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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
3
Local notices advertise court matters, land sales, and sheriff auctions. Advertisements promote patent medicines, travel rail fares, and merchant products with testimonials from residents and officials. Deputy marshals report arrests of illicit stills near Hillsboro and warnings about public notices and subscriptions.
Public notice announces a land sale in Hillsboro Orange County by order of the Superior Court. The property in Chapel Hill township, described by metes and bounds, will be offered to the highest bidder for cash on November 1. Commissioners execute the sale for C. K. Partsh.
The unsold portion of the Tate Miss Mary Roo Smith land known as the Price tract will be sold in sets at Ct Hill in front of H H Patterson's store. It is a valuable North Carolina farm about three miles from Chapel Hill. Terms require one third cash and balance in one and three years with interest from sale. Commissioners K P Battle H A London announce. Also notices of sale of household and kitchen furniture on October 7.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution quotes a speaker declaring I have the measles with religious framing God blessed. The brief item records a historical expression without further context or details.
A town store rebuilt its interior to maximize space for new furniture stoves dry goods and ready made clothing. It touts the largest shoe stock in several counties and promotes Double Bone Acid Phosphate fertilizer while noting staff changes and local visits.
County Commissioners select jurors for the October term of the Orange County Superior Court convening Oct 30. Names include Claw Rice, W Cares, Chesley Andrews, J. H. Dodson, J. Berry, J. Kirkland, S. W. Andrews and G. P. Cheek. Last letters listed for Alisboro Post Office awaiting pickup. Also notes exams for teachers and a tonic advertisement in the same column.
By virtue of a morte deed to W. T. Wilson from Alex Oakle and Jane Oskley and duly recorded in Orange County. It will sell at the courthouse door on Tuesday October 1 for cash to the highest bidder of lands in Cedar Grove township containing about 1 acres to satisfy mortgage and costs. Dated September 20 184 WILLIAM LT. WILSON Mortgagee
Execution sale announced by Sheriff John K... Wughes in Orange County will auction property described as a tract of land with boundaries adjoining several named holders. The sale occurs November 1 at 2 00 p.m. to satisfy the court action of A M Gasint and M S Crabtree against defendants. The document also includes an unrelated insert promoting the Chicago Dispatch and William Jennings Bryan.
Fragmentary description of a property sale listing with notes on ownership interests, liens, and parcel measurements. References to individuals, entities, and legal terms appear amid garbled OCR text, indicating a public sale and allocation of a stake in a larger estate.
A long damaged notice advertises fall and winter millinery including hats feathers and trimmings, jewelry novelties and full lines of fashion items. It mentions orders from a distance and prompt attention from M L Taylor and Henry Richards. The sale appears postponed to Saturday, December but is otherwise unclear due to OCR errors.
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