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Newspaper

Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1908

Page

2

North Carolina Cotton Crop Seen Fall 16 Percent

Commissioner William A. Graham reports estimates from Southern States associations that NC cotton will reach about 600000 bales this year, down 16 percent from last year. Acreage is higher. Raleigh awaits inauguration of Governor elect W W Kitchin on January 12.

William A. Graham Association of Commissioners of the Southern States North Carolina Ww. W. Kitchin Glenn Kitchin Raleigh

Death and tobacco deals headline Ky notices and cures

Three years after illness a Bac, Ky., woman credits Dr King’s New Discovery with restoring health and weight. A major tobacco deal between American Tobacco Company and Barley Tobacco Society, covering 1906 and 1907 crops, aims to end a long dispute and move Kentucky sales. Kodol digestion tonic is marketed as a cure and is available from W. A. Hayes, Druggist.

W. A. Hayes American Tobacco Company Burley Tobacco Society Barley Tobacco Society Kentucky

Army engineer chief seeks fifty million for rivers and harbors

Brigadier General William L Marshall as Chief of Engineers proposes a fifty million dollar aggregate appropriation for rivers and harbors and fortifications in the coming fiscal year. The plan is included in his annual report to the Secretary of War.

William L Marshall United States Army Secretary of War

It is a Weapon and Chamberlain's Oiniment Ad

The notice promotes Chamberlain's Ointment as a remedy for rheumatic pains and lumbago back sprains and bruises with quick relief. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist at 25 cents and 50 cents for the large size. The ad urges self help with Leaven.

Chamberlain Lama Gale W. A. Hayes Druggiat Drogd

DeWits Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Promotion

An old advertisement touts DeWit Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as original with the DeWitt name on every box. Claims it treats barns scratches and warts and is especially good for piles sold by W A Hayes Druggins. It mocks an average girl playing a prank on a man named Bistar.

Christmas Number of Woman's Home Companion A Rich Holiday Issue

The Christmas Number of Woman's Home Companion features blue and gold cover art with the Madonna and Child, a full page color painting by James Montgomery Flagg, and two pages of Christina Carola deco by Ernest Haskell. Edwin Markham writes the poem Before the Gospels Were, praised as a generation’s greatest, with stories by Josephine Dashiell Bacon Anna Katharine Green Mary Wilkins Freeman Florence Morse Kingsley Juliet Wilbur Tompkins. The issue also offers hundreds of practical Christmas ideas and gifts, table decor, candies, fashions and embroidery tips for the holiday season.

7Woman’s ‘Home Companion Woman’s Home Companion James Montgomery Flagg Ernest Haskell Edwin Markham Josephine Dasham Bacon Anna Katharine Green Mary ‘Wilkins Freeman Florence Morse Kingsley Juliet ‘Wilbur Tompkins

Goop Coven Medicine for Children

The season for coughs and colds increases diphtheria and scarlet fever risk. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is trusted by mothers like Mrs. F F Starcher of Ripley West Virginia for children and adults alike. Also notes Panama Canal Bond bids and a DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills advertisement.

F F. Starcher Ripley W. Va W. A. Hayes

Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertised With Harsh Claim

An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills promising relief from constipation headache biliousness and malaria. The copy warns the product avoids a dreaded appendix operation and cites a 25 cent price at W A Hayes’ drug store. The text ends with garbled lines.

Dr. King W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store

Youthful cigarette fiends among 2 500 boys studied

Prof William McKeever of the Kansas Agricultural Department reports on 2 500 cigarette smoking schoolboys. He describes effects as sallow, sore eyed, nervous, with sore throat and chest pain. Only six were bright. ten average. the rest poor.

Macon Telegraph William McKeever Kansas Agricultural Department McKeever

Local Buffalo Reader Praises Bucklen Amica Salve

Leo F Zelinski of 63 Gibson St Buffalo says Bucklen s Amica Salve cured a severe cold sore in two days after applying twice daily under a guarantee at W A Hayes drug store 250. He warns against blackening others characters to protect personal parity.

Leo F. Zelinski Gibson St Buffalo, N. Y Bucklen Hes W. A. Hayes

Beware of Frequent Colds and Home Cures

A historic note urges treating colds promptly to avoid chronic catarrh and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a testimonial from Mrs. M. White of Batter Teen. W. A. Hayes Druggist sells the remedy and Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup also markets to ease throat and lung inflammation and move the cold from the system.

Chamberlain W. A. Hayes Draggist

Prosperity Talk vs Proof in Greenville Outlook

The Greenville Reflector notes optimism about a return to prosperity but emphasizes preferring tangible results over speeches. The piece contrasts rhetoric with the need for practical signs of economic improvement.

Greenville Reflector

We Sell Vital on the Positive Guarantee

The ad promises a full money back guarantee if satisfaction is not achieved. It targets run-down nervous or aged individuals and those with colds, coughing, bronchitis, or incipient consumption to try Vinci with this assurance.

Vinci

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Range Hillsborough N.C Rnu Joseph A. Harris Markkep Goop Cortelyou Secretary of the Treasury DeWitt W.A Hayes Druggint E.C. Dewitt & CO Chicago, MI W. A. Hayes, Diogis Itill WA Hayes Drogeg'st Hillsboro Wood T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen Richmond, Va H. W J. C. Webb Association of Commissioners of No 10 Waters Will Fey New Bern Davideon V. V Ritardo Atriy Zoe Eens Rover Rocke Soaeti Ki Bukies Durban Durrant Orange Counties John. W. Grauam Paul G N Een Grauam Attorneys-At-Law Hillsboro, N Ala Durham Granville Persor M. Gattis Hillsboro, N. c W. Graham Attorney At Law Durham and Supreme Court Oxford, N. Cc Joe J. 5 Spurgeon Dentis Ofice Churton Street Jain W. Graham’s State OF North Carolna Orangee County Spe J. C. Walker Sallie B. Wal D. M. Walker Mary Walker H.C. Walker I Tie Walker R. J. Walker Estelle Walker L. S. Walker Daisy E. Walker A. T. Walker Ilvey Walker J. N. Walker R. Walker Myrtle Walker N. Hester Minnie Hea S. H. Paschal Myrtle McAdi D. C. McAdams Amit McAdams J. C. McAdams W. McAdams Lizzie McAda G. H. McAdams R. W. McAda Josephine McAdams M. Katherine Gregson Lilian G. Salter M. Salter John K. Crawford Fannie Crawford N. F. Ca W. C. Crawford Gus Crawford P. Crawford Lula Crawford Walter Crawford Susie Crawford T. L. Grawfo Annie Crawford Orange County Cedar Gro Township Said Cornel Walker John G. Walk Hells John G. Walker The Oran Superior Court Charles Stray Hor Superior Court of OF County
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