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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
3
Local notes cover Democratic tickets for 19th Senate and Alamance Durham Orange districts with nominations for sheriff and other offices. Obituary and inquest details, business ads, and public notices on taxes, wood yard, and lamp sales fill the page alongside community updates and political endorsements.
Superintendent and Mrs. Presson Lewie Gray bought the remaining undivided portion of Bingham School property near Mebane. The acquisition adds a large farm and a building named Midlawna, boosting the boarding department and overall utility of the school.
Readable notes cover the Orange County Sunday School Convention at Methodist Episcopal Church Hillsboro NC on October 17 1908 with morning and afternoon sessions including devotional addresses by Rev H S Bradshaw Rev J W Wildman and Mr Needham Broughton and a round table on primary work and teaching. Local notices mention Devoe paint ads shoe sales and various community updates plus court terms and biographical updates about residents.
Notices announce sales by power of sale to satisfy debts. J Rippe John Hughes Mill property in Orange County is to be sold to the highest bidder at public auction to discharge a secured debt. A second sale of land known as the John Murphy place in Orange County is also scheduled for cash sale to satisfy a deed of trust obligation.
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