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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1896
Page
2
Orange County Observer page notes weekly publication by Joseph A Harris publisher and owner. Details unclear due to OCR but confirms regular Tuesday entries and local newspaper presence in Hillsborough North Carolina circa August 1896.
Judge Manning of Durham leads for electors State at large Locke Craig Buncombe and W C Douglas Moore listed. The piece also covers Democratic majorities in Alabama Illinois and political notes, plus various medical and consumer ads and local notices.
Senator Gordon is praised for sound judgment and oppose a second Democratic ticket. He declines re election. The University of the South Sewanee Tenn awards Edwin A Alderman UNC president the Doctor of Civil Law degree noting his character and the universitys prosperity and its ties to bishops and founders.
The Southern Railway outlines a Summer Resort Book offering low excursion rates through October. It promotes mountain and seaside destinations such as Swannanoa Asheville Lookout Mountain and others with routes hotels boarding houses and pricing. Also lists current farm and commodity prices including wheat corn oats meal bacon flour tallow beeswax eggs hides wool coffee sugar and country produce.
A Richmond Dispatch call urges Democrats to stay loyal to their party and avoid independent or McKinleyism. It warns of bolts costing the South, stresses unity with old party ties, and condemns Republican supremacy. The Augusta Chronicle notes Southern sentiment against force bills and McKinley.
In Chicago West, a man notes that women’s bands are enlarging and predicts the trend will continue because women have taken up bicycle, golf, tennis and other sports. A woman comments that a small one would be preferable, and he quickly acts, sensing a lifetime opportunity.
The Scientific American of New York marked its 50th anniversary with a handsome 72 page special number. It reviews the development of science and industrial art in the United States over the past fifty years with technical yet accessible articles. The volume is well produced, bound, and sold for ten cents.
The Observer notes the proper use of the title Hon. should be limited to the Speaker of a state House. It adds that no lower officer earns the designation. A North Carolina cotton report follows with the first bale of the new crop arriving in Charleston. The bale from near Mor ve o in Anson county was classed as fully good middling and sold at 8 cents per pound.
Chicago News recounts stories about Judge Bryan and his farmstead including a poorly built brick house, a venison herd, and a smokehouse theft joke. Other items note Judge Russell opposing McKinley ticket removal in North Carolina and a Dean Safe System investment offer promising high gold dividends.
In 1892 the school welcomes 444 regular students with 43 counties represented. Applicants pledge to attend, with annual expenses for tide-tuition and boarding options. The institution emphasizes board and practical training and lists Prestpexs U Has D Metvrn as contacts in Greenboro, N.C.
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