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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
2
Regional items mention General Fizhugh Cowen’s return to duty, immigrant figures, and political shifts in Ohio and Johnston County. Also notes Nash’s death in Tarboro, a medical curiosity column, and a sanatorium plan in Salisbury. Includes health cures and citrus crop forecasts.
This advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a tonic and alterative for digestive health and urinary tract needs. It claims mild stomach and bowel action, improved organ tone, and suitability for old people. Priced fifty cents and one dollar per bottle at W A Blayes Drug Store.
Advertisements warn readers about cough and throat remedies touting Que Minute Cough Cure as a universal remedy. The note appears amid a mix of playful dialogue and local misprints.
A Cleveland Leader line ponders if Washington never lied and if Martha Washington proved an ideal wife. The brief notes a discussion on character and reputation.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Bucklen’s Abanica Salve as the best for cats bruises sores ulcers fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It promises satisfaction or money refunded and notes price per box with sale by W A Slayes Druggist.
A terse quip from Charlestown News notes a French inventor of a robber oyster who ensured constant availability by placing an r at each end, delivering a witty linguistic puzzle.
An old advertisement touts a soothing ointment for cuts bruises sprains and burns once kept by Mrs A Harris in Hillsboro North Carolina now sold locally by Hillsboro Drug Company. It promises quick healing and entire satisfaction for wounds ulcers and sore nipples.
Readable text notes Rome houses the world’s largest cemetery with over OA ON0 interred. The fragment cites vast scale and historic significance but lacks precise numbers and dates for full confirmation.
Price list shows wheat 90 to 100 per bushel, corn 40, oats 40, meal 50, flour 5.59 to 5.50 per barrel, tallow 4 to 5 ets, beeswax 12 1-2 cts, butter 15 to 16 ets, wool 18 to 25 cts, hides 4 to 5 cts, chickens 5 to 7 ets, feathers 4 cts, blanks for other farm produce in demand.
Mr Jame Jones of Jones and Spr Cowden Til testifies that his wife suffered a severe Ls Grippe last winter and nearly died of what became consumption. After using Dr Kings New Discovery she improved from the first dose and fully recovered with full bottles. The remedy is advertised as effective for consumption coughs and colds with a free trial at W A Hayes Drug Store.
Hop culture near Hamlet proves successful and will expand next year. A Montezuma pipe factory will manufacture pipes from ivy stems. John Ivey Garner of Denton owns a curious three legged calf. Cotton tops five cents in county markets, the lowest in 45 years. Farmers urged to plant less cotton and reduce fertilizer. Rail line owners consider receivership amid governor’s litigation. Winter outlook hints at severity from persimmons acorns and locusts. Advice on buying coal and wood. Biliousness remedy praised. Amber Was caught in a wind storm yielding $7483 in gold.
The fragment describes a dubious illness with inconsistent symptoms and unclear severity. It notes physicians disagree among cases and mentions bitters as claimed help, with archaic language suggesting a general health or tonic advertisement from a bygone era.
Undersigned will offer for sale on Saturday November 13th the home farm of Miss Mary Ro Smith in Orange County near the Chatham line about three miles from Chapel Hill on Price Creek. Land offered in separate parcels with option to sell as a whole. One third cash one third in one year and one third in three years. Commissioners John Manning Kemp P Battle Henry A London oversee sale dated September 1897.
The ad urges use of De Witts Witch Hazel Salve as a real remedy for piles and all skin troubles. W A Hayes highlights new product lines and local notices about tax collection and public lectures, while also noting cures for throat and lung issues with One Minute Cough Care.
A mixed notice describes a December sale by order of the Orange County Superior Court. It lists land tracts in Little River township and town plots in Eli store Hillsboro with thirty acres and multiple parcel numbers. The auction proceeds are to start at 1:00 a.m. and proceed to February next, under overseen by the Property Committee and administrator.
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