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Newspaper

Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1903

Page

2

Grover Cleveland bars another presidential bid

The article notes Grover Cleveland’s decision to not seek the party nomination again. It also mentions the Baptist State Convention set for December 9 in Charlotte and North Carolina Day activities on December 18 with a program by Joyner Brooks Moses Peele Hill and Haywood on The Cape Fear Section. The column cites Judge Crane on cigarette harms among youths and a critical remark about tobacco versus liquor.

North Carolina Joyner E. C. Brooks Edward P. Moses W. J. Peele D. H. Hill Marshall Delancey Haywood State Literary and Historical Association Cape Fear

Dr King’s New Discovery Sold For Consumption Cure

A Beall Mississippi man proclaims his wife’s fall illness with consumption was cured after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He says she improved after trying other remedies and four bottles fully cured her. Trial bottles are free and the drug is sold by W A Hayes with prices 50c and 1.00.

Dr. King T. R Beall Beall W. A. Hayes

Cities vie for 1904 Republican convention site

Wilmington Star notes Chicago Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburg and Boston seek the 1904 Republican National Convention. Chicago is favored with the selection likely in the second or third week of June. Senator Hanna National Chairman calls a Washington meeting at the Arlington Hotel on Friday December 11 to hear bids and conduct business.

Chicago St. Louis Detroit Cincinnati Pittsburg Boston Hanna Arlington Hotel Washington

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Endorsed by Governor Atkinson

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all foods and strengthens the stomach. It claims to cure dyspepsia indigestion and stomach troubles while rebuilding tissues and improving blood. Gov. G W Atkinson of West Virginia endorses the remedy and recommends it to friends. Said by W A Hayes druggist.

G. W. Atkinson W. Va W. A. Hayes

New Social Game In Goldsboro Sparks Figures

In Goldsboro a new game dubbed Christianity is played by girls as Christians and boys as heathen. The heathen cross the room to embrace Christianity, reflecting a playful social scene from the era.

Goldsboro Headlight

Kidney Cure Praised by Buffalo Coal Operator

A. H. Thames of Buffalo Ohio, a coal operator, reports long kidney and bladder trouble with gravel and stones. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, pain subsides and he feels greatly improved, stating it has done him a thousand dollars worth of good. W. A. Hayes.

A. H. Thames Buffalo, O Foley W. A. Hayes Folley

Baptist Female University Debt Pledged To Be Covered

President Vann reports progress on the 43 000 dollar debt at Raleigh's Baptist Female University. With 28 500 paid, 14 500 remains. He seeks state church funds by January 1 1904 to trigger a 10 000 raise from individuals including 100 men at 50 each and 50 at 100 each. He states he has already raised 7 500 of the 10 000.

Baptist Female University Raleigh Vann

St Luke's Rector Praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy

E A Langfeldt rector of St Luke's Ashburnham testifies that a cough remedy cured his severe cold in time for Easter services. He credits Chamberlain Medicine Co with the swift relief after three doses. He notes the medicine was needed to perform preaching duties.

Ashburnham Ontario Chamberlain Ashburnham, Unt E. A. Langfeldt St. Luke’s Church Chamberlain Medicine Co W. A. Hayes

Senator Pritchard’s Fourth Marriage Trip Inferred

Salisbury Sup Jn notes that Senator Pritchard’s belief in marriage is inferred from his fourth trip of the kind. The item presents a compact political aside without broader context or corroborating details.

Salisbury Pritchard

Electric Bitters Promised Relief Amid Revolt Fears

A Raleigh pension notice reports the State Auditor’s office preparing over 12 000 pension warrants to go out December 15 as clerks work hard. Electric Bitters advertised as a solution for nervousness sleeplessness stomach upsets and general bodily complaints with a 50 cent price and satisfaction guarantee.

State Auditor Raleigh

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claims No Cure

An ad asserts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic lists iron and quinine on each bottle with no cure promised and a no cure no pay offer. The message contrasts an intellectual man with an admiring woman and ends with a Kidney Cure testimonial and a quip about birthdays.

Grove

Market Report From the Wholesalers and Farmers

A historical market listing shows prices for wheat corn oats meal pork bacon flour tallow beeswax butter eggs leas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee and sugar. Reads all kinds of country produce in good demand with per unit ranges and implied steady buyers.

Letter to A F Crabtree on Devoe Paint Usage

A Hillsboro reader cites various users across Plainfield Williamsport Canton Canton a Canton Canton noting Devoe paint saves less when cheaper options exist. The letter from F W Devoe & Co promotes buying genuine Devoe and mentions Parke and Hedgpeth as sellers.

A. F. Crabtree Hillsboro N. C Devoe Aaron Higgins Plainfield N. J Ezra Rathmell Williamsport Burt Young Girard Nathaniel Barber Canton N. Y F. W. Devoe & CO New, York P.S Parke & Hedgpeth

Senate bill strengthens immigration restrictions

A bill introduced by Senator Lodge advances immigration regulation. It expands exclusion beyond the March act to bar admission to all persons over 15 who cannot read English or another language, and who are physically capable of reading.

New York Sun Senate Lodge

Stomach and Liver Tablets Claim Quick Bilious Relief

A Texas reader reports severe bilious attack followed by rapid improvement after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The remedy is sold at 25 cents by W A Hayes, Druggist, with claims of relief for biliousness and stomach troubles.

Chamberlain J. W. Smith Juliff Texas W. A. Hayes Dragaiat

Methodist Protestant Church statistics for 1903

The Raleigh Christian Advocate reports 1903 figures: 46 white Conferences, 1,418 ministers, 2,308 churches, 174,481 members, 9,058 Sunday schools, 4,575 probationers, 123,420 scholars, and 17,937 officers and readers. Also notes De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve ads and Mecklenburg cotton crop forecast 5,000 to 7,000 bales short.

Raleigh Christian Advocate Methodist Protestant Church I

Foley's Honey and Tar Advertises Quick Cough Cure

A 19th century style ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the greatest throat and lung remedy. It claims rapid cures and prevention of serious colds with a warning against substitutes.

W. A. Hayes Foley

Winchester citizen reports Foley’s Honey and Tar saving boy

W Lynch of Winchester Indiana declares his young son suffered membranous croup and found relief after one dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar, urging others to refuse substitutes. Baptist work in North Carolina reports 17000 for foreign missions 8000 for home missions and about 22000 for State missions with a 10000 membership gain.

W. Lynch Winchester Ind Foley W. A. Hayes North Carolina

DeWitts Little Early Risers Endorsement

In Yoakum Texas a dry goods firm led by J M Haller is quoted by a traveler in a palace car praising DeWitt s Little Early Risers for a dark brown taste and morning vitality. W A Hayes Druggist sells the pills.

Lone Star State Texas Yoakum J. M. Haller Haller DeWitt W. A. Hayes

Mortgage Sale Notice by James Webb Jr and Bros

Atlas M Rigsbee died at his Durham home after a lingering ten day illness. He was 62 and buried Monday afternoon.

James Webb, Jr Atlas M. Rigsbee Durham

Backlene's Arnica Salve Ad Promotes Quick Relief

An alarmed horse and hundreds of daily accidents prompt an appeal for a reliable remedy. Backlene's Arnica Salve is advertised as healing burns cuts sores eczema and piles quickly. Available for 250 at W A Hayes' Drug Store.

Len W. A. Hayes

Editor's Order Samples Printing Office Phrases

An exchange shows a sample editor command to the foreman with odd phrasing about placing George Washington on the galley finishing a murder, distributing smallpox, and tasks involving Jeff Davis Ben Butler Deacon Fog and eternal punishment with instruction to press the lady's form.

Printing Office Billy George Washington Ranaway Jeff Davis Ben Butler Deacon Fog

One Minute Cough Care for Children Promoted

A patent medicine description touts One Minute Cough Care as relief for coughs croup and la grippe. It claims rapid action at the source with healing and lasting cure by aiding lung oxygen delivery. Dr Armstrong of Delia Texas endorses it. sold by W A Hayes Drugist.

Armstrong Delia Tex W. A. Hayes

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