This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1897
Page
3
Orange County community items include post office changes, county tax revision notices, an upcoming sale notice by Thomas Gray, and a public schools tax election plan. Postmaster Hassell resigns to join American Tobacco, infant burial, and local church notices accompany the regional updates.
One of the season’s most beautiful weddings took place at the Trinitarian Church in New Bedford when Miss Susan Nash Read married Shepperd Strudwick of Richmond. The ceremony featured Lohengrin music and a large wedding party with Read family members as attendants. A small reception followed and the couple departed for their wedding tour.
The County Commissioners will meet in regular session next Monday to draw the jury for the August Term of Orange Superior Court at the meeting.
On Monday July 7 at the county court house in Hillsboro the undersigned will sell at public auction a tract of land in Cedar Grove township Orange County bound by W Ford heirs A M and others St Thomas M Jordan and Alex Oakley heirs of Wing Parker known as the Mary F Jordan estate to pay debts. Sale by virtue of a deed of trust and will of H Jordan. Terms: one third cash and two installments. sale at 12 o clock noon. James Webb Jr trustee.
Clyde Cheek, son of James A. Covek and a Raleigh campaign clerk, is appointed Hillsboro postmaster to succeed Hassell. He faced two rivals, Nate Woflow and Milton E. Craig, in a contested selection. Mrs A A Springs shot dead by an intruder in Lexington, a respected hotel proprietor’s wife, as Hillsboro residents react to the violent crime.
In a letter to the editor a reader protests the loss of the long a in saying program. He argues authorities Worcester Webster Standard and Century do not sanction the shift and criticizes educated speakers from lawyers to preachers for adopting the pronunciation.
District authorities remind delinquent taxpayers to read notices under Revenue Law sections 2 and 55, dated March 6 1997, urging prompt payment to avoid penalties. The county is tasked with reporting tax delinquencies to the proper offices each term and ensuring clearance of licenses and related duties.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.