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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
3
A collage of notices and ads from May 1897 including rail and court items, local sales, sermons, auction details, druggists promotions, and community events. Names like W A Hayes and Brown & Co appear with notices of legal cases, shipping lanes, and local business pitches.
The Hillsboro shop announces a new, commodious warehouse and full spring stock including fertilizers shingles hardware and farm goods. It promotes lower prices and values on clothing furniture and wash fabrics with a lecture series for ladies and notices church events and a local fish story.
The Raleigh asylum reports 1400 inmates, the largest total in about fifty years, signaling a rise in mental illness cases and strain on facilities.
A historical notice urges delinquent taxpayers to review sections 42 and 43 of the Revenue Law ratified March 6 1907 and avoid penalties by paying taxes. Sheriff duty to report tax payments to county courts is described, with reference to licenses and various taxes including merchant and livery taxes. Signed by John Ko Hughes Shen of Orange County.
A staccato storefront and legal notice fragment references a will or proceeding to be commenced on March 7 by Mrs. A, with a residence south of the court house. The Heward-Pinan system is mentioned as taught for $4.00 per month, with marked misspellings and stray prices.
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