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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1906
Page
2
Publication detail dated February 15 1906 shows Joseph A Harris as publisher and owner and notes weekly Thursday release. It confirms the newspaper schedule and ownership line for that date.
The Raleigh News and Observer notes the University’s selection of Mr. Hamilton as Associate Professor of History. He brings deep study of North Carolina from 1565 to 1868, plans a MacMillan publication, and adds enthusiasm to established faculty including Dr. Battle and Dr. Raper. The piece emphasizes passion and personal touch in effective teaching.
H L Stanley of Brano praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption claiming his wife’s health restored after five years of coughing and bleeding. He says one bottle helped, twelve finished the cure, and the medicine cures worst coughs and colds with a money back guarantee. Sold at W A Hayes Drug Store for 50 cents and 1.00. Trial bottle offered.
A Sunday School story about John the Baptist eating locusts astonished a child who doubted grasshoppers could be eaten. The next oatmeal morning the boy told his teacher the tale made his porridge taste better.
The remedy is praised for soothing healing properties and pleasant taste. It is popular with mothers of small children for colds croup and whooping cough with quick relief and no opium. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist. Raleigh reports thirty four January deaths, nearly half from pneumonia.
Foley & Co of Unicago markets Foley’s Honey and Tar as a trusted throat and lung remedy. The advertisement warns against imitations, noting its mild laxative effect no opiates and safety for children and delicate persons. Sold by W. A. Hayes Druggist.
A reflective line notes that silence would grow if men stopped talking once they finished sharing all their knowledge.
The Greenville News reports that North and South Carolina mills use 56.8 percent of cotton opened in Southern mills. The two states together consume more than Massachusetts by 170 844 bales, with South Carolina ranking second to Massachusetts in national consumption.
The passage contrasts a Chicago theater fire death toll with over 3000 pneumonia deaths and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a preventative. It cites a Logan New York testimonial praising the remedy for a severe cold nearly preventing pneumonia and notes a lumber price rise in Norfolk impacting North Carolina.
An article mix highlights kidney care claims and remedies, a tobacco naming jab, a meningitis death linked to smoking, malaria cures, and wedding plans for Congressman Longworth and Miss Alice Roosevelt at the White House, with local drugstores cited for products and a February wedding note.
An old ad endorses Rocky Mountain Tea and Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar as a cure for croup whooping cough and bronchial affections. It cites W. A. Hayes and Reynolds & Walker as sellers. A proverb and faint tribute to Methusa’a appear among the lines.
Wheat 60 lb bushel to 100 dollars per bushel. corn 56 lb bushel 60 cents. oats 32 lb bushel 40 cents. meal 46 lb bushel 70 cents. Pork 8 cents. bacon 10 to 15 cents. flour per barrel 5 to 6 dollars. Tallow 4 to 6 cents. beeswax 20 cents. butter 29 cents. eggs 20 cents per dozen. Peas 1.25 to 1.50. beans 1.06 to 1.50 per bushel. Hides dry 4 to 10 cents. chickens 10 to 40 cents. live geese 4 cents. wool washed 25 to 35 cents. unwashed 15 to 20. coffee 10 to 20 cents. sugar 5 to 6 cents per pound. All domestic produce in good demand.
A collage of notices and ads mentions W Devoe paints and savings for Mr J J Hall of Sheffield Pa, tobacco shipments near Surf, and Foley's Honey and Tar praise by J N Patterson. Carnegie pledges $50 000 for UNC library endowment. Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar touted by Reynolds Walker. Teachers' Assembly set in Raleigh June 12 for four days. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promoted by W A Hayes.
The Biblical Recorder urges the public to demand enforcement of the Warts act by sheriffs. It warns that neglect by sheriffs betrays temperance goals and calls readers to replace weak officials who fail to close down distilleries and halt illegal operations.
A Rev. J. C Warren praises Electric Bitters as a life changing tonic curing back and joint ailments and fatigue. Advertisements tout Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatic pain and Pineales for kidney and bladder relief, with local druggists Reynolds & Walker and W. A Hayes offering the products with guarantees.
Forsyth county to erect a new County Home at $21 000. Foley's Honey and Tar cures la grippe coughs and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Mr G Vacher of Chicago reports his wife was cured after using it. Refuse substitutes. Sold by W A Hayes, Druggist.
An old advertisement claims ManZan provides immediate relief for bleeding itching and pro trading piles. The collapsible tube with nozzle enables direct internal application. Reynolds & Anhonest distribute the product amid other claims and odd commentary about a noble work by a man.
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