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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
3
Local notices and railroad schedule for Hillsboro. Western and eastern trains listed with due times. Office hours and postmaster notes included. Advertisements for land sales and local goods mix with brief community notices and cures from patent remedies.
At the May 30 meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners Mayor Norwood cast the deciding vote to grant liquor licenses for another year from July 1 to William F. Jackson Theodore Turner and James A. Cheek. Commissioners Webb Cheek voted yes Brown Forre st voted no and Fawcett was absent leaving a tie. The article questions responsibility for whiskey sales in Hillsboro.
Finance Committee report for Hillsboro North Carolina ending May 27 1901 details accounts of Town Constable D M Laws and Treasurer J S Spurgeon with delinquencies fines licenses and salaries itemized. Also notice of administration for Mrs Mary Faucett requiring debts and claims to be presented within twelve months from May 16 1901.
The Hillsboro retailer Parks and Hedgpeth tout a large stock for Spring and Summer, including dress fabrics, white goods, shoes, clothing, hardware, fertilizers, furniture, shingles, and general groceries. They invite shoppers with low prices and offer to order items from manufacturers if not in stock. Including endorsements for Foley's Kidney Care and local bridge projects.
On July 1 1901 at the Hillsboro courthouse door a town lot in Hillsboro described as one and one half shor e acres will be sold under a Superior Court partition decree in the case of Charles Strayborn et al v Dr Edwin Berry et al. Terms are one third cash and two equal installments at 6 and 12 months with interest on deferred payments. Also notice of license application to retail spirituous liquor at Samuel Lloyd distillery Chapel Hill Township on July 1 1901 by B Goodman.
Auditor Dixon states all pensioners both old and new must appear in person or by certificates of physics before the Board of Pensions for examination and approval on or before the first Monday in Italy. No widow who remarried after April 1865 will be placed on the rolls. Alamance Gleaner urges attendance at the earliest practicable moment.
A sprained ankle story from Geo. E. Cary of The Guide discusses a severe ankle sprain and relief from Chamberlain's Pain Balm. An asthma relief testimonial touts Fo ley's Honey and Tar. A jobless man is mocked as idle while Littleton Female College plans an industrial building ready for the next term.
The court to sell parcels in Hillsboro Orange County under a May 1901 order. First tract seventy acres called Tinain place borders Berry McCracken Cheek and others with payments due one third cash and two later installments. Second and third tracts around 100 and 65 acres, with legal rights assigned to Edward A Terrell and Susan D Terrell. Sale includes details of adjoining land owners and payment terms. Notices dated May 23 and May 25 1901.
Sabbath ReEaping focuses on religious material with editors notes, Sabbath-School Lesson, poetry, stories, missions reports, and child activities. Free samples of Wit NESS and Sabbath Reading offered, along with pages of the Baker’s Bible. address John Dougall & Co. 150 Nassau Street New York.
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