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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1894
Page
2
Orange County news notes from Hillsborough weeks preview with weather, court actions, and local officials. The Orange Superior Court Spring Term opened with Judge Shutford and a full Grand Jury, listing several cases including assaults and larceny. Local attorneys and officials noted, and the piece mentions a Polk monument fund and a post office entry in Hillsborough.
Mr C M Enpbee named postmaster at Raleigh. North Carolina reports twenty judges and fifteen attorneys costing $82,000. Over fifty new Raleigh buildings under contract. Ex Gov Holt and wife return from Florida health trip. Oddities include a three legged sheep in Gap and a two wagon, cotton and meat arrival scene. A sensational quaduplets claim in New Kensington is debunked as Europe reprints. Local health ads promote Simmons Liver Regulator.
Democratic factions in North Carolina pressure Senator Vance to resign amid public duties concerns while Senator Ransom urges withdrawal to protect the party ticket. Daniels and other young politicians push for harmony by replacing Vance and clearing the field before the next election. Ransom’s term ends near March and Vance’s in two years.
A 19th century letter from A. M. Ramsey of Comanche County Texas touts bitters as a cure for kidney and liver troubles. Ramsey swears the product relieved back pain breathing issues and long standing illness after using the preparation. The document includes sworn endorsement dated August 4 with local notary.
A fragment lists wholesale prices for farm products and goods such as corn per bushel oats per bushel flour per barrel butter per pound dried hides sassafras bark and wool with unit prices in cents and dollars. It notes ranges and units tied to a Confederate depot context. The text reads as a catalog of typical 19th century agricultural commodities and byproducts with varied price points.
A reflective poem on avoiding judgment quotes and warns against slander as the Lyman divorce case between Theodore D. Lyman and Emily C. Lyman in Asheville Superior Court is continued by consent. The piece emphasizes personal faults before judging others and notes no trial date set for the case.
A notice calling for agents to solicit subscriptions for the Twice a Week Republic offers a liberal commission. Applicants are directed to contact the Address Superintendent Circulation The Revenue in St Louis Missouri for details.
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