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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
3
The Hillsboro Observer highlights subscription rates and office hours, county commissioners meeting date, ongoing liquor license debates, local visits from Reed and Cameron families, and community notices. It also advertises Southern Railway veterans’ fares to Louisville and local business updates from Hughes Coopers and Brown & Co.
By order of the Superior Court of Orange County special proceedings in the Smith estate will sell at the court house door in Hillsboro on June 17 1905 a tract of about 157 acres along the County Home road near the river subject to widow's dower. Terms are one third cash and two equal notes at six and twelve months with title reserved until final payment. Also listed is a separate mortgage sale of 204 acres in Little River township with Wm E Clarke's one fifth and James G Clarke's one sixth interests offered for cash on June 5 1905.
A crowded account says a great naval battle occurred last Saturday and Sunday at the Straits of Korea, the Japanese securing a large victory while the Russian fleet dispersed and several ships sunk or driven to flight. The passage also references local ads and social notes on paint pricing, hardware, and social visits in Hillsboro, including a Brunswick Stew benefit netting $28.26 for the Presbyterian mange.
Town tax listing announced for Hillsboro for the year 1905. JOSEPH A. HARRIS warns property and poll tax payers to list taxes at the Orange County Observer printing office in June. failure risks double tax. Also notices about estates of John K. Hughes and Mrs. Lillie Dorothy with payment deadlines and claims to be presented by dates in 1903 1905.
Card of Thanks from N C Yearby thanks donors for May 23 visit and expresses Christian unity. Local items note Maria Webb returning to Hillsboro, Bettie Woolf visiting, John De Morris seeking Hillsboro telephone franchise, Mary Corinna Cooley marriage invitation, and various ads and notices about medicine, paint, ice cream saucers, and local personnel changes.
Doctors from Charlotte Asheville and Louisburg report Harris Lithia Water as a beneficial tonic for fever thirst and febrile conditions. They note good tolerance large quantities no heaviness and recommend regular use by patients and fever cases for kidney bladder and general relief.
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