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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1896
Page
2
The OCR shows a Hillsborough North Carolina newspaper masthead dated 1896 with publisher Joseph A Harris. It notes publication weekly on Tuesdays and includes the publisher and owner attribution.
Judge Manning of Durham and electors for the State at Large are listed with Locke Craig and W. C. Douglas as electors. Various ads promote Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Arnica Salve, and a kidney cure sold by W. A. Hayes, Druggist, Hillsboro.
The piece notes Mr. Bryan entering the campaign around September 1, with Populists aiming to topple Guthrie for Governor and Hal Ayer for Auditor as the Republican slate is shown to be split. It lists the Populist state ticket nominations at Raleigh including Guthrie Dockery Worth Thompson Mebane Montgomery Garrett and others with affiliations to Durham Richmond Le Noir Onslow Wake Vance and Warren counties.
The Southern Railway offers a Summer Home and Resort Book with thirty two illustrated pages. It lists routes, distances, hotels and rates for mountain and seaside resorts including Swannanoa, Asheville and Lookout Mountain. Copies available at coupon agents or by sending a 2 cent stamp to L. S. Brown, General Agent, Washington DC.
Market in Weakly Hillsboro shows varied prices for staples with wheat at 75 cents per bushel and corn 50 cents per bushel. Butter and eggs command modest values, wool and hides listed, and general country produce in good demand.
Mint Director Pree ton explains the 16 to 1 ratio in a Q and A style. It describes free coinage of silver, the 16 to 1 value link to gold at $20.67, and the debate between bimetalism and single metal standards.
Sickness remains common in the Riverside area while residents hope for rain to save corn and tobacco. Mr T L Hall from Caldwell Institute visited Riverside and Miss Minnie Montgomery plans to become a neighbor soon. The community mourns the August 16 death of William Brown and extends sympathy to his family.
Rufus Mebane and Davie Mebane rest at home during heat. John Henry Mebane travels to Deatham for his brother. Mabel Lynch returns to Durham from visiting grandparents S P Kirkpatrick. Best girl returns from Raleigh. Chestnut Ridge protracted meeting yields hopeful outcomes. Clyde Dickson and Floyd Hughes visit Elland. A bachelor finds his shoes used by rats during a visit to his best girl.
A Wilmington Messenger note cites Daniel Webster praising liberty and warns that freedom wanes when wealth concentrates in a few hands. The editorial frames his words as timely wisdom about society and governance.
On August 15 the Mars Hill neighborhood youths cleaned the old Quaker meeting house cemetery after a prior appointment by Capt Jesse Miller. Young ladies at nearby Tidy Hall prepared a dinner for the volunteers, with music from the boys. The day finished with social time, discussions on finance, and tribute to the dead, deeming the enclosure more beautiful. K Gold is Sent. Dean Safe System investments offer semi monthly gold dividends in regular promoter notices. Congressman W F Strand of Chatham county was renominated for Congress in the Fourth District at Raleigh.
Hillsboro based Graham and Graham law and education department advertises prompt court attention and probate focus. It highlights 27 teachers 444 regular students plus 97 practice school pupils and 994 matriculants since opening. Board for dormitory students offered with limited free-tuition, and Melvyn Greensboro address listed.
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