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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1897
Page
2
Joseph A Harris serves as publisher and owner of the Orange County Observer in Hillsborough. The weekly paper is issued with the byline Eveny Tacrspay and notes Joe Rsd ay as part of the staff.
President McKinley has summoned Congress to convene an extra session on Monday March 15 to hear communications from the Executive. Democrats express readiness to welcome the return of prosperity under any administration.
John R. Smith a Republican from Goldsboro has taken possession of the State penitentiary. Senator Mc Caskey is named superintendent of the Weldon farm and Reinhardt to lead the Weldon farm.
Judge Simonton restrains the North Carolinas Railroad Governor Ras and others from breaking or threatening to break the lease. They are cited to appear before Judge Simonton in Greensboro on Monday, April to answer the bill filed in chancery by the Southern Railway. Counsel for the Southern Railway include John G. Cache and Fabius H. Dasbee of Ravengh.
A nostalgic praise ad recounts Dr. King's New Discovery as the true remedy for consumption coughs and colds, claiming guaranteed satisfaction with free trial bottles at W A Hayes' drug store. The piece also notes large naval vessel costs and the Suez Canal's busy year, urging readers to seek relief from illness and to test the advertised remedy.
Witnesses describe the McKinley inauguration era in Washington City with a grand parade from the Capitol to the White House. The account lists notable figures including McKinley Cleveland Hobart Stevenson Sherman Carlisle and Mark Haura a campaign land manipulator later named to the U S Senate from Ohio. The piece laments North Carolina’s late legislature adjournment with hundreds of bills left on calendars and criticizes pie hunters.
A historical price rundown lists grains, staples, and livestock with per unit costs. Wheat and corn near eighty to one hundred dollars per bushel, oats, oats per bushel, flour by barrel, butter and beeswax by weight, pork by pound, and hides or geese priced per unit. Mentions various dried goods and country produce values.
A Detroit Free Press reader recalls a Second Avenue encounter with a rough man who shared a single red apple from an ash barrel for a hungry child. The tale frames kindness amid poverty and the boy’s father's pride, ending with reflections on humble gifts and humane memory. An unrelated ad promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a tonic and purifier, urging readers to buy the best and avoid substitutes. The piece also lists upcoming UNC lectures in March to May, featuring professors on biblical making, zoological trips, Homer, philosophy and life, and diving ashes.
The Dorham Herald reports the death of Jerry Mason, an elderly Black man who had served students at the University of North Carolina for over 59 years. He died at Chapel Hill on Tuesday after a long illness, leaving behind many friends among both Black and white communities who will mourn his passing.
The readable fragments describe a purifier device and a sale by a firm with partial names. The text mentions a Hill and a seller, indicating a sale or listing related to purification technology.
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