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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
2
The report notes William Jennings Bryan spoke in Raleigh on Tuesday and Chapel Hill on Wednesday as part of ongoing campaign activity. It cites national spending on the Spanish American War reaching 355 million dollars through February 4 with discussion of pension costs and political sentiment.
E B Munday of Henrietta Texas recalls his brother’s illness with malaria and jaundice and credits Electric Bitters with a full recovery. The ad claims the remedy expels malaria purifies blood aids digestion and regulates organs. Available for 50 cents at W A Hayes drug store.
A Durham Herald excerpt argues many firms oppose trusts yet align prices with them. It notes that when trusts raise prices, rival businesses follow, showing market regulation by trust dynamics. The piece frames this as a critique of anti trust freedom versus controlled pricing.
In October 1896 I suffered a bad lung cold and constant coughing. After trying a local doctor, I used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and felt immediate improvement, finishing three bottles to restore my lungs to health. W Yant Ill publisher B S Edwards testimonials. Available from W A Hayes.
The census bureau projects the U S population at 78 million in the upcoming census, up from 60 million ten years ago, signaling continued growth. An advertisement promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a safe, fast-acting remedy for coughs and throat conditions with testimonials from John Berry and W A Hayes.
Rockefeller's son told his father he had lost ten million dollars by stock gambling. The elder Rockefeller immediately raised the price of kerosene by three cents a gallon, a move the paper notes as fortunate for the country that Rocky didn't lose more.
The listing urges buyers to confection tastes good and notes prices for wheat corn oats meal pork bacon floor tallow beeswax butter eggs peas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee and sugar. It indicates country produce in good demand and lists items available at Falls and Hillsboro market in a late 19th or early 20th century style.
A fragmented list shows Latta work and various supporters for Eliza Scott Sam Allison and others. Includes mentions of asylum, bridge, road matters, county officers and juries with multiple names attached. Concludes with subscription notice for the Orange County Observer at $1 per year.
A valuable 116 acre farm two miles northwest of Hillsboro will be sold on reasonable terms. The property includes necessary outhouses a farm building and is well watered and timbered. For full particulars apply to interested parties.
Strictly firet class equipment of all Through and Local Trains Psi man Palace Sleeping Cars on 4 Night Trains Fast and Safe Schei nlex Travel by the Southern and ye are assured a Safe Comfortable or Expeditions Journey Apply to Ticket Agent for Tables Rates and General Information address R L Vernon F R Darsy TP A CP T A Charloye No Trouble to Answer Question
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