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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
3
The article recounts a Neuse River trip by C Green Ross E L Rogers Clyde Dickson and others on the C C train. They catch squirrels and fish while mosquitoes swarm and one man’s eye is misidentified as a squirrel. A misread mosquito leads to comic consequences and the day ends with homecoming and political chatter.
Calves O Brient, Hsq., is reported very sick at his home near Durham. Jim Freeland helps Capt. Renn with S. A. S. baggage and may soon run regularly. Harry Jordan joins J Southgate & Son as insurer successor to retired John Holloway. A horse of Hose Co No 2 ill but improving and not fit to be driven to the Street sprinkler. Many pupils on a westbound train bound for school with girls to Salem and Greensboro and boys to Chapel Hill Guilford and Eaton. Fall term opens at graded school and Trinity College with the district school near Wesley Proctor’s on Chapel Hill road opening. taught by Mrs Wesley Proctor. The Leaksville Gazette decries fusion in Rockingham county before 600 Democrats and 300 Populists. Edgecombe Dem execs oppose electoral fusion. Moonshine history returns as Hunt’s old field resurfaces with four recent cases. Teasley bound over for federal court after fire-water case. Seaboard Air Line files lower Norfolk to Atlanta passenger tariff effective Sept 4. includes Norfolk rate cut, freight tariffs pending. Died suddenly Ransom O Brient near Brassfield while dining. interred at family burying ground. Rev J F MacDuffie of Host Durham seeks health aid in Chase City Va. A girl at Southern depot lost a quarter. it was found and turned in to orphanage at Thomasville. John Coke of East Durham dies of consumption. funeral by Rev J F MacDuffie. Remains buried in city cemetery. a sorrowful loss to family and friends.
A long list of names and movements from a North Carolina town shows residents and visitors traveling to Danville Oxford Henderson Selma Hillsboro Greensboro and Raleigh. Notables include G P Hoyt of Martin Hoyt Publishing J T Britt editor and Rev J N Cole. Several relatives and others return from trips to Baltimore Guilford County and Orange County. Also mentions rail and steamship notices and a Treasury gold reserve update from Washington and a Manila attack report.
A vivid wallow through the courthouse crowd including janitor Warter and Col. Wilkerson with court humor and cautions about matrimony and politics. A bold critique of England follows, urging skepticism of promises and praising Durham colored farmers, then local sales reports and testimonials on Dr King’s Discovery and Hall's Hair Renewer.
An advertisement notes Do You Need Printing Do You Need Printing and invites orders for printing from visiting cards to newspapers. It highlights a specialty in commercial printing including letter heads note heads bill heads envelopes statements and similar items and suggests potential savings. Office location is over Bernestone's store on Main.
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