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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1893
Page
1
An old advertisement touts low wholesale costs on Yankee Nations, cloves, hosiery, underwear, corsets, and lace curtains. It claims a department store study line and guarantees savings for customers visiting by promising broad stock and wholesale pricing.
A damaged OCR fragment presents lines about Brout foot and gray dust spreading at dusk. The speaker notes hope and mortality with brief references to life, endings, and a bed.
Six horses are stolen by a trail from Bill Hines. The Easterner Jack Craig is suspected. his wife, defiant, outwits guards and frees him. A frontier town chaos ends with the wife’s release and the pair fleeing, leaving Sage Bar unsure how to act.
Beall of Talbottom, Ga reports a one hundred dollar bill with a distinctive mark moved through multiple hands after a man cashed a check at the People's Bank. Within an hour the same bill appeared in deposits and payments, eventually totaling five hundred dollars as it changed hands outside the bank.
Perorations are Gladstone's strongest point says the Grand Choir member. He may confuse Gazette readers with figures but when finishing his speech his voice drops and the audience rises to meet the orator. The speech ends with an echo of emotion as the crowd cheers.
The New Orleans Picayune notes the move to end lagniappe in the Second and Third Districts. The custom gave customers a small gratuity like cakes and nuts, mainly to children and African Americans, and was widely expected to be a legal right. The end of the practice will disappoint many accustomed to its benefits.
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