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Newspaper

Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1902

Page

3

Hillsboro Briefs and Local Rail Timetable Notes

Hillsboro notices include Southern Railway timetable updates with trains to Raleigh Greensboro and Durham plus local freight arrivals. Post office hours and money order closing times are listed. Also small ads and a letter from Mrs Stamph Kaw Indian Agency Oklahoma are mentioned along with local business promotions.

Southern Railway Co Raleigh Greenboro Hillsboro Greensboro Goldsboro Durham Richmond C. G. Peeter

Fresh Pure Drugs and a Church Fund Update

An advertisement promotes Graham-Yearby Drug Co for prescriptions day and night. It also notes a large Methodist Church fundraising drive, the Twentieth Century Thanksgiving Fund, with Northern Methodists pledging 20 009 000 and about 16 000 000 already raised. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is praised as a remedy for skin wounds and piles with anecdotal cures cited.

Graham-Yearby Drug Co Graham-Yearst Drug Co Raleigh Methodist Church United States Northern Methodists de Witt Feller W. A. Hayes

Hillsboro Ads and Local Notices Run Alongside Dog Tale

A mix of local ads and notices from Hillsboro items includes a salesman line for Ladies Toilet Articles, a dog transfer of the English Newfoundland Dewey with dramatic temperament notes, and short items: residents returning from Kinston, visits to family, teaching near Mare Hill, and clerical postings. Also mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar and Shriner's Indian Vermifuge ads, and a local library milestone in Durham.

Hillsboro Graham-Yearby Druga Co Foley W. A. Hayes Shriner C. IV. Cates G. W. P. Cates Bingham Township Messrs James Webb

Large supply accommodation with new prices announced

A store reports a large supply accommodation just received with new and right prices aimed at pleasing customers.

State Medical Examiners Session in Wilmington June 4

North Carolina State Board of Medical Examiners will hold its regular annual session in Wilmington starting June 4 and last one week. Board president is Dr. E C Register of Charlotte and secretary treasurer is Dr J Howell Way of Waynesville.

North Carolina

Death of Lizzie Miller at 37 A Moving Observer Obituary

The obituary recalls Lizzie Miller wife of John Miller dying at 37 after pneumonia and bronchitis. Her husband and five children mourn as she is laid to rest in Lebanon churchyard. The piece reflects on loss, prayers, and a Bible couplet about Mother Home and Heaven.

Dewey Raverah John A. ‘Smith James A. Cheek Hillsboro Mr. Smith Jas Superior Court of Orange County John G. Daily Thomas W. Vincent J. Crawford John A. Bird Artitia E. Bird Court House North Carolina Cedar Grove Township J. H. Tuttington W. A. Bird W. H. Ward Office of the Register of Deeds of Victor Bryant the Observer Lizzie John Miller Lebanon

Market prices for farm commodities and staples listed

A ledger of farm market values shows Wheat at 90 to 100 cents per bushel of 60 pounds and Corn around 85 cents per bushel of 56 pounds. Other goods include Oats 65 cents per bushel, Meal 90 cents, Pork 72 cents per pound, Bacon 100 to 150 cents, Flour 4.00 to 5.50 per barrel, and Butter 20 cents per pound.

Druggist Opens Hillsboro Store With Mr Yearby

Realizing medical success rests on fresh pure drugs a physician opens a Hillsboro drug store with Mr W M Yearby The owner is well known in Orange County and Hillsboro and pledges to supply only fresh pure drugs to the public.

Hillsboro W. M. Yearby Orange County Churton Street N. C

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