Orange County Observer Title Not Found
OCR fragment from Hillsborough Nebraska issue shows publisher Joseph A Harris and weekly schedule note. No readable event or person besides names.
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
2
OCR fragment from Hillsborough Nebraska issue shows publisher Joseph A Harris and weekly schedule note. No readable event or person besides names.
Republicans now control all departments and institutes in the State while the Winfield era of spoils is cited by critics. Worth estimates the Legislature cost the State at least 950000 dollars. Grover Cleveland leaves office valued at about seven million dollars. The Wilmington Messenger notes ducks and fishsucker activity and complains Congress sat idle Monday. President McKinneys message centers on finances and a tariff plan to fund current government expenses and pensions.
John Wanamaker contributed 30900 for a Y M C A building in Madras India. Ex te’s 500000 gift to the Republican campaign is cited, and he was named Postmaster General. General M W Ransom notes a discouraging North Carolina political scene with Democrats seeking reorganization to end Republican Populist control.
Testimony from James Jones of Jones & Son Cowden IL praises Dr Kings New Discovery for la grippe and consumption with rapid improvement after starting treatment. Beekens Arnica Salve advertised for various skin issues and pains with a money back guarantee. Both products sold by W A Hayes Druggist with free trials offered.
The Wilmington Star notes the latest census records 3,081 people in the country aged 100 and over, including 2,083 women, and remarks some women do not reveal their true ages.
An old advertisement asserts Rice's Goose Grease Liniment cures disease by delivering potent goose grease agents into tissues. It invokes biblical figures and asserts rapid, certain healing, urging trials and personal use. The piece ends with a note about pensions for bachelors.
News roundup from North Carolina papers notes relief at sine die adjournment in Raleigh with criticism of some leaders, praise for Lincoln era economic aims, and commentary on the 1898 political climate. Also mentions Trinity College speeches, UNC Georgia debate, and a health ad for Electric Bitters.
Early quotes show prices for Wheat Corn Oats Meal Pork Bacon Flour Tallow Beeswax Butter Eggs Peas Beans Hides Chickens Geese Wool and wool products Coffee and sugar. Markets indicate strong demand for all kinds of country produce with varied per unit rates and units such as bushels pounds and barrels.
A trained handler’s boa constrictor attack ends in the trainer’s death as the 35 foot serpent, grown from a two day old hatchling, tightens its deadly folds. The incident is framed as a cautionary tale about intemperance and control. Resolutions of respect follow for Prof Loudon A. Whitted with condolences to his family in Chapel Hill. An ointment advertisement notes a Hillsboro supply change.
At a March 6 1897 Hillsboro Suv Alliance session members resolved to hold a called meeting March 20 at 3 p.m. to decide how to operate the Stoe Factory. Four discussion heads were set: property loan by W R Sosseman, a business agency fund by G F Cratehield, further subscriptions by E L Cooley, and member assessments by T Ivey.
Fragmentary OCR text references a patent remedy bottle claim and cautions about cure assurances. Mentions local seller E A Kosey, Drte 9, Hillsboro printing, and court or legal references in Durham and Gravy. Details are garbled and no clear outcome or event is stated.
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