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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
3
Subscription rates listed include yearly prepaid 1.00, six months 0.50, three months 0.85. Advertising terms offer first inch 1 cent and increased charges for each additional inch. Contracts for long term ads available at the Orange County Observer office.
Rail schedule for the Athens Railway Co with west and east bound through passenger and local trains to Hillsboro, update notes on express timing and station procedures. Local notices include postings on property, health remedies, church events, omissions, and advertisements. Various arrivals, engagements, and public notices from Hillsboro area residents and businesses.
J E Jones advertises a 160 acre farming property three miles west of Hillsboro. The lot features a large frame dwelling many outbuildings well improved land a good orchard and a large body of wood beside access to the Southern Railway.
Our stock covers dress goods blankets underwear comforts notions wraps and a full clothing line from quality tailors with guaranteed fit. Hardware stoves wagons harness crockery tinware glassware groceries furniture shoes at deep discounts including 75 cent shoes and 50 cent box shoes. Visit our large Orange County warehouse to view prices and goods. we never charge to show.
Greeneboro State Normal College shuts down due to fever epidemic with fifty one cases and three deaths reported. The closure extends until Monday, January 2 1900, as officials investigate causes including suspected sewer pipe issues. Miss Mand Cheek travels to Roxboro to visit relatives amid the disruption. W A Hayes promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a quick remedy for grippe and related throat and chest ailments. An exchange advises wrapping apples in old newspapers to keep them, noting dampness risk if the subscription is unpaid.
A Baptist minister near Cape Cod encounters a strange fish and asks a skipper its name. The skipper says it only appeared this year and calls them Baptists because they spoil quickly after leaving the water. A bystander notes the odd tale in a clipped, humorous exchange.
Publisher J H Enniss of Raleigh endorses Turner’s N G Almanac for 1900 noting it is a reliable state reference with officials courts deaths and annual events. It sells for 10 cents via merchants and post markets statewide. Also promotes Durham Dyeing Company praised for fast service and quality work. Willis H Mayo, a respected Black man, dies near town after a lingering illness at 46. Funeral at A M E Church and burial in colored cemetery.
The passage discusses the misconception that 1900 was a leap year and cites Turner’s Almanac explaining the calendar shift from old to new style. It notes the exact year length and why century years are leap years only if divisible by four hundred, concluding 1900 is not a leap year while 2000 and 2400 will be. It also includes local endorsements for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and notices about a Durham clothing dealer and gifts of sweet potatoes from Chapel Hill.
An old ad proclaims a new storehouse near a cow pump with a promise of fresh groceries and holiday goods from Union Mercantile Co. A 1899 Orange County court notice advertises a sale of State University Railroad lands to satisfy a judgment for $2,500 plus costs, cash terms, at Hillsboro courthouse. Also an insurance association ad offers weekly illness, accident, and death benefits via S. L. Whitted with membership details.
By order of the Orange County Superior Court special proceedings W. F L Jones Aquilla Jones and others offer the James Jones place in Hillsboro township Orange County joining Aquilia Jones Sykes Cratchfield and D F Thompson. Sale to highest bidder Thursday December 14, 1849 at 12 o'clock at the courthouse door Hillsboro. Terms one third cash one third in months and one third in 12 months with interest on deferred payments from date of sale. W F L Jones Commissioner.
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