Orange County Observer notices and timetable details
Local item notes residents and visitors in Hillsboro including Reverend Maddry at the Southern Baptist Convention and church schedules. Reports on county voters failing to pay poll tax, party alignment, and upcoming quarterly conference. Also includes railway timetable for Southern Railway Co. trains, post office hours, and local advertisements for coffee and groceries.
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Honey Grocery Co
Charles E. Maddry
Southern Baptist Convention
Asheville
James
Gay
James, Jr
High Point
Hughes
Old Orange
Walnut Grove
J. T. Draper
Hillaboro
Moore
Chamberlain
W. A. Hayes
Draggist
Hillsboro
M. E. Church
South
Growth at University of North Carolina Noted in New Catalogue
The University of North Carolina reports 563 students, 58 faculty with 30 in professional ranks, plus 92 in the Summer School. Three new departments Economics Romance Languages Botany, plus a new English Language professor. Medical course extended to four years. faculty up to 23. two new buildings and a central heating plant added. Also reflects supplier notices and a Cedar Grove wedding as side items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of North Carolina
Pharmacy
Kidney Cure Promises Relief for Kidney and Bladder Troubles
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a cure for kidney and bladder ailments when medical aid seems beyond reach. The note hints at a Money Found promotion and includes social items: Mrs. W. F. Jackson and daughter Lady Maude traveling to Greensboro, Capt. W. S. Witherspoon and son James Whitted visiting relatives, and a meeting with the Cameron sisters before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
W. A. Hayes
W. F. Jackson
Lady Maude
Greensboro
Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad and Debut Review
An old Boston Courier blurb touts Dr Kings New Life Pills for digestion and blood enrichment at 25 cents from W A Hayes drug store. It also notes Wings debut in a stock company, claiming he was called out after every act, implying a lively reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
Weca
W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store
Wings
New Stock Company
Boston Courier
Littleton College and local notices in a 1902 paper
A fragment from a 1902 issue highlights Littleton as the seat of a popular college led by President Rhodes with a devoted staff. The page also lists various items: garden produce, a pair of spectacles found, a chicken cholera cure, a Chapel Hill accident update, a church conference notice, a vermin remedy, ads for tomatoes and a used piano, a warning about a possible employment issue, a laxative product, travel fare for a Southern Baptist Convention, and a light joke about a black eye<!-- -->
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
J. B. Morton
Presbyterian Standard
California
Fancy Grocery Co
D. Turner
A. J. Gordon
J. P
Hillsboro
N.C
Charles W. Johnston
Chapel Hill Township
Elizabeth
Meberrie
Orange County Teachers Association Holds Meetings at Court House
The Orange County Teachers Association met in the courthouse Friday and Saturday with Prof. Noble of State University guiding discussions. Forty two teachers enrolled and praised his wit. Dr. Venable from Charlotte pledged support to public schools. Prof. Cobb gave an illustrated lecture on Yellowstone National Park. The group adjourned to meet again in October. Illicit stills were destroyed near the Durham line, with 8,000 gallons of beer seized and no arrests.
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Court House
Noble
State University
Venable
Charlotte
Orange County
Cobb
Yellowstone National Park
North Carolina
Orangeoounty
A. J. Gordon
Thomas Vincent
Hillsboro
Durham Line
Superior Court of
John G. Daily
Thomas W. Vincent
J. Crawford
John A. Burd
Witr
Artitia E. Bird
New Carolina
Cedar Grove Township
J. H. Tuttington
W. A. Bird
W. A. Ward
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Victor
Bryan
Market prices for country produce and staples
A list of wholesale prices for farm goods and groceries including wheat corn oats meal pork bacon flour tallow beeswax butter eggs peas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee and sugar. Notes strong demand for country produce and varied per unit prices across items.
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Sabia TL
N. CG
Uthern Railway Co
Raleigh
Greenboro
Goldsboro
Durham
Richmond
C. G. Pepper
Clyde Ubeek
Franklin Press
J. H. Bowles
Graveton
N. H
Kanoy Grocery Co
the State University
Tfoley
John E Dickey
Rena Wright
Squire W. L. McDade
J. G. Dickey
Fancy Co
Turin
CAE Tornaia
Cp LitLea
Sh Udi
Ease Drug CO
Colognes
Graham-Yearby Drug CO
Shaner
B. F. Moore
N. C
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Willie
Johnny Smith
Chicago Post
Saelite
Otice
Board of Commissioners of
Millsboro
Hillsboro Township
Grange County
King and Churton
T. H. Scoggins & CO
W. C. Tenny
Z. T. Bynum
Winston-Salem
Ooley
THE
Orange County Teachers’ Association
Nathan W. Brower
8. T. Forrest
Sanders Kirkpatrick
A. W. Jordan
Annie
Elm Grove
Jesse W Cole
W. V Andrewa
Lizzie Long
Castoria
John Thomas Moore
T. Dewitt Talmage
Frank DeWitt Talmage
Christian Herald
Talmage
Outfit
Clark & CO
S. 4Th St
Phila
Janner
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R. L. Vernon
F. R. Daisy
Trav
City Pass
TH. Hardwick
J. M. Culp
W. A. Turk
Mgr
Washington, D. C
Fesseris
Ce Ventare
Chicago
Lil
Atlanta
St. Louis
Dallas
Tex
San Francisco
Cal
Munn & Co
New York
F St
Washington, D.C
W. D. Woods
Saif
Co. N. Woods
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