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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
2
The Hillsborough paper notes increasing demand for servants as labor shortages grow in town. It urges households to share home tasks, reduce reliance on help, and avoid neglecting chores to maintain order while balancing social duties and church, club, and lodge activities.
Wil lis T. Morgan of Concord recalls two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for keeping him healthy, praising it as the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and long diseases. Trial bottle free.
The report alleges that a major meat packer trust sells spoiled products and that Standard Oil practices short measuring while controlling prices. It highlights broad monopoly evils and antitrust concerns.
It claims a severe cold can be stopped in one or two days with frequent doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the onset of symptoms. The article notes a dry cough and watery nasal discharge as early signs and cites W. A. Hayes druggist as the seller.
The Kentucky governor issues a proclamation advising all loyal citizens currently abroad or away from the commonwealth to return for a visit from June 13 to June 17. The mandate emphasizes civic duty and reunion within state borders.
A century ago physicians often chose heart remedies without liver concerns. Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar claims to act on the bowels, drive out the cold, clear the throat and chest, and strengthen mucous membranes. Sold by Reynolds & Walker.
Bluffton Indiana resident M T Burroughs praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best for bowel trouble after using it for years. He urges readers to buy now before summer emergencies. Sold by W A Hayes Drugist. Also a note on love and friendship through discipleship by Hugh Black.
An alarmingly chronic constipation result from neglect of clogged bowels and torpid liver. Dr King’s New Life Pills are promoted as the best and gentlest regulators of stomach and bowels. Guaranteed by W A Hayes, Druggist, price 2.50. The ad ends with a reflective quip about regrets and laziness.
An old advertisement promotes Pineville pills that claim to purge poisons from kidneys and bladder, relieve backache, and cleanse the system. The copy targets matrimony and labor relief while urging readers to buy from Reynolds & Walker.
Market prices for wheat corn oats meal pork bacon flour tallow beeswax butter eggs peas beans dry hides chickens feathers wool coffee sugar and country produce. Values shown per bushel per pound per item with cents and dollars. demand described as good.
Mr George K Collins of California visits Hillsboro to spend time with relatives. Judge Purnell reduces William T Turner’s sentence from 18 months to 12 months for illicit distilling and aiding blockaders. Rudolph T U Waley and Julia Frantes Taylor wed at Cedar Grove Methodist Church. Durham Judicial Convention set for June 14 with regional vote tallies. County results for Biggs nomination listed for Gail ford Granville Person Alamance and Orange. Piles treatment promoted by ManZan in local ad.
A Durham Law document states foreigners who dislike the country’s governance should be sent to the nearest dock and returned to their native soil at the earliest opportunity. It declares they should not be citizens.
Testimonies from unnamed users praise Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted home medicine for diarrhoea and bowel trouble. W A Hayes druggist markets it locally. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised as a baby medicine, 34 cents.
Town of Hillsboro issues June listing notice for taxes due 1906. Mayor Joseph H Arbiss warns property owners and poll tax payers to list town property and tax obligations to avoid double taxation. Also notices sheriff sale details for Mary Capé with September 4 1905 sale and a 1906 deadline to contest or claim title.
A Wilmington Messenger excerpt reports that the State Democratic Committee Chair will endorse Senator Simmons for reelection and that the forthcoming convention is expected to back him almost unanimously. The piece argues there is no need to wait for the convention to act.
Town ad cites Electric Bitters as a sure remedy for stomach liver disorders and chronic ailments. A. Brown of Bennettsville, S C, says the medicine restored his wife after years of dyspepsia and torpid liver. It is advertised as curing chills fever malaria biliousness lame back kidney and bladder issues. Sold with guarantee by W A Hayes Druggist. Price.
A reader questions why a seven year old can drop a burnt match to ignite barns while a man struggles to light a wood fire, then promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for stomach trouble and constipation with a free sample at W A Hayes' Drug Store.
The Wilmington Messenger notes the San Francisco earthquake acted like prohibition, closing 4,000 saloons and leaving no blind tigers. It mentions Ring's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy sold by Reynolds & Walker and jokes about eternal punishment belief among neighbors.
An 1882 note cites Pangma occupancy death rates and a 1905 population force, claiming sanitation cut deaths from 112 to 8 per thousand. The ad promotes Cade's Little Liver Pills as a safer alternative to Cathartics for cleansing the liver and strengthening the body, with Reynolds & ... as sellers.
City officials report a federal census listing 22 362 residents in Winston-Salem and suburbs with 17 196 inside the corporate limits. Five years earlier the twin city population was about 15 000.
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