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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
3
The Hillsboro Observer reports local items including tax listing days for 1907, court updates from Orange County, and community notices. Obituary notes honor Mr Lewie A Boggs, a longtime resident and church member, with details of his funeral and family.
Notice to debtors and various local notices including a warning from John W. Graham Trustee about collection, Dr Shoop magic ointment advertising piles relief, Rhodes Comedy Company performances at Masonic Hall, Andrew H. Whitted relocating his tailoring shop, and Durham Parish Company store hours for summer closing with best prices claimed.
A Nagrow Escaen, a W. Cloyd merchant of Link Mo, recalls a four year old thumb injury after a jimson hat pierced it. Doctors wanted amputation but he refused and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve purchased at W A Hayes drug store, which healed the wound.
A garbled OCR entry lists unit prices in pints and quarts at half gallon, unclear vendor names HOW Longman Martines ZU. ds M. Paiot. The fragment hints at beverage or liquid measure pricing but lacks complete details.
Public school contributions forwarded to Raleigh by Orange County supervisor. Andrew Roberson, 19, tried for pistol and concealed weapon. fined 5 and 395 costs, held for Orange Superior Court. paid fine and bond, released. Clyde Jackson, 9, died from accidental gun injury near Salisbury. funeral in Hillsboro. Cham berlain’s Colic remedy extolled as best medicine for bowel issues. available from W A Hayes.
For Sale Aemilt Lamp Stove new with price 500. A desirable building lot on Wake street Hillsboro and a good farm 2 1 2 miles north of town. Apply to H L Paris Hillsboro NC. Also a warning to stop including names of boys in whiskey dealer circulars. fathers report their sons receiving such items.
By order of the Orange County Superior Court the commissioner offers two tracts for sale at public auction. The first, 240 acres in Caswell near Prospect Hill, bounds Monroe Pittard Monroe Williams Henry Stewart and H Satterfield. The second, 400 acres in Cedar Grove Township Orange County, bounded by P Ty Cooper W A Boon Thomas J Walker and P L Cooper. Bids due day of sale with terms one third cash and balance in six and twelve months installments. Both tracts are prime tobacco land, well timbered, with no recent cutting. Sale in 1907, M Warren Commissioner.
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