24 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
1
A narrative poem recounts Jim Bludso as a flawed but loyal engineer who stays true to duty aboard the Mississippi riverboat Prairie Belle. When the fire breaks out he vows to hold the boiler nozzle against the bank until all aboard reach safety, dying in the effort while others escape.
A Scottish crofter tale follows a South rons laden steamer leaving a rural isle as fashion, politics, and harvests shape sad fortunes. A widow narrates a storm season, her husband Donald’s drowned boat, and the revelation of his gold hidden behind a stone in the chimney. The piece ends noting the Wachusett dam last stone laid at Clinton Mass.
The following tracts of land will be sold for the taxes due thereon and also the personal property tax of the delinquents where I have been unable to find personal property out of which said taxes could be made. To be sold at the Court House in Hillsboro on Monday September 4 1905, and sale will be continued from day to day if necessary until all is sold.
A long survey of Cedar Grove Township and Hillsboro Township properties from 1904, listing numerous owners with acres and locations such as Cedar Grove, Eno, Back Creek, Cane Creek, and New Hope. It names individuals like Andrews, Faucette, Clark, Durham, Pender, and many others with specific parcel sizes. The document reads like a land tax or property register.
Tax rolls record by name and property type with values. Allen Wm and Chas own town lots, Atwater R. B. holds one town lot, Arabella Alston listed for one town lot, with assessed amounts like 3.47 and 3.66 or similar figures.
A historical listing enumerates landholders in ENO Township with tract sizes ranging from 1 to 212 acres. Names include Bennette J L, Blackman T J, Cates Alexander, Fawcette Joe, Harris W J, Holloway E W, Hunt J J, Holeman Jos, Johnston Charley, Lynn Herbert, Poe Lizzie, Stanley Mrs Tesiah, Strayhorn Sam, Strayhorn Rosa, Thompson Henry, Martha Thompson, and Wilson Mary Coney. Acres and locality markers such as Eno Buckwater and Little River appear alongside several entries.
E. A. Hughes, agent, lists multiple property parcels in Little River Township with owners and acreages including Arch Jno 25 acres, Carden Jno S 2 acres, Cothrane W A 96 acres, Daniel Morrow B 51 acres, Foust Daniel 15 acres, Massey and Cogbill 224 acres, Oaks J R 108 12 acres, Riley and Melee saw mill, Wilkerson Newton D 73 acres, Walker R G 100 acres, Smith OC 63 acres, Vanhook Geo W 80 acres. Date August 4, 1905.
Richmond Dispatch reports Virginians alarmed by the annual swan and crane migrations dubbed air colts. Locals interpret the sound as judgment day, while the birds’ northward journey unsettles springtime prayers.
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