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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
3
Local notices list rail arrivals and departures for West and East bound trains with Hillsboro as the junction, plus freight movements and office hours. Community items include merchant ads, marriages to come, and notices of sales, roadwork, and local residents visiting. The page also notes subscriptions and town tax reminders, with brief notices about local people and Foley remedies.
Legal notices record executor's claim filing for James B. Daniel estate due January 6, 1906. A deed of trust sale in Orange County lists two parcels: 371.5 acres near Hillsborough and a Hillsborough home lot, with sale set for March 6, 1905, at 12 o'clock m. Trustee Thomas W. Alexander, Charlotte.
A clearance sale advertises room for Spring with prices cut aggressively on domestic linens ready made clothing shoes and blankets. ParkS and Hedupeth invite early inspection promising unsold stock and unbeatable prices to attract customers.
Obituary notes Mrs Katie Whitaker widow of Henry Whitaker dies at her Durham home. Remains travel to Hillboro for burial at New Sharon. survived by son and two daughters and many relatives. Also mentions Mr and Mrs Geo Durham returning to Hillsboro from Oxford and Mrs Dornan recovering from pneumonia. Hillsboro manufacturing firm plans capital raise to 55 000 for spinning plant. building work delayed by cold. aim to start by June. Chapel Hill News reports Orange County schools shorten term to three months due to district repairs and awaiting state guidance.
Auction notices outline two land foreclosures in Orange County with sale dates March 6 1905. One sale by Charles Straynorn commissioner in Ex Parte proceedings covers town plots 141 66 85 and a 42 acre tract adjoining Wiley Cates with payments split over six and twelve months. The second sale by John A Suit mortgagee lists forty acres in Bingham Township bounded by Billy Thompson Mag Crabtree Julian Carr and Wm Dodson with cash payment to satisfy debt and costs.
Jim C. Geraty of Youngs Island South Carolina markets Bage Plants and Sea Island varieties for delivery. List includes Early Jer Sey Warefield Augusta Trucker and Shortest Flat Dutch with price tiers per 1000 plants. Terms cash with order or C O D customer pays return charges. Plants grown on 35 acre beds, hardy, crated 20 lbs per 1000, ships via Southern Express. Refunds offered if unhappy. long staple Sea Island cotton seed sold at Charleston.
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