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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
3
Local pages show a Durham Division timetable and hill county notices with train arrivals and departures. Posts include post office hours, subscription rates, local ads, and brief society notes about visitors, deaths, and church events.
The newly elected Mayor Frank Nash and a new Board of Town Commissioners met May 9 in the Mayor's office. They sworn in, thanked retiring Mayor Harvie, and elected Webb acting secretary Hayes mayor pro tem and Gordon town constable. Durham elected town treasurer and Lynch clerk of the board. committees named. regular meetings set for first Monday each month at 8:30 pm. Also notes on garbage cans, police at depot, and local ads mixed with brief notices.
Forty year wait ends after one use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieves sciatica, claim Minneapolis ad. Also notices on debt collection by James Webb Jr. & Bro. and Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment for piles. Estate settlement plea from administrator D C Parks. Marriage notice from The Barracks at J R Meacham's residence.
J C Webb sells Longman and Martinez paints in pints and quarts at a half gallon price, offering affordable options for hobbyists and professional users alike.
Rosemond moved the postoffice Tuesday night into the Rew brick building on King street. The structure, built for the post office by C. D. Turner, earns praise for its design and credit him for securing the contract. Joel and Nights hold a long term for furnishing services, with new fixtures installed to fit the building.
Road supervisors for Orange County townships were named by the County Commissioners on Saturday May 11. Binghall appointed John W. Cheek and W M Reeves with Cheek also paired with W R Thompson and Y P Riley. Eno lists J W Bacon and A A Lineh while Lie River names J T Wilson and N T Jones.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as unbeatable for bowel complaints in children and adults. It notes easy preparation with water and sugar, urges every family to stock it, and lists W A Hagee as the local druggist seller. Also mentions C Y Walker administrator for the late Robert S Walker estate and promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea products.
On June 15 1907 at noon an auction will offer 25 acres of the western part of the John A Patton tract in Cheek's township Orange County for debts of the Patton estate. If the bid suffices no more is sold. if not another portion may be sold to cover debts. Terms: one third cash, balance in 6 and 12 month installments at 6 percent interest. J W Pickett Administrator and Commissioner.
By order of Orange County Superior Court J N Warren Commissioner offers two tracts for sale by auction. One in Caswell County near Prospect Hill comprising about 240 acres, to be bid on June 11 1907. The second in Cedar Grove Township Orange County about 400 acres, the late John Frank Compton home place, to be bid June 12 1907. Terms are one third cash and balance in equal installments with six and twelve month payments at six percent interest. Both tracts are prime tobacco land timbered with no recent timbering.
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