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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
2
The Grange County Observer of Hilesborough North Carolina dated Thursday January 18 1907 notes weekly publication with publisher Joseph A Harris identified as owner. The readable fragment confirms a historic local newspaper record with routine weekly issues.
The annual Farmers Institute for Orange County will be held at Hillsboro on Thursday August 1 1907. Two or three speakers from the State Department of Agriculture will join local speakers. Do not forget the date Hillsboro Thursday August 1 1907 and tell neighbors to attend. Every parent should be compelled to send children to school as education is due by the State.
European praise for Lone Live Wite King contrasts with American support for Dr King s New Discovery. Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Massachusetts reports immediate relief and rapid cure of coughs and colds. W A Hayes Drug Gist guarantees the remedy with trial bottles available free for fifty cents and one dollar.
The Durham Herald notes support for Overman, arguing he has done the state good service and deserves re election, though some fear another candidate may seek the post. The piece emphasizes loyalty to the party and the possibility of competition.
From Eldon Iowa J E Houghland recounts a Comrade from Elgin Illinois saved from cholera morbus after taking Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he carries and uses it in immigration work and on parties to the South and West. Sold by W A Slayes Druggist.
About 161 127 people in the Philippine Islands were eligible to vote on a 1500 peso property qualification and 123 937 voted in the last municipal elections. Also an unrelated ad promotes Dr Shoop Health Coffee Imitation claiming it imitates real coffee flavors using grains and malt.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar provides immediate relief to asthma sufferers when taken promptly. Sold by W. A Hayes in Draggis.
July 13 1907 list of undelivered letters in Hillsboro includes Browning Maggie Davis C E Glaze J W Hanford Worth Henderson Henrietta Mebane Delia Parrish J W Teasley N O. Persons calling for these letters should say advertised G Rosemont P M
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Restorative and Life Pills as painless purifiers curing headache biliousness and bowel issues. It claims therapy via internal nerves and heart kidney support, offers free samples and a book, and names W A Hayes drugstore in Racine Wisconsin as seller. The piece ends with a Baltimore death anecdote and a sales pitch.
Obituary notes Miss Maggie Thompson aged 56 died last Thursday night in Joppa Orange County. Burial was at Chestnut Ridge. She is noted as connected with the southern Orange County Thompson family. The item also includes health ads for Foley's Kidney Cure and Kodol as digestion aids with local dealer W A Hayes. Charles H. Mebane named State Superintendent Joyner successor. details about his career in education.
An Observer reader commends N W Brown for opposing the clerk’s hand out and the express agent’s. The letter argues Hillsboro’s dry period shows more alcohol sold via clerks than by express agents, citing 10 barrels versus 1 gallon and urging action to end the clerk’s hand out six days a week.
An ad touts Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a non irritant stimulant for bowels. In a separate obituary, Sheriff F D Markham of Durham County dies Friday afternoon July 12 at 5 15 o clock after a long illness. He was 62, survived by a wife four sons and two daughters. Durham County formed about 26 years ago and he served as sheriff nearly all that time.
The State Board of Education chose Greenville as the site for the Eastern Training School for Teachers. Eight towns competed, each offering inducements to attract the school and its benefits. Electric Bitters advertised as a health restorer for women at W. A. Hagen's drug store.
Mansfield Pa resident W Kelley testifies after two years of kidney and bladder illness. He spent much on doctors before Foley's Kidney Cure restored his health and he urges others to try it. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist. Quote from a wit in a newspaper cartoon ends with a money remark.
When indigestion or stomach trouble appears take a small amount of Kodol, a vegetable acid compound that digests food. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist. The United States has thousands of school buildings and teachers teaching millions of children.
The Moore County News nominates ex Judge Shaw of Greeneboro for Attorney General citing integrity and honesty. A Moore native, now in another county, would give Moore county a state ticket representative after a long absence. Readers are urged to consider this new entry.
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