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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
2
July issue notes Kerr special master report on railroad lease legality and Puerto Rico conflict updates. Advertisements for bitters and salves claim health benefits, urging readers to buy remedies. notices mention stores in Hillsboro and families seeking relief from various ailments.
The Wilmington Messenger urges North Carolina to focus on road construction after education and home growth. It cites a need for a strong road law, statewide mobilization across all 96 counties, and use of convicts or jail labor as part of the program, drawing on The Pilot of Norfolk Virginia for comparison.
A historical advertisement extols CHAMBERLAIN'S remedy, listing ten reasons it relieves stomach pain and cholera morbus, treats dysentery and diarrhoea, prevents bilious colic, and is safe and effective. Sold by W. A. Hayes, druggist, in 25 and 50e sizes.
The Rockingham Index notes a clever scammer who took over $1,160 in May and vanished. J. D. Abbott has repaid his money, reducing pursuit by county school committee members. Also mentions James M. Milliken returning as U. S. Marshal, office moves to Greensboro, and a monument design by Robert H. Bradley for Henry L. Wyatt. An advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption with a trial offer at W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store.
The jury in the conspiracy case against the American Tobacco Company before Judge Fitzgerald failed to reach a verdict after fifteen hours deliberation. With ten voting for conviction and two for acquittal, Jurors Hobart C. Fash and Foster Miliken stood firm, while Juror Binsse briefly consulted a doctor for possible risk of stroke. District Attorney Olcott indicated a retrial could be sought in the fall if other cases allowed.
A Lerington man tells a Charlotte News reporter that all clues to the Springs murder have fallen through and officers are still in the dark. A Pinkerton detective in Baltimore reports no headway, and the mysterious figure near Reidsville remains unsolved.
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