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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1894
Page
2
Orange County Observer Hillsborough North Carolina dated Saturday December portion of year page lists postal request and publishing owner Joseph A Harris with Hillsborough masthead indicating second class matter status and post office entry.
Ex Senator Joseph E Crown of Georgia died November 30 at age 73. He served as Georgia's wartime governor, then as Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court and later as a U S Senator. The piece notes his varied public roles and a brief political context.
Captain J B Underwood, inventor of a tobacco stemmer hailed as simple and perfect, left Tuesday to pursue a patent. Those who have seen it say it may revolutionize the tobacco industry and place him among the era's great inventors.
The annual report shows 288,020 immigrants arrived, 285,651 landed, 2,389 debarred for under contract labor, with destinations including 96,000 to New York, 42,000 to Pennsylvania, 25,000 to Massachusetts, and 22,000 to Illinois. Southern states received under 13,000. literacy among those over 16 is noted.
A Tennessee revivalist mocks marital harmony by selecting 27 men and a woman who stand for good conduct, then declares them the twenty seven biggest liars in the state. The anecdote unfolds as the audience witnesses the preacher’s playful rebuke.
Corrected price list from N. W. Brown & Co at Confederate Depot shows wheat 60 to 70 cents a bushel, corn 40 to 45 cents, oats 40 to 45 cents, meal 46 pounds per bushel, bacon hog round 10 to 12 12 cents, flour 85 to 100 dollars per barrel, tallow 4 to 5 cents, beeswax 20 cents, yurate 1 to 20 cents, hides green salted 1 to 14 cents, feathers live geese 40 cents, wool washed 20 cents, unwashed 10 cents, Barry wool 5 cents, coffee 20 to 25 cents, sugar 6 to 6 1/2 cents. N. W. Brown & Co. Passa.
A fragment recalls a Wednesday moment when two men with a bead organ and a monkey arrived to lift spirits. The speaker vows to beat the Rads and Pops in the next election, promising action.
A Glasgow Evening Times from Hillsboro Bookstore advertises a 2 cent purchase for a sheet of music. The note cautions readers with social guidance on behavior and speech while promoting the bargain publication.
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