Hillsboro Vespa Obeks Train Timetable and Local News
Southern Railway timetable No 111 mixed Raleigh to Hillsboro and No 112 mixed Greensboro to Hillsboro list arrival times at Hillsboro 10 23 am and 2 20 pm with local passenger No 189 at 5 38 pm and No 144 at 10 47 am and No 22 at 4 42 pm. Local ads note Fancy Grocery and Bookstore offerings for Christmas including candies, nuts, fruits, and canned goods. Community items report church conference plans, a change in Hillsboro Road Commissioner, Bank of Orange financials, and local residents visits and illnesses.
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Southern Railway Co
Raleigh
Greensboro
Hillsboro
M. O’nea
Lowney
Fancy Grocery
Keystore
Huyler’s and Royster
Pancy Grocery
Santa Claus
N. W. Brown & Company
H.N. Brown
Con
Menry, Jr
Chapel
West End Grocery Company
Durham Parish Company
W. A. Hayes
Wraggist
Macadamizing Churton Street Receipts and Expenditures
County records show receipts in 1908 from Bank of Orange and town treasurer orders for macadamizing Churton Street. Expenditures include road costs, grading, machinery repairs, discounts, and labor, totaling 3 040 91 with a final balance due of 44 56. Itemized months and attached vouchers referenced.
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Churton
Bank of Orange
W. Ioc
Webb
Pip
Bee
Slacked Side in barrel and cheap sale at Millinery
Aprigst Hinnsporo Cray Man vrsctur the Bank of Orange or at the Companys yards south east of Hileboro. Mrs M L Taylor and Sister advertise Christmas millinery with steel engravings and pictures. They claim low prices and urge customers to read goods and prices before buying gifts.
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Bank of Orange
Comyisny’s
Hileboro
Call
Reed
M L Taylor
Letters Advertised at Hillsboro Post Office 1908
Remaining in the post office at Hillsboro December 5 1908 are Ballock Caxsar Fuller Cora Moore D E Miely Mies Edna Karl Roge F G. Persons calling for above letters pleas e say advertised Charles G Rosemonp P M See advertisement Names Wanted Witness and Sabbath Reading Co 150 Nassau St N The Baptist State Convention met at Wilson N C on Wednesday December 9 Rev William Lunsford D D pastor of the First Baptist Church of Asheville preached the introductory sermon.
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Hillsboro
Ballock
Caxsar
Fuller
Cora
Moore
Iely
Mies
Edna Karl
Roge
F. G
Charles G. Rosemonp
P. M
Witness and Sabbath Reading Co
Nassau St
Baptist State Convention
Wilson, N. C
William Lunsford
First Baptist Church of
Asheville
Hillsboro Township Road Bonds Sale Details
Road Commissioners bond committee offers sale of thirty year 6 percent road bonds totaling $10 000 dated January 1 1909 with semiannual interest Bids open January 7 1909 at noon at The Bank of Orange Hillsboro North Carolina A deposit of 1 percent required with bid to ensure good faith Right to reject any or all bids and not to sell more than 8000 or 10000 dollars Alternate bids recesed at eight and ten thousand dollars Information from T N Webb chair or H L Parish secretary dated December 5 1908
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J. D Webb
Chapel Hill Township
Charles KE. Wilsco
Little River Township
William R.lloyd
Chapel Lit
Strayhorn
Wilson
Weir
Charles Strayhorn
Superior Court
National Surety Co
New York
John Laws
Ee Es Clowes Boyy
Newark
W Andrews
H L. Parish
Thomas D. Tinnin
W. B. Thompson
Chapel Hill News
Observer
Thomson
Fis
Democratic Party
Bank of Orange
Hillsboro
N. C
Haracf
Marriage notices from Hillsboro area 1908 era
Society notes record several weddings in Hillsboro and nearby towns. Mary Cornelia Thompson wed Joseph de Routhac in Raleigh with a quiet home ceremony on December 3 1908, while Nelson Nellie S Gray and Revert I Murdock married at Mrs Gray’s home. Monroe Wilson and Annie Haley tied the knot November 25 1908. both couples plan Cedar Grove Township homes. Mrs William Dawson Morrie of Philadelphia visits her daughter Mrs William Mebane on Wake Street.
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Hamilton Tiween
Hillsboro
Augustus Thompson
Mary Cornelia
Joseph "Gregorie de Routhac
Hamilton
Christ “Church
Ralegh
North Carolina
Hamion
Heyward Hamion
Hillebore
Ass‘etant
University of North Carolina
Mixs Thompson
Alfred A. Thompson
Raleigh
Sarah Gray
Live River Township
H.S Bradshaw
Revert I. Murdock
Nellie S. Gray
Mig. Murdock
Hillaboro
Afernoon
Will
Monroe Wilson
Cedar Grove Township
Annie M. Haley
Cheek Township
Henry Haley
M. M. McFarland
William Dawson Morrie
Philadelphia
William M. Mebane
Wake Street
Electric Bitters advertised as cure for stomach and liver troubles
A 19th century ad mentions Electric Bitters as a remedy for malaria and stomach complaints. It claims blood purification, nerve toning, and renewed energy, promising refunds if ineffective. The text lists local vendors and a wave of holiday goods and ads from Hillsboro, including groceries, books, and furniture, painting a busy Christmas retail scene with various products and services.
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W. C. Kiestler
Halliday
Ark
W A. Hayes’ Drug Store
Webb Family Leaves Hillsdoro for Edenton Visit
Mr James H Webb secretary and treasurer of Eno Cotton Mills with his wife and two children travel from Hillsdoro to Edenton North Carolina to visit Mrs Webb's parents Last Friday.
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James H. Webb
Eno Cotton Mills
Hillsdoro
Edenton
N. C
Public Auction of North Carolina Real Estate In Orange County
Court ordered sale of about 53 acres adjoining J R Rice and others and about 45 acres adjoining the first tract in Cheek Township Orange County near Hillsboro. Terms: one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with 6 percent interest on deferred payments. Auction date January 4 1909 at courthouse door.
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Court House
Hillsboro
N. C
Cheek Township
Orange County
J. R. Rice
James Terrell
Joseph W. Pickett
Oscar Patton
John A. Patton
Ida Patton
Joseph W. Picket
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William Strain
Homer Casto
Orange Circuit
Methodist Protestant Church
Chestnut Ridge
Efland
Union Gore
Parham SI. Smith
West King Street
Brother Smith
Harold Copping
Basil Copping
Virginia
Hileboro Clay Manufacturing Company
Mullarc'd Copping
Roalhacc
Churton Street
N. Webb
Slices
Aida
John B. Kirkland
H.i.boro
Kirkland
Webb’s
Panama
Durham Parish
Charles R Thomas
Congress
Newbern
Washington City
Mayodan
W. C. Raffin
W. F Parks
Charles G. Rosemond
West Margaret Lane
Rasemond
East Queen Street
Cornwallis
Regulator
Speedy Relief
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Beara
Hillsboro Township
Khroad
Morpock-Gray
H.N Brown
Luc. H. Brown
Lady Wanted
Standard Dress Goods Co
Dept.9
Binghamton
N. Y
Sala Hillsboro Township Road Bonds
T. N. Webb
Chldren
Cscartoria
Cermine Castoria
Alway
Lin Soulette
Batiste
Epingline
Sxell
Keith
Ham-Parish Company
Foutz
Fontz
N.C
David E Manufacturer
Baltimore
Ae Bele
Genvis Foutz Ca
U.S
State of
Orange
Paul C. Collins
C. Collins
Pec
M. Gattis
J. C. Webb
Spurgeon
Orangz’ County
Sue W
J. F. Torner
County Observer
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