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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
3
Local shop advertises a full fall and winter stock at low village prices. It lists clothing, shoes, woolens, fabrics, hardware, stoves, furniture, and groceries with emphasis on value and breadth of stock. Includes notices of shipments, postal matters, and a wedding announcement.
Fragmented text references CASTONRIA and Zererz as wrappers with a Chicago Record quote about a daughter on her wheel. It also mentions Southern girls and a cautionary remark about happiness at home. The page advertises furniture and country produce, urging readers to inspect goods and prices in Durham.
A broad mix of notices and commentary from Orange County including editorials about publishing and press influence, church Sunday School formations at St Mathew's, and notes on school funds. It also records property trespass warnings in Little Orange and land boundaries near Eno River, with a signature by John Berry dated October 1st, 1897.
A fragmented notice from Orange County includes an advertisement urging shoppers to exchange goods for desired items, promising mutual benefit. Administrators call for orders and filing of the related payment by the board clerk before a Monday deadline in October 1597.
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