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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
4
A farmer in California Hills, Ela County, made a strange discovery and moved two loose objects into another room. Neighbors heard odd sounds and shotguns while guarding the area as authorities searched the property for days.
Fragmentary text describing a killer nickname and a product called Tetterine promoted to heal skin. Mentions Savannah Georgia and a price of 60 cents in stamps.
A short, fragmentary notice profiles an African American writer rising to literary prominence within three years. It notes early life in public schools and references travels to America and Europe. The text is incomplete but suggests a notable contemporary literary figure.
The Dayton born author Paul Laurence Dunbar, once an elevator boy, has published three books and contributed to major magazines by age 25. He now travels to England to be received by cultured audiences, with his stories touching on his own people and broader themes beyond Negro life.
A garbled OCR line from Ai talley Mass yields fragments mentioning Peggae and Dingeter with no clear event. The readable text hints at a local item or note, but lacks coherent details, names, or dates to identify.
A garbled column fragment describes an unusual gavel moment and a curious object at a location. The text mentions a bat, a nose, and a partial scene, but lacks clear names or events to identify.
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