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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1895
Page
2
The State Guard Bill, passed by the Legislature, eliminates the Encampment and caps company funds at 150 dollars. Report notes confusion in Raleigh as lawmakers adjourn and hints at forthcoming changes to Orange county magistrates and road laws. It cites national railway earnings and argues for better country roads and factories to boost Southern prosperity.
New York March 2 1805 Charles E Harris known as North Carolina's Musical Prodigy gains fame as a songwriter. He boasts of producing a new song every forty eight hours with popular pieces like Aussie OWA There's Bound to Be a Girl Up in The Moon and When You Were a Little Boy. Many works attributed to Elarks pen enjoy Southern popularity.
Edwin Booth and William Florence began their stage careers on this venue. A notice invites readers to send address to N E Bucklen Co Chicago for a sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills. The ad touts pills as easy in action, free of deleterious substances, purely vegetable, and capable of aiding constipation head ache malaria and liver troubles. a druggist W A Hayes sells a large box.
The longtime Raleigh penitentiary steward D. C. Murray died at his home last Sunday. The article also cites Dr. Syros Edson on cold prevention and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy available from W. A. Hayes, Druggist. A stray line notes an unhappy note about excess adversity.
Obituary notice honors Dr Octamias Hooker longtime Sunday School Superintendent and Methodist Church member. Resolution expresses sympathy to his widow and family and requests publication of the resolution. A second item advertises Bucklen Arnica Salve for skin ailments and announces local sales. Also included are market notes, a death notice for Mrs Catherine Pender and funeral details, plus a health testimonial for Chamberlains Cough Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with local sale points.
Public sale notices announce cash auction at Hillsboro courthouse on Saturday April 20 for land in Willsboro and the western portion of the Gaston Green estate. Another sale in Binsham township offers a tract known as the West tract of Lat Westey Water with terms including cash and credit, dated March 4 1805.
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