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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
2
The message proclaims a grand victory for Democracy and White Supremacy, urging every white man to perform his duty and ensure all votes are cast before sunset. It questions what the record will do, stressing collective action and political alignment in Orange.
George D Williams of Manchester Michigan reports his wife was bound by years of disease until two bottles of Electric Bitters restored her ability to move and work. The remedy, claimed to cure female complaints nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headache fainting and dizziness, is sold by W A Hayes Druggist for 5 cents with a cure guaranteed.
White leaders urged older black residents to exaggerate ages to register and vote, then faced exposure as previous age lists surfaced. Several were arrested for perjury and bound over to court, halting the racket.
An advertisement warns against counterfeit salve sellers who misrepresent De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve by packaging and branding to mislead customers. It claims the genuine salve cures piles and skin diseases and urges people to take De Witt's. The notice guesses the official U S population count will be announced around December 1.
After many experiments, edienuists found methods for obtaining natural digestants and combined them in human body proportions with substances that support the digestive organs. The compound Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests food and lets dyspeptics eat nourishing meals while medicines aim to cure stomach troubles quickly. Pleasant to take, it offers fast relief.
A Wilmington Messenger piece admonishes that fairness was denied when white voters paid the majority share and chose state officials, arguing common sense and honesty should guide government, calling ignorance a disease that should not control intelligence and history.
Reverend A A Power of Emporia Kansas touts Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as his cure after two doses. He cites a neighbor who failed other doctors but found relief after one dose then stopped. Foreale by W A Hayes Druggist.
The Goldsboro tobacco market sets opening sales for Wednesday August 1 with buyers and warehousemen in strong financial shape and ready to double the market’s previous output. Also notes promotions and warnings about remedies and health products from local merchants.
Weekly market summary lists wheat at 75 cents per bushel, corn 70 cents, oats 40 cents, meal 70 cents, pork 5 to 6 cents per pound, bacon 12 to 12.5 cents, flour 4.50 to 5.00 per barrel, tallow 4 to 6 cents, beeswax 20 cents, butter 15 to 20 cents, eggs 10 cents per dozen, peas 1.25 to 1.50, beets 2.00 to 2.00, hides 4 to 10 cents, chickens 10 to 25 cents each, live geese feathers 1 cent, wool 18 to 25 cents, good wool 10 cents, Barry wool 5 cents, coffee 10 to 20 cents, sugar 5 to 7 cents per pound, all kinds of country produce in quote.
Fragment from a 1890 era publication notes support for a county government system favoring white men, linked to African and coal rates, alongside figures on U S militia: 106,339 organized nationwide and 10,343,152 unorganized but available. North Carolina lists 1,685 organized militia and 245,000 ready for duty. Peripheral ads discuss remedies and patent medicines.
Colonel J Tl Morehead states that before negro suffrage law there was simple voting with no registration or registrars. He blames carpetbagger influence and negro suffrage for many evils and says real white men now pursue proper methods to partly remedy the wrongs on North Carolina and its civilization.
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