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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1894
Page
2
The Hills borough post office stamp records indicate the Orange County Observer is published by Joseph A Harris as publisher and owner. This notice appears in the Saturday May 5 edition noting second class matter status at Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Editorial snaps report a Confederate Veterans reunion in Houston and a Congress of Governors meeting in Augusta to discuss Southern advancement. Raleigh will lay the Confederate monument cornerstone on May 29, with the date changed for crowds and railways. Governor Carr leads ceremonies. civic groups urged to attend. The Charlotte Observer cites District Attorney Green on enforcement and cost savings from stopping revenue-law persecutor actions. Glenn's letter is published for public interest.
A testimonial touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a quarter century tested remedy for throat chest and lung diseases. The letter from J S Durriss explains personal relief from rheumatic and digestive troubles after using P P and P L products, urging others to try the cure.
In Lillsboro a short advertisement from N. W. Brown & Co invites readers to sell produce for cash. They state they can take your produce and cash it for payment, and request that any balance due be settled.
A 1904 letter from U S Attorney R B Glen denounces frivolous prosecutions and warns Western North Carolina commissioners to verify witnesses and corroborating testimony before issuing warrants. The note cites appellate actions against petty offenders and hints at removals for improper boundovers while urging reform to curb docket filth and ensure fair prosecutions. Also mentions Coxey’s Army protests in Washington and a recipe ad for a universal salve with a money-back guarantee.
Corrected by N. W. Brown & Co Confederate Depot. Wheat and corn prices per bushel, oats and meal rates, hog round, flour, tallow, beeswax, barter, dry hides, wool grades, cotton bark, feathers, geese, coffee, sugar, dried fruits with weight per pound and price ranges. Includes apples, berries, cherries, plums, peaches with varying cents per pound and dated notes.
Various notices report crop and weather notes while warning of a fruit bud destruction by late March freezes. The Raleigh horticulture society will skip the fair this year though a special plant exhibit may be arranged with the State Agricultural Society in Raleigh in October.
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