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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
3
Hillsboro items report railway timings for the Durham and Greensboro division, local posts, and county affairs. Judge Council’s illness worries the community, hunting season opens, and De Witts Kidney Pills praised. Town tax collection and a farmers success tale are also featured.
Lost in Hillsboro on Wednesday October 28 1907 between the residence of Mrs Mary C Raffie and the Southern Railway station a ladies gold watch. A liberal reward for return and no questions asked. Foley's Kidney Cure advertised as a cure for kidney and bladder trouble. W A Hayes Druggist sells it. Also notices buyers wanted 1000 bushels walnuts 5000 pounds kernels 1900 bushels Irish potatoes 1000 bushels white and colored peas 200 bushels beans. Prices paid 70 cents for good new corn and 1 10 for good wheat. N W Brown & Co and West End Grocery Co Oct 21st.
Classified items list sought wood cords at 2 50 per cord and a debt collection notice for James Webb Jr and Co with instructions to call his office for payment. Also a local butcher advertises fresh meats and a carbolized salve, vermifuge, and a note about a Friday evening wagon wheel theft anecdote.
On December 2 1907 at Hillsboro court house floor the highest bidder will purchase eighty acres in Cheek's Township Orange County on Eno River. Land adjoins Robert Carden Wm Jesse Hughes and others. Terms: one third cash and balance in six and twelve months with interest from sale. Sale under Orange County Superior Court order in Eugene A Hughes vs W Jesse Hughes et al. Proceeds divided among heirs of J K Hughes. Commissioner M Gatti signé November 2 1907.
A letter from Raleigh official T B Parker announces George F Parrott will become Secretary and Business Agent of the State Alliance and relocate with his family to Hillsboro Orange County. The notice praises Parrott and invites a cordial welcome from local residents. It notes other local items and obituaries in the same issue.
The ad touts Quaker Oil as a universal home remedy for sore throat earache toothache neuralgia rheumatic pains and wind colic. It recommends drops in the nose for breathing difficulties and small doses on sugar for indigestion. Sold at 25e per vial by E M Cameron Agent.
Sheriff S. W. Andrews urges residents to attend listed tax collection sessions in Cheek's Crossing White Cross Chapel Hill Gates' Store Meredith Porterfield's and other venues from Nov 7 to Nov 15 1907. He warns enforcement of the law and notes treasury emptiness after paying orders and building a vault.
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