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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1894
Page
2
Fragmentary text reports a mix of notices from Orange County with references to the Senate, local figures, a May 22 event in Raleigh, and various ads for medicines and produce prices. It blends meeting notes, jokes, religious references, and market data, indicating a chaotic page scan with scattered names and dates.
The Raleigh capi tol discussion centers on a potential bid by a former Democrat for Congress in Woodard’s district. Observers foresee a tough challenge from Populists and Democrats alike, amid shifts in party alignment and electoral strategy at the state capital.
Selections discuss Trinity College endowment goals with multiple schools aiding, a saloon tax law prompting closures, and local notes from Alamance Gleaner and Charlotte News on births deaths and quail export penalties with partridge egg protection context. Includes Alfred Taempsen obituary and community remarks.
Advertises Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee if no benefit after a fair trial. Promises trial bottles free at W A Slayes Drugstore with large and small sizes priced at 50 cents and 100 dollars.
A Lewiston resident back from Central America shows a pod he calls a locust. It is a five inch long mahogany pod with yellow mustard like contents. When split and mixed with water it makes a nourishing drink. The tree reportedly grows in biblical lands.
Nash and Franklin counties shift focus to gold mining with Conyers machine work underway Edwards mine to open next week and two three foot veins assay at $35 per ton Mann Arrington drives rapid progress as a wealthy company prepares Portis mine for renewed operation, hailed as highly valuable.
On June dth day in Hillsboro, an Inverior Court of Orange County orders sale of land formerly of Robert Tinsin and tied to Martha Wilkes. The 43 acre tract lies in Lebanon Church area and is to be sold at court house door for cash. Auction date listed as April 23, 1904, with Paul J. Graham as Commissioner.
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