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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
3
Local items report timetables for the Piedmont Airline line through Hillsboro, post office hours, and notices of land sales and public announcements. Advertisements include patent remedies, hair tonics, and medicines. Also noted are upcoming excursions, a train wreck near Durham, and health bulletins from the State Board of Health.
Delegates from Alamance Caswell Chatham Durham Guilford Granville Person and Orange counties meet at Hillsboro on Thursday August 20 1896 at 1 p m to nominate a Superior Court judge and conduct necessary business. Also public sale notices and land advertisement follow with details on multiple tracts near Hillsboro and Eno River under executor S T Forrest.
Mrs Lallie Hooker of Hillsboro dies after four weeks illness at her home on Sunday August 2 at 5 am. Beloved wife of O D Hooker she was active in M E Church South and well loved for cheerful, diligent character. Funeral crowds underscored her popularity and faith in Christ. The piece reflects on mortality and consolation from the pastor, urging trust in God and reunion in heaven. Also mentions a real estate sale notice by S T Forrest executor and advertisements for Goose Grease Liniment and heat-related travel slowdowns.
George Vanderbilt's manager arranged with Secretary Nichols for 100 feet of display space at the next State Fair in Raleigh. The exhibit is planned to be the largest and most varied ever shown at a State Fair and will feature all products and enterprises of the famed Biltmore.
New business listing notes Hillsboro Drug now stock ing a brand-new line of soaps and hair brushes. It also highlights a full selection of paints varnishes oils grain paints and decorative coatings, marketed as among the very best and available locally.
Numerous residents suffer fevers and illnesses as relatives from Richmond and Philadelphia visit. Widespread sickness includes Geo Laws, D M Laws, C M Parks, and Wm Strodwick family members. Frank Wood and kin tour, Major Graham and son travel to Buffalo Lithia Springs. Funeral for Mrs O D Hooker held. Goose Grease Liniment advertised. Annie Barnes and Edgar Worth wed near Hillsboro.
Public notices announce sales of land in Orange County North Carolina to satisfy mortgages. Dematerialized deeds name Lemuel Brooks administrator James S Daniel and W D Strayhorn as parties with parcels in Cedar Grove Chapel Hill Hillsboro. Bids start cash with staged payments and Willow's dower.
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