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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
3
Orange County Observer reports subscription rates and advertising prices. It notes mortgage sale advertisements by G C Farthing and the executors W A White and F L Daniels, local social items, a church caravan to Mare Hill Church, and multiple small notices including a marriage, lost jacket, and local court or tax discussions. The column includes civic updates, baptisms in Eno River, and a safety reminder about Kadol.
List of unclaimed letters dated October 2 1909 at Hillsboro including Abernethy W M Askew Jennie K Brown Emma Barrier J D Deaton J C Holeman Effie Howard G G Michola J R Ray J M Sellars Annie Summers J M Yarbrough Jim. request to say advertised when claiming.
Confederate Veterans of Orange County are urged to attend a reunion at Burnside the old Cameron homestead near Hillsboro. Major Charles M. Stedman will give an address. Notify neighbors of the October 23 1909 meeting time.
Lost on Sunday September 12 1909 at Little River Church a large plain gold ring marked inside S T. Stop A. W. Reward offered five dollars. Return to T Latta R F D No 1 Hillsboro NC.
The Raleigh papers report the death in Raleigh on Thursday morning September 30 of Captain Henry M Fancette a well known local figure. He was a son of the late John P Fancette and born near Hillsboro. He was about 62 years old and had health issues after a stroke years ago.
An old period ad discourse urges parents to restore children’s health for summer with Castoria. It cites Dr. William J. McCrann and Charles H. Fletcher, praising Castoria as a vegetable remedy that regulates digestion and sleep without narcotics, with endorsements from physicians and family use. It also notes local church events, millinery openings, post cards, insurance ads, and a county school board meeting.
Sheriff S W Andrews urges prompt payment of 1909 taxes in Orange County with collection dates in Caldwell Cedar Grove Chapel Hill White Cross Efland University and Hillsboro from October 1 to October 30 1909. He notes cotton prices and county expenses and stresses taxes are due annually with emphasis on early settlement.
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated February 1, 1893 and registered in Orange County, notice is given that on November 1, 1909 at 12 o’clock m a tract of land of 55 37 100 acres adjoining N A Horne Josiah Atkins W G Couch James Crawtree and R M Shields will be sold for cash at the Orange County courthouse. G C Farthing, mortgagee. Also administrator E J Gray announces qualification to administer the estate of the late Mrs Sarah Gray and calls all debts owed to the estate to be paid and claims presented by October 4, 1910 or be barred.
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