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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1897
Page
2
The issue notes Thanksgiving sentiments and Cuba annexation rumors, plus state pension warrants and Lincoln era opinions. Advertisements tout Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and One Minute Cough Cure, with local druggist offers.
Federal Judge Jackson rules officials in the internal revenue service cannot be removed except for cause. The decision notes critics may try to manufacture a reason to justify removal.
Beekien's Arnica Salve marketed as the best salve for cuts, burns, sores, ulcers, and other skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles or no pay, guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded, priced at 20 cents per box, sold by W A Hayes, druggist.
An old remedy Panacea Ointment claims to heal cuts bruises sprains ulcers sore nipples burns and other sores. It states Mrs Jos A Harris of Hillsboro previously made it and Hillsboro Drag Company now sells it.
A fragment states proportions of births reaching milestones: one fourth before eleven months, one third before twenty three months, half before eight years, two thirds before thirty nine, three fourths before fifty one, and about 12 000 with only one surviving.
Market report lists Wool 10 to 25 cts per lb for washed and upwashed, Coffee 12 to 29 cts per lb, Sugar 5 to 7 cts per lb, Wheat 99 cents to $1 per bushel, Corn 40 cts, Eggs 15 cts, Pork 4 to 5 cts per lb, Flour 5.40 to 5.60 per barrel, and various other farm products with good demand.
A dated report lists each board member N. W. Ray M. W. Moore J. T. Hogan A. L. Holden and A. J. Gordon with 24 days at $2 per day totals and mileage claimed for 226 300 and 378 miles at 5 cents per mile plus additional entries. Clerk John Laws authenticates the record dated November 24 1897.
In Hillsboro on December 15 1897 under a Superior Court order, John K Hughes executor sells town tracts including the Home Place of Thomas H Truhes totaling 275 acres and the Tinnin Tract. Sale at noon with one third payable in twelve months with interest. Mc. 6A tract lies west of Home Place adjoining Hughes and others.
An old newspaper fragment advertises stoves priced to sell and footwear including rubbers at 25 cents a pair. It also contains a forbidding notice against hunting under penalty of law and lists Mrs Oscar Hogan and James P Hogan dated November 2.
Colonel Olda cites Raleigh hunter Edwards showing a rare English hunting book about a sow that for ten years hunted and retrieved partridges, outperforming dogs. After the master’s death she was bought for 251 and weighed seven hundred pounds, performing until her death with authenticated claims ofacity.
An 1900s notice discusses Electric Bitters as a remedy for female health issues and general nervous troubles, with a Salisbury Sun note about Kansas horses, buzzards, and local fusion politics. It mentions Browns Iron Bitters as a tonic for weakness and blood health.
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