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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
3
The issue lists train schedules for west and east bound lines through Hillsboro, details mail and office hours, and reports on local court, politics, and society. Notable items include the Federal Court session in Greensboro, local real estate transactions, and community notices.
A vintage advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for healing burns wounds and piles. It promises rapid relief and disappearance of symptoms with a guarantee by W. A. Hayes, Druggist.
A local advertises caskets coffins robes burial supplies and a new hearse for patrons. It promises good service and moderate prices and invites phone calls or visits.
Bellevue knitting mill advertisement notes Parsifal presented in various forms with 7 45 start at Academy of Music Durham on Saturday October 12. J W Burroughes manager urges timely seating and mail remittance for seat orders. Also brief notices on Foley Honey and Tar cough remedy and DeWitt kidney pills plus millinery opening by Mrs M L Taylor and Sisters. William Parish leaves for Jamestown Exposition.
Invitation announces the marriage of Louise Albertine Waitt to Jon Parke Hassell in Danville Virginia Wednesday October 16 1907 with a reception at Hillsboro North Carolina after November 1. The county board met appointing election officials for Fair Geld School District No 8 and naming a county finance committee. An advertisement promotes Dr Shoops Catarrh Remedy mailed free by Dr Shoop Racine Wisconsin and sold by W A Hayes.
Town tax collection ads urge all residents to pay promptly or allow the collector to call. Also included are notices for DeWit’s Carbolized Witehb Hazel Salve, a Hillsboro Baptist Church preaching schedule, and a County Board of Education regular session with a school fund settlement.
A dated community notice lists tax collecting times and locations across multiple towns in October and November 1907. It urges residents to meet the debt, pay expenses, and notes a forthcoming vault completion and treasury status. An administrator’s notice then requests immediate payment of debts and exhibition of claims by August 24, 1908.
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