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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1894
Page
3
The notice lists prepayment of one dollar for a periodical insertion and outlines advertising rates per inch. It mentions the county observer and office location for submission and pricing details.
Passenger train No 12 serves Hillsboro at 7 13 AM heading East and another passenger train eastbound 11 00 AM. Mail and mixed trains operate west and east respectively with freight No 63 reaching Hillsboro at 10 59 AM.
Hillsboro items report visits by Nash family and Brown relatives, church notices, post office hours, ads for books and medicines, Republican and business notices, and a probate administrator’s notice with local names, shops, and upcoming events. The collage notes readers’ daily life in Hillsboro and Orange County.
County Commissioners approved bonds for Sheriff Hughes Clerk Crawford and Treasurer Jackson. The list names officers, bonds and bondsmen, including Hughes 38000 and Jackson 23000, with others such as Teer, Lloyds, Cheek and Fawcett. Also notes Township Constables and a pending qualification for Chapel Hill's Morris King. An anecdotal notice recalls Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a kidney cure sold by W A Slayes in Hillsboro.
A vintage ad style verse recalls Castoria as a remedy for ailments in infancy and childhood. The rhyme links caring for a sick baby to using Castoria through stages from baby to Miss, illustrating its long standing cultural presence.
A brief notice from E. A. Rose Monds announces the Cheap Cash store moves to a new location. The letter from the proprietor says the business will continue offering low prices and neighborhood service to customers.
A damaged advertisement from Lexington Kentucky promotes a business college offering courses in shorthand banking penmanship accounting and commercial law. It features endorsements and a guarantee while urging enrollment and providing contact details for C C Calmon principal.
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