19 Sep 1895
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1895
Page
1
Advertises cheap goods including needles and pins, hose, shoes, shirts, gloves, handkerchiefs, and silk items. Claims yardage and fabric deals, hand tools, and assorted clothing at reduced rates. Ends with invitation to shop and meet for bargains.
J S Cole & Co Durham New York advertised as wholesalers and retailers of various goods. The brief notice lists the store as a general dealer offering a wide range of merchandise to underbuyers and sellers in the area.
Durham struggles as tobacco turnover lags behind Wilson Rocky Mount Greenville Winston Henderson Oxford and Roxboro with warehoused tobacco dwindling. merchants blame the trust or poor business methods while other cities sustain markets and steady payouts. Reports note credit pressures, rising debt, and calls for retrenchment, with a New Berne reference to Southern Exposition events and local political talk on state silver conventions.
An elderly guest, Lord Cornwallis, recalls battles with Maj. Guthrie and the town’s leaders from a century past. Local figures like Uncle Joe Turner, Nate Brown, Colonel Rosemond, Major G, and Capt. Fowler appear in reminiscences tied to political shifts, civic life, and aging residents.
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