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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
2
Hillsborough notes say President Roosevelt will visit Raleigh on Monday October 2. Senator Simmons proposes aligning the State Fair date with the visit but no decision yet. The President is expected to stop briefly in Raleigh Durham Greensboro and Charlotte to address the public.
A testimonial from Cearfoss Maryland touts Dr King s New Discovery as a fast relief and cure for consumption related symptoms and respiratory illnesses. It claims to prevent pneumonia and offers trial bottles free at W A Hayes Drugstore priced 50c and 1.00.
In 1887 Dr. B F Dizon reports fifty three children sent to homes. He stresses careful inquiry, declines some homes, and urges childless homes to help secure good placements for orphans, noting the mission to elevate the little ones.
Sprainted ankle, sore shoulder, and strained neck are highlighted as woes cured by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The ad claims prompt use saves time, money, and suffering and notes sale by W A Hayes, druggist.
Mrs Adolph Buesing of Davenport Iowa reports a twelve year asthma case cured by Foley's Honey and Tar after other doctors gave only temporary relief. The ad notes the product sold by W A Hayes Druggist and cites a social statistic about African American labor in the U S workforce.
A commentary on editors losing nerve to challenge local policy and take on community fights. The piece argues newspapers should simply report news, not fight battles for readers, noting public perception shifts when papers pursue policy attacks. It also includes an unrelated ad for Foley's Kidney Care promising cures for kidney diseases.
A satirical remark targets church members who mock a spectacle like a circus with imagined seats. The line quips that mental control over matter proves the point, prompting debate over belief and display.
Cuban diarrhoea is described as serious as cholera with limited remedies. Mrs Minnie Jacobs of Houston testifies Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her husband after doctors failed. The ad notes the product for sale by W A Hayes Druggist and mentions rural mail routes in North Carolina.
Agricultural prices for wheat corn oats meal pork bacon flour tallow wax eggs peas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee sugar and other country produce. Public auction on June 10 1905 in Cedar Grove township for two parcels totaling about 243.5 acres from the McAdams estate with terms one third cash and rest in 6 and 12 months at 6 percent. W R Hawkins commissioner.
Letter to Ike Albert from Lana North Carolina discusses Devoe lead and zinc paint claiming savings of at least 25 on material costs. It extols Devoe as the strongest paint, covering more and lasting longer, with notes on lead and oil comparisons and quicker job completion. A second note from the Charlotte Observer reports Wilmington aldermen raising saloon license taxes from 264 to 600 remain contested by saloon owners who may resist collection.
Irwinville Georgia resident Mr J T Barber extols Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for sudden attacks. Foley s Kidney Cure is praised for Bright s disease and diabetes relief with anecdotal patient claims. Advertisements note laxative Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets as natural in effect and available from W A Hayes Druggist.
On Wednesday June 7 1905 the undersigned will sell at the highest bid two tracts in Cedar Grove township Orange County North Carolina on lands of David L Wells T P John F Compton and others The H J Murphy Home Place containing 156 acres The Gray Place containing 100 acres The sale will be public with options to bid separately or together One half cash and balance in six and twelve months interest on deferred payments Sale at 12 o clock noon on the premises June 2 1905.
A reader from Cherokee Indiana credits Electric Bitters with curing severe kidney disease and related symptoms. Citations praise the tonic as a cure for weak kidneys liver or stomach with a testimonial from a local user. Also notes Mrs Lindsay of Fort William Ontario reports relief from dyspepsia using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
A U S citizen and North Carolina voter applies to Orange County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons at the corner house of Charton Street and Margaret Lane in Hillsboro. The notice bears the date May 16, 1905 and Theodore Turner as applicant. The listing also notes Southern Railway low rates for numerous 1905 summer school and conference events across several cities with travel details and agents listed.
An exquisite reproduction titled The Three Most Beautiful Roses by Paul de Longpre is on the June cover of Woman's Home Companion. The tone color cover, available for ten cents at newsstands, features a painting valued at hundreds of dollars and praises the artist as the king of flower painters.
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