religion bring lasting benefit. It concludes deeds shape destiny like footprints following us.
Our Deeds Durham is stirred as never before by religion. The Rev. Sam Jones provokes widespread talk in homes, streets, and businesses about salvation and the Keconven’s stance on right, truth, and justice. The reader is urged to consider the consequences.
An ordinary looking man calling himself William Perry swindled about thirty-five dollars from fifteen to sixteen darkies and three white men after promising Kentucky labor jobs. He collected each person’s dollar as a train guarantee, then vanished with the funds and a white man’s clothing and valuables. Authorities warn towns to watch for the Kentucky stock farm promoter.
Major McClammy uses a soda fountain tale to illustrate how American protection and wages supposedly fail working men. A curious visitor tastes the drink and proclaims it only sweetened wind, mocking the supposed benefits of protection for American labor.
A campaign item attacks Levi P. Morton the Republican candidate for vice president, accusing him of suing North Carolina over fraudulent tax bonds totaling about thirty million dollars. It urges voters to repudiate Morton and the entire Republican ticket and laments Democratic-party power.
A scathing letter questions the Republican state ticket not addressing the East prohibition and tariff issues. It asks if legislative supremacy will emerge through moral ideas and labels tariff debates as humbug.
Sam Small, prominent Prohibition lecturer, predicts the party will push Democrats hard in North Carolina and may draw Southern voters away from Democrats during the campaign. He argues the Prohibition party cares for getting votes more than backing a specific party, saying gains could shift Tennessee North Carolina Virginia to Republicans and later bolster Prohibition as Democrats falter.
William H. Buecker suffocated in a sawdust pit at Schulenberg Buckler planing mill in St Louis after falling backward into a crevice of sawdust and shavings. Separately Rev. Herbert D. Ward and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps married in Massachusetts, with Ward to begin ministry. The Houston Texas State Fair expected address by H. W. Grady, Georgians from Atlanta travel to Dallas then Austin and San Antonio, returning by November 2.
In Cuantorte North Carolina on October 24 Dave Lecraft a well known Negro porter announced in a car in the Chronicle that he would vote for Cleveland and urged colored friends to do the same. He received a threatening letter with coffin image and "Liberty or death" threats signed by a public Executive Committee warning he may not see November 6.
An old health warning claims tubercle germs cause throat and lung diseases if untreated. It urges prompt action at the first throat or nasal symptoms and recommends Boechre's Geran Syrup for immediate relief.
The article argues farmers miss benefits of wheat regulation while speculators drive prices up. It notes wheat has passed to regulators, claims conspirators harmed the combination, and cites flour price jumps from $5.50 to $6.50 per barrel, later $7 and $8.4.
A twelve year old boy in Northampton recalls hearing a speech by Grover Cleveland in Buffalo. The boy was charmed by the president and vowed to become president himself. The article then urges repeal of a recent slander law. It argues the law is used by bad people to harass decent citizens. It suggests individuals sue for damages in their own name rather than via grand juries.
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