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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
2
The article notes the assassin of President McKinley will be electrocuted during the week of Oct 28 and prays for mercy on his soul. It cites South's agricultural product value at twelve hundred millions per Southern Cultivator.
Mrs J C Snider of Crittenden Kentucky praises Dr King's New Discovery for quickly relieving a baby's croup and claiming permanent cure. She keeps it at home for children and says it helped her own bronchial trouble. Available 50c and 1.00 with free trial bottles at W A Hayes drug store.
The figures show the navy budget for year ending June 30 1903 at 98 910 984 dollars, up from 77 924 535 dollars. The Spanish American War cost is estimated at 490 million dollars to date.
Judge Thomas C. Fuller died in Raleigh Saturday night as reports tie the event to evolving wartime sugar prices. The piece notes sugar selling at record lows amid a brewing battle between the American Sugar Refining Company and the American Beet Sugar Company, with competing trusts pulling the market down despite tariffs.
The Sanford Express notes great preparations for the season at Pirehurst, Taft's winter resort. The Carolina is being enlarged, and over a thousand guests were turned away last winter due to hotels being full. One guest reportedly spent $1,500 weekly with his dogs horses and waiters.
Henderson Grimett of this place suffered partial paralysis losing use of an arm and side. After failing with a physician, his wife recommended Chamberlain's Pain Balm and two bottles nearly cured him. The same liniment is promoted for rheumatism sprains and bruises and sold by W A Hayes Druggist.
A collage of old notices touts Dr Kings New Life Pills for clear skin and rosy cheeks, Foley's Honey and Tar for colds, Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for poor appetite, with prices and a drug store mention. It also cites 1896 corn crop totals and Illinois leading the prior year at 247,000,000 bushels.
Prices per bushel or pound cover wheat corn oats meal pork bacon flour tallow beeswax batter eggs peas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee sugar and more. Demand remains solid across all country products with per unit rates varying by item and quality.
Ex Judge A W Graham and Mr R W Lassiter have closed a 10 year lease on mining properties in Northern Granville and Person counties including Blue Wing Gillis and eight smaller mines totaling 1300 acres. John T Williams of New York will lead operations and greatly expand the workforce. Ore will ship to smelters in New York and Norfolk. A spur from the Atlantic and Danville Railroad reaches the Blue Wing mine then the Holloway. A route to High Hill mine via a new nine and a half mile line to be built by the Virginia Copper Company Ltd, London.
A Cheroke e Iowa man recovers from a kidney related attack after using Electric Bitters. Philadelphia to send the Liberty Bell to Charleston for the Exposition. General Lee visits the White House as a former ally. Cough relief offered by Foley’s Honey and Tar. Raleigh Soldiers Home capacity limits noted. Diarrhea remedy urged for travel. Squirrels devastate corn fields in local woods. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure praised by Cedar City readers and a local user. W. A. Hayes, Druggist.
A mix of testimonials and notices from W. A. Hayes and local papers promote Foley's Kidney Cure Chamberlain's tablets and Banner Salve. Anecdotes include exam hardship claims, counterfeit coin reports, and tobacco market gains with local sale anecdotes.
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