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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1903
Page
3
The Orange County Observer lists shipping timetables for Southern Railway trains through Hillsboro with mixed and local passenger arrivals and connections. It also notes post office hours, money orders, local ads, and county agricultural stats including property value totals and livestock counts.
Multiple offers advertise cheap buggies from brands like Oxford Parry and Wrenn with payments and delivery details. Also public notices include reduced railroad tickets from Birmingham and local sales of livestock and shoes with local tax reminders and social notes.
J. C. Mount of Three Mile Bay New York injured his hand when a nail pierced the desk. He applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and reported relief from pain and faster healing. For sale by W. A. Hayes Druggist. Also a travel notice offers Arkansas Oklahoma Texas routes via Roe Island System with monthly ticket days.
A public land transfer document in Castor Iowa shows the signature of Thelen on a deed of valuable lands. The notice confirms ownership and recording details for the transfer to a named party.
On Oct 29 1903 at noon public auction will offer for sale the real estate of Elijah Malone deceased in Cedar Grove Township Orange County. Two tracts: 130 acres and 18 acres with specified bounds. Sale at the late residence under an order in W J Hughes et al v James B Blackwell et al in Orange County Superior Court. Terms: one third cash balance in installments with interest. Sept 25 1903.
The advertisement touts Webb’s as the place to buy articles cheaply by buying in bulk. It highlights ladies and children wraps, wool and cotton textiles, buggies sold below carload prices, stoves, furniture, clothing, overcoats, and shoes. It also promotes Diamond Bone and Royster’s Bone and Potash brands, urging use of their brands and wheat in garners.
The page blends drug store pitches for Foley honey and tar and Chamberlain’s tablets with travel deals via Rock Island System to the Great Southwest. Notices mention free samples, refunds if not cured, and schedules from Hillsboro, N C, plus a State Convention item electing Miss Rebecca Cameron as Historian for United Daughters of the Confederacy in Asheville.
By order of the Superior Court of Orange County administrator S. J. Hall will expose for sale on November 12 1903 at noon a fifty acre tract in Cedar Grove Township adjoining J Lem Brooks James Laws Jr and others. The sale raises assets to pay debts with deferred payments at 6 percent interest.
The Fall Term of Orange Superior Court opened Monday morning with Judge O H Allen of Kinston presiding. The grand jury, led by foreman D C Parks, heard several cases including a guilty plea for carrying a concealed weapon and a not guilty verdict on trespass and false pretense. Court adjourned Tuesday morning after brief sessions and few civil cases.
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