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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1899
Page
3
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The page lists train schedules and freight times for the AVERTISING ii section, local announcements about county commissioners meetings, and notices from merchants. It includes seed sellers, shop promotions, and miscellaneous catalog-like ads for books and supplies. It mentions Miss Lena Daniel and J. D. Grove among local residents and references a March 6th county meeting.
Local notes mention cold lingering weather and a town visit by JC Hoeutt and John Sykes. Hon R W Scott travels for Disk plough business, C Cates returns from Haw k Betas, and a farmer plans to build a new home. Sympathy extended to the Terrell family, Mrs. McDuffie improves, L B Lloyd hunts fowl, and a reader asks for Samson's wife’s name.
Advertisement reports a rapid sale of a storehouse stock before May 1 with 1675 pairs of shoes offered at or below cost in Richmond Virginia dated June 10 1898. Goose Grease Liniment Co of Greensboro North Carolina receives a customer letter praising the product and requesting larger bottle sizes and prices for continued use on horses cats and other ailments.
A dated notice from 1809 urges Caldwell Institute and local districts to pay state and county taxes to avoid trouble. It portrays officials demanding school, county, and road funds with strong rhetoric and threats of force, signed by JOAN K. HUGHES. The fragment also includes an unrelated line offering daily, weekly, or monthly boarder accommodations.
A column notes illicit distilling lore with an old man who fixed whiskey pots and a ganger seeking his repair location. It also lists medicines and local anecdotes, including weather records, employment notes, and humorous quips about bicycles and pronouns.
Feb Q and Mr Joy Hester join in marriage at bride’s father A J Brockwell’s residence. Esquire gerton Bart officiates as a crowd gathers. local life, illness, and community events are reported including deaths in Culpeper Virginia and mentions of teachers, officials, and a bank of small town occurrences.
A young shopper seeks a quality gift for a young man and is guided by a gallant clerk. She ends up purchasing four items she does not want before realizing her mistake, highlighting a hurried sales interaction and mistaken choices.
Public notice seeks applicants for ticket agents and general information duties. Address inquiries to R L Veuxos F R Danny AN OPEL in Charlotte North Carolina and Asheville North Carolina with no trouble answering questions.
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