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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
2
The Orange County Observer notes Joseph A Harris continues as publisher and owner guiding the local paper through ongoing community coverage and operational leadership.
A glowing report from Oxford last week says Ex-Judge AW Graham, counsel for Mr Gattis, gave the greatest effort of his life in Gattis vs Kilgo. He laid out the law clearly and highlighted key facts, appealing to jurors to seek tardy justice for an old man whose forty years of service to His Master were unjustly slandered during the Clark Kilgo trial at Trinity College. Orange county supporters praise his widely admired performance and popularity in Graneille.
Homer Hall of West Point Iowa credits Dr King's New Discovery for consumption with saving his life after a severe cold and stubborn cough. He reports a dramatic weight gain to 227 pounds and urges others to try the remedy, with trial bottles free at W A Hayes' drug store.
The President’s annual message to Congress appeared in print this year in two bound copies for the Senate and the House. Each volume was covered in brown morocco with stiff covers and simple gold borders and lettering.
In Toowoomba the Gazette notes W C Workner endorses Chamberlain s Cough Remedy after a two month severe cough. The letter praises the medicine s curative effect and recommends others try it. The remedy is sold by W A Hayes, Druggist.
The public debt of the United States at the close of the year ending November 10, 1901, totaled 1,011,626,445 dollars, a decrease of 1,120,512 dollars for the month.
Dr Kemp Battle, Alumni Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, presented a portrait of Captain Otway Burns to the State. The essay praises Burns as a robust, resourceful and brave privateer of the War of 1812 and a twelve-session legislator. It commends Battle's biographical contribution to North Carolina history.
An advertised booklet by the Southern Railway promotes winter resort travel in the South with a Curtis St. stamp request and address for order. The column also cites medical endorsements for Chamberlains Cough Remedy by Mary R. Melendy and notes De Witts Little Early Risers as liver improving and safe laxatives. The Agriculture Department statistician cites 9,674,000 bales as the probable U S cotton crop.
An assortment of 19th century ads claims Dr Kings New Life Pills cure for stomach and liver troubles with 25 cent price at W A Slaye’s drug store. Fo ley’s Honey and Tar touted to prevent colds from W A Hayes. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised for appetite and digestion at 25 cents. Mention of Schley court findings soon and United States purchase of the Danish West Indies.
HC Chrestenson of Hayfield Minnesota says Kodol Dyspepsia Cure saved his life after years of severe indigestion left him bedridden. He credits the remedy with improvement from the first bottle and urges others to try it. Weather forecast notes Raleigh station predicts a mild winter and reports November the coldest since the bureau began. Executor notices Mary Brown estate require debts by November 13 1902 and claims by that date or risk publication.
W A Hayes endorses Fo Leys Honey and Tar as the best cough and cold remedy. The notice praises its effectiveness for sore lungs and general respiratory relief, portraying it as ideal for users seeking a reliable folk remedy.
In the Winston Sentinel, supporters hail Walter Clark as a friend of the people and predict his nomination as Chief Justice, opposing machine candidates and machine newspapers that label him as such. The piece urges readers to see Clark as the coming Chief Justice and dismisses attempts to confuse voters.
Mr Newsom of Decatur Alabama credits Electric Bitters with ending three years of stomach and bowel distress. He says the medicine let him eat heartily and gain 35 pounds. It is advertised as a guaranteed cure for indigestion loss of appetite and liver and kidney troubles at 50 cents at W A Hayes'.
Governor Aycock and Attorney General Gilmer have been subpoenaed to appear before the United States Supreme Court on March 2 to answer in the suit brought against the State by South Dakota.
Evangelist Rev James Kirkman of Belle River Illinois credits One Minute Cough Cure with curing years of bronchial trouble and endorses it for coughs colds and throat and lung ailments including croup. The note also quotes other testimonials praising Foley’s Honey and Tar and a Sumner Hill New York resident’s success with the colic remedy.
The session of the Baptist State Convention will convene in Durham and the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet next year at Grace Church in Wilmington. The item notes various local notices and advertisements from the era, including medical testimonials and rail travel promotions.
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