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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
5
OCR fragment from a North Carolina local paper shows subscription and advertising rates. Mentions a 1999 date, pricing per square inch for ads, and general notice of rate structure without clear names or events.
Timetable No 11 in effect September 6 1908 shows west bound mixed Raleigh to Hillsboro due 3 59 am on No 11 and No 28 local passenger due 10 28 am. Also No 139 local passenger due Hillsboro 1 ta am. East bound trains include No 112 mixed Greensboro to Hillsboro due 2 20 am and No 144 local passenger due 10 47 am. No 22 local passenger due Hillsboro 4 42 pm. J M O Neal agent.
Office hours listed with morning and afternoon closings and money order book cutoff. Notices include probate administrator appointment for London Moore estate, ads for walnuts, rabbit skins, eggs, coffee, dress goods, and local business promotions. Mentions visits by Ernest Leonard and Linda Roach, and road contract awarded to T. D. Scruggs for Hillsboro Township macadam road work.
The remains of Miss Pearl Blackwood who died in Shreveport Louisiana were brought to Hillsboro Friday January 8 and interred in the Hillsboro cemetery in the family plot. Rev John C Hocutt conducted burials with pallbearers H L Parish N N Brown John R Reach P H Smith S W Andrews and George Lyreh. The surviving brother Wille Fuller accompanied the remains. Miss Blackwood a native of Orange County the daughter of Mr and Mrs John M Blackwood in her 82nd year had been living in Shreveport since March 1908.
A bygone appeal extols local papers as the nation’s liberty guardians and community lifelines. It urges merchants and bankers to invest in their town editors, asserting shared profits through a united press effort to build prosperity and widespread influence.
The president of the Industrial and Orphans Home at Macon Gi touts Electric Bitters as a nine year staple, aiding stomach liver and kidney health and boosting weak children. Other items include local notices of charter extension, salesmen wanted, and regional visits by Hillsboro residents.
County Commissioners in session with Chair J D Webb and colleagues C B Wilson and W E Lloyd. Proceedings note business from licensing curio imports to aid for County Home, road work, and insurance on the court house. Elections for school tax denied. future consideration suggested.
In a reminiscence from Woman's Home Companion, Dr Edward Everett Hale recalls his boyhood July in Boston. He describes spending his allowance on a camera obscura and small treats, then narrates a historical moment as he passes Park Street Meeting House and hears the first national hymn My Country Tis of Thee. He reflects on joining the throng and the mixed feelings of enjoying the scene and the wartime memories.
The Raleigh News and Observer notes Sheriff S W Andrews of Orange County settled in jail with the State Treasurer for 1908 taxes. The total tax due was 9597 46, with a 4491 21 payment received to settle the balance in full. Orange is the fifth county to complete payments, joining Johnston, Hernett, Vance, and Washington, reflecting well on Sheriff Andrews.
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