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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
1
In a Fifth Avenue home, Mary Elizabeth known as Cherub charms family with mischief, while her brother Bobby partners in capers. Holidays unfold with gifts, church, and a late night reveal as Gladys contends with a broken engagement and Jack Burrows.
A note on decorating for Christmas with holly and mistletoe as a simple yet tasteful sign of peace and good will. The piece reflects on seasonal traditions and the enduring custom of displaying greens in windows and hallways.
A sequence of sensational notes from North Carolina includes a fatal shooting in High Point where Clyburn killed Snides with a pistol after a confrontation, a retaliatory chase, and prior gun incidents. In Asheville, Carrington wounded Tom Jackson, leaving Jackson gravely injured, while in Gaffney Pink Estes’s wife killed Joe Webster with a shotgun amid a domestic dispute. Dr. P L Murphy shows improvement after operations in Baltimore, and High Point sees the Southern Live Stock Insurance Company begin operations with local offices active.
North state brief reports describe a teenage jailer heroics at Lenoir where Wilford Smith tossed prison keys to keep inmates inside, sparing a hostage situation. Greensboro plans a $50 000 Masonic temple with initial $3 000 pledge and site near Elm and Gaston. Spencer reports engineer H D Major badly injured after a boiler blowout and fall from moving engine as he attempted to escape scalding steam.
Thaddeus Edwards four year old son of Mr and Mrs C K Edwards near Claremont died two weeks after being kicked on the head by a colt. A large bone fragment was removed at Statesville sanitarium but recovery was not possible. He remained conscious for days, endured great pain, and died Thursday. Cotton Association Annual Meeting set in Raleigh January 2 with over a hundred delegates expected. Officers include Charles C Moore president A J McKinnon vice president T B Parker secretary Leo D Heartt treasurer. The executive committee will be named.
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