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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
3
Local notices cover Southern Railway schedule details for Hillsboro from Raleigh Greensboro and Greensboro Goldsboro. Also small items: post office hours, merchants ads, visits by residents, sermons, and upcoming county commission meeting.
Fragmentary copy describes Lucia Wilke of Caroline and an antiseptic healer of wounds and sores priced at 250 at Heyes Drogestore. It mentions a 256 box at Buck 2 Thica Salve and a tolling figure of 23 years, with a running sire on har.
Readable fragments show Castoria endorsement by physicians and parents, with references to Dr Charles H Fletcher and Dr William J McCrane, plus other local notices. Mentions 5 year old mare for sale, Dade's Little Liver Pills, and Bargain sales by N W Brown & Co with produce collection. Ends with weather fruit prospect caveats from The Observer.
The marriage of Rev. Charles E. Maddry and Miss Emma Parker will be held at the Hillsboro Baptist Church on Wednesday May 2 1906 at noon. The ceremony will be conducted by Rev. Hight Moore and Rev. A C Hamby with Rev. W F Powell assisting. Attendants include John Parker WH Peterson Wescott Maddry and W C Barret. The couple will depart on the 5 0 L train to Greensboro for their home.
An array of terse items from Hillsboro North Carolina dated January 17 1906 includes an ad for Manzan pile remedy promising instant relief and easy application, a job notice at Standard Mirror Co for beveling and silvering mirrors, a notice of new dry goods and shoes at West End Grocery, comments on farmers busy with plowing, and church announcements. Rev H S Bradshaw will preach at Presbyterian Church May 6 with invitations, while Rev M M McFarland has been ill hindering planned meetings.
An unreadable fragment from a local listing references a sale event involving Castorgei and items labeled as Lielletas were not bought. The text is incomplete, hindering precise details on participants, location, or timing.
At the April 2 1906 meeting the Orange County Board of Commissioners approved payments for county home supplies and services including Warren Reynolds & Walker and D C McAdams. Other items include taxes, orders, salaries and several support grants totaling substantial amounts. a list of names and amounts follows.
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