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Orange County Observer in Hillsborough, North Carolina

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Newspaper

Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1906

Page

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Bank of Orange Seeks Accounts From All County Residents

The Bank of Orange announces it desires accounts from every man, woman, and child in Orange County. It pledges conservative banking and offers four percent interest on time deposits. Deposits from one dollar upward are welcome. The bank positions itself as a financial bureau of information for the county and promises to furnish information on request.

P. C. Collins Chas A. Scott Bank OF Orange Orange County Financial Bureau of Information

A London Heist and a Luncheon Ruse Unfolds

From Regent Street to a cleaner life Danforth, alias Ford, steals into a Beaconsfield house then shares a hurried lunch with Miss Chester. The encounter ends with a watch swap, a near capture by a plain clothes officer, and a warning of a watching house as Danforth vows a dubious future.

Howard Danforth John Detch Mortimer Ritter Regent Street London Danforth Mr. Danforth Edgware Road Mr. Denforth Mr. Ford Siece Miss Chester Alice Maidenhead Schopenhauer Julia Train Julia Miss Train Beacon Street West End New York News

Trials of the Poor in Washington D C Under Budget Study

The Washington correspondent reports S E Forman's Bureau of Labor inquiry into the living conditions of 19 DC families. It details food dominated budgets, rent and clothing costs, unsanitary housing, and the high cost of loans, showing hand to mouth poverty in the capital.

National Capital S. E. Forman Bureau of Labor Washington D.C New York Evening Post Federal Bureau of Labor District of Columbia J. D. Rockefeller Mr. Forman Europe

A Labrador April Drive Across Unmapped Backcountry

Dr. W F Gren recounts a cross country journey in Labrador covering nearly 200 miles with five tons of pemmican. The party travels by compass through rough woods and marshes, clearing trunks for dog teams, and recalls a prior sixty mile trip. They describe driving onto a large iceberg in Belle Isle straits with blue and green ice pinnacles.

Labrador Straits of Belle Isle Greenland W. F. Grenfell Boston Transcript

Salesman Quips While Shopper Seeks Friend at Store

A department store salesman, carrying twenty nine rolls of dress goods, asks if a spa suits the shopper. She pretends to be looking for a friend, delaying a purchase as the salesman notes another roll on the top shelf and jokes about the friend.

Charing, Cross Piccadilly Puck

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