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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1895
Page
3
Clipping blends notices, ads, and brief items: Shorthand prices for freight and passenger lines, local sales, farming goods, doctors and cures, and community notices. Names include Nash, Norfolk and Western lines, W A Hayes, Druggist Hillsboro, and figures for wages, postal timings, and land sales.
By virtue of the last will and testament of John H. Sykes deceased we sell on premises Friday November 29 1595 land on Rocky Run in Orange County adjoining Henry Crabtree Nanet Cates and others containing Twenty Acres more or less One third cash balance in 6 months title reserved until full payment Executors M Sykes J W Sykes Also mortgage deed executors Thomas B Rogers and Mary J Rogers to Matthew Atwater reported in Orange County Register of Deeds Book W page 195 will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Hillsboro Monday December 2 1893 a tract of land lying and being in the county of or adjoining J F Crawford heirs of George W Thompson R A Durham and others being 4 part of W F Perry lands containing One Hundred Acres more or less Mortgagee Matae Atwater.
The ad promotes Chamberlains Eye and Skin Ointment as a cure for chronic eye sores skin ailments and sores priced 2E cents per box. It also advertises Dr Cady’s Condition Powders for horses to improve health digestion appetite and relieve various ailments at 25 cents per package sold by druggists including W A Hayes.
Fall Term of Orange Superior Court convened with Judge Listbuck presiding. Grand jurors include WN. Pritchard Foreman and multiple jurors. several cases heard with verdicts and penalties. Notable actions involve fornication, arson, assault, larceny, and carrying concealed weapons. citations issued to various defendants. a mayoral election suit discussed. Also notices of church rally and local ads follow.
Cash sale at the courthouse door Hillsboro on Saturday November 16 1885 to the highest bidder for a 15 acre tract in Hillsboro township adjoining Miss Bertie Thompson John Hart and others heavy timbered except one acre sale notice dated October 26 1895 by W A Broy.
Southern Railway Co offers low rate round trip tickets to Atlanta Georgia with return basis. Cities listed include Asheville Burlington Culpeper Charlottesville Chapel Hill Danville Greensboro Goldsboro High Point Springe Morvantom Marion Newton Virginia Oxford Richmond Reidsville South Boston Strasburg Statesville Tryon West Point and nearby areas. Rates from intermediates RL 18 325 5013.70.
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