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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
2
The State Corporation Commission report on banks as of November 9 1905 shows total assets of 41 095 539 up 9 491 356 from the prior year with 238 banks vs 183 a year earlier. Deposits subject to check total 27 720 128 indicating broad state prosperity and wealth growth.
J O R Hooper reports Mrs Mollie Holt of Woodford Tennessee nearly died from a lung infection. After doctors warned she could not recover, Kings New Discovery given at bedside triggered rapid improvement until full recovery, now described as a healthy woman. Hayes Drugstore advertises cough and cold remedies with trial bottles.
Postmaster Bailey of Raleigh reports December payments to rural free delivery mail carriers totaling 61.87 dollars, up about 20 thousand dollars for the year. Receipts at Raleigh post office show a roughly twelve and a half percent increase over last year.
Mrs. Cora Walker of Porterville California endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best for colds and a preventive of pneumonia. It is praised for safety and pleasant taste and is sold by W A Hayes, Druggist.
Eugene E McLeen who served as chief engineer in the New York Comptroller's office since 1881 died on Friday night January 5. He previously served as aid de camp to President Jefferson Davis at the Civil War outbreak.
Foley & Co Chicago originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy. Due to its merit many imitations appear. ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse substitutes. It is mildly laxative, contains no opiates and is safest for children. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist.
The report notes 655 state convicts with six under 13 years old and says no room exists in the penitentiary department for the criminal insane.
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania recounts his mother’s long rheumatism struggle. After using Chamberlains Pain Balm she can move with less pain and remains a regular user for ongoing relief. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist.
The Raleigh and Wake County dispensary board reports a net profit of 20000 for the last quarter of 1905 and a yearly total of 63508.20, marking a 7500 increase over 1904.
An article warns of delaying Foley's Kidney Cure after signs of kidney trouble. It claims the remedy strengthens kidneys and cures Bright's disease risks. Case of A R Bass from Morgantown, Ind shows recovery after nightly trips for kidney pain. Mention of Winston Salem school census count.
Mrs Mary Brown of 20 Lafayette Place Poughkeepsie NY endorses Dr Kings New Life Pills as the most reliable and pleasant laxative she has found best for stomach liver and bowels guaranteed by W A Hayes Druggist 260
The article highlights W. B. Upchurch, a veteran farmer, praising his corn with a 1600 grain ear and a general zeal for uplift through agriculture. It notes family life with three children named William Willie and Bill and ends with a Bee’s Laxative Honey and Tar promotion via Reynolds & Walker and a church membership statistic.
President and Mrs Roosevelt announce the wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Representative Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati. The ceremony will take place Saturday February 17 at 12 oclock in the White House Host Room.
Statement by Thomas H Dickson Town Constable of Hillsboro settlement with the town dated January 2 1906 showing receipts totaling 691 84 from cemetery sales interments in cemetery scales gasoline fines costs axes licenses dog tax road commission and other sources and disbursements to the town treasurer with audit by Clerk C M Hayes on January 20 1906.
Wheat per bushel sixty pounds at $180 forage. Corn sixty cents per 56 pounds. Oats forty cents per 32 pounds. Meal seventy cents per 46 pounds. Pork eight cents per pound. Bacon hog round ten to fifteen cents. Flour per barrel six five to six dollars. Tallow four to ots per pound. Beeswax twenty ots per pound. Batter twenty nine ots per pound. Eggs twenty ots per dozen. Peas one dollar twenty five ots per bushel. Beans one hundred six to one hundred fifty ots per bushel. Hides dry four to ten cents per pound. Chickens ten to forty ots each. Feathers live geese forty ots per pound. Wool washed twenty five to thirty five ots per pound. Unwashed wool fifteen to twenty cents. Coffee ten to twenty ots per pound. Sugar five to uta per pound. All kinds of country produce in good demand.
The article notes 10,087 known millionaires worldwide with total fortunes around 9 billion dollars. Rockefeller alone is worth at least 500 million, and over half live in America. New York city counts 1,300 millionaires, while Europe holds many remaining. Notable fortunes include Sir Thomas Lipton and the Duke of Norfolk.
Mrs Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Maine says Electric Bitters cured her chronic dyspepsia of twenty years and restored her to full strength. The tonic also claims to aid stomach and liver diseases and general debility, sold with guarantee at W A Hayes Drugstore. The Oxford Orphan Asylum reported Raleigh receipts of 11450 for the year, up 3177 from prior year, with 266 children in care on October 1 1905.
An early 1900s ad-style notice warns mothers that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is harmless for children and helps coughs colds and croup. It promotes sale by W A Hayer and Reynolds and Walker and mentions a Hampton Roads demonstration with King Edward. Pine-ales is touted as kidney and pain relief sold by Reynolds & Walker.
Itemized expenditures of the Orange County Board of Commissioners for the year ending November 30 1805 list payments to numerous individuals and suppliers. The long ledger includes officers like J F McAdams J Thompson and D C Parks, jail and house costs, bridge and road work, salaries pensions and supplies with many small line items and totals.
Quoted testimonials from J. K. Cullman Potterville Mich and W A Hayes Diaggiat praise Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach trouble and constipation. They claim immediate relief and customer satisfaction with money back if unsatisfied. ManZan relief is described as a collapsible tube product sold by Reynolds & and noted for direct internal application. The ad ends with a wry closing line about borrowing trouble.
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