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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
2
The Orange County Observer reports across the executive Farmers Alliance push nonpartisan growth, Railway Commission actions on free passes, and pension list shifts. It also includes court clerks' reports of debts, local crime notes, medical and patent remedies, and social notices from Durham and Oxford, with multiple small updates and advertisements.
Shreveport businessman Aug J Bogel hails Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cough cure and a sure remedy for consumption and colds. Safford merchant J F Campbell likewise commends its claimed efficacy and reliability. A free trial is offered at W A Hayes’ Drug Store. A school deed in Raleigh to the Protestant Episcopal Church is signed by Cameron heirs for 50,000, with one third cash and balance due in twenty years.
Mrs. M. B. Ford of Ruddell's Til suffered eight years from dyspepsia and chronic constipation and was cured by De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous pills for stomach and liver troubles. W. A. Hayes.
The largest salary paid to any Methodist preacher in North Carolina was $2,000. Central Church in Asheville paid Rev. C. W. Lyrd this amount, reflecting a notable church expenditure.
An old advertisement offers Buck Len's Anica Salve as a universal remedy for cats bruises sores ulcers rashes and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold for 25 cents a box by W A Hayes Druggist.
Four tobacco warehouses in Rocky Mount North Carolina are selling at a rate of one million pounds per week. Sales to date total about six million pounds, with experts predicting nine million pounds will be sold during the season.
An old advertisement touts Panacea Ointment as a universal healer for cuts bruises sprains and burns. It notes years of use and full satisfaction and states the product will be sold henceforth by Hillsboro Drug Company in Hillsboro North Carolina, previously made by Mrs Jos A Harris.
Prices for staple goods include wheat 90 cents to 1 dollar per bushel, corn 40 cents, oats 40 cents, meal 60 cents, pork 4 to 5 cents per pound, bacon 7 to 10 cents, flour 5.50 to 6.50 per barrel, butter 15 to 20 cents, eggs 15 cents per dozen, peas 75 cents to 1 dollar, beans 75 cents to 1.50, hides 4 to 8 cents, chickens 8 to 20 cents each, wool 18 to 25 cents, candled wool 10 cents, burr wool 5 cents, coffee 12 to 29 cents, sugar 6 to 7 cents per pound. country produce in good demand.
The item extols Browns' Iron Bitters as a premier health tonic in medicine history over the last twenty five years. It claims universal benefit for all ages and states the product is sold by all dealers.
Under authority of 1830 Private Laws Chapter 142 the Town of Hilimboro will sell multiple plots at auction on Thursday December 16 1897 at 10 a m on Town Commons. Bids start above 100 per lot with credit terms of one year half and two years. Title not reserved but deed issued when security approved. Sale may adjourn to another day before February 1 1898 with undersigned approval.
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