Hillsboro Roller Mills Opened in Hillsboro
The Hillsboro Roller Mills owned by Mr. Jackson Crabtree began operation after five weeks of construction. Salem Machine Works of Salem Virginia, led by foreman E C Wale and secretary L M Climer, started the machinery last Saturday. Flour grades A B C performed well and the overall clean up was splendid. Wishful success expressed for the new enterprise.
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Hillsboro Rolier Mills
Jackson Crabtree
Salem Machine Works
Salem
E. C. Wale
L. M. Climer
Editorial Snaps and Notes From Raleigh and Washington
Major John W. Graham returns from Washington City. Williams-Settle hearing date not yet set by Elections Committee. J. S. Carr elected president of North Carolina Agricultural Society. H. W. Ayer reelected secretary and treasurer. Golden Days praised as a leading boys and girls paper. James Elverson publisher. Bradstreet’s notes Senate delay paralyzes business. South and Southwest less affected. Residents vow to bid farewell to some Senators at term end.
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John W. Graham
Washington City
Elections Committee
North Carolina Agricultural Society
Raleigh
J. S. Carr
Durham
R. IL. Battle
H. W. Ayer
Carr
James Elverson
The
Times
Philadelphia
Bradstreet
Raya
Senate
U.S. Senate
Orange County Observer
Souvenir Portfolio Offer and Patent Medicine Claims
An advertisement promotes a prepaid Souvenir Portfolio of the World’s Columbian Exposition for fifteen cents, with a nominal fifty cent price and a refund option. It also touts Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium tonics for women’s health, plus Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for various skin ailments, with claims of refunds if unsatisfied.
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H. E. Bracklen & Co
Chicago, Il
P. P. Po
PLP
Bucklen
W. Haves
Drugeist
Death of Rev Wilhelm of Hillsboro area churches
Reverend Wilhelm W Fr died Tuesday October 24 at age 66 of hemorrhagic fever. Born in Stockbridge county Virginia he served Hillsboro Little River Fairfield and Eno churches. Funeral held at Presbyterian church Thursday at 11 with Rev J Henry Smith and Revs Currie assisting. Pallbearers listed. grave near church door laid to rest among flowers.
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W. F. Wilhelm
Stockiridge County
Hillsboro
Little River
Fairfield
Eno
Presbyterian Church
J. Henry Smith
Greensboro
James L Currie
David S. Allison
Duncan Brown
Eugene Hughes
D. H. Hamilton
C M. Parks
C. E. Parish
P. H. Smith
L. J. Weaver
Servant of God
Local Orange Superior Court Begins With One Capital Case
The Fall Term of Orange Superior Court opens next Monday with Judge George H. Brown Jr presiding. A capital case on the Criminal Docket involves a colored man named Jones charged with killing another colored man, Bob Morrow. Six prisoners await trial, Civil Docket light, jurors listed including many colored names.
Antiseptic credited with saving life in pneumonia case
A Nashville reader praises Stockton's Antiseptic for curing a 72 year old man with pneumonia heart trouble and dropsy. The testimonial claims fevers drop after three hour doses and the patient returns to work within a week. Brown's Iron Bitters is also advertised in the piece.
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Nashville, Tenn
Stockton Medicine Company
Nashville
Tenn
Albert
Stockton
Frank Searight
Noel Block
E. A. Rosemond
Market Price List for Produce and Provisions
Corrected by N. W. Brown & Co. Confederate Depot lists per bushel and per pound rates for wheat corn oats meal bacon hogs flour tallow beeswax live hens butter eggs dry hides green hides sassafras bark feathers wool coffee sugar and dried fruits with prices ranging from fractions of a cent to several dollars. Prepare your produce for market. best produce will command best price and cash.
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Werkly Hitesnonu
N. W. Brown & Co
Confederate Depot
North Carolina items and local notices from several towns
Trinity College reports fifteen faculty members and 165 students. Ex judge Connor and Hon B H Bunin form a law partnership with residences in Wilson and Rocky Mount. Mrs M S Whittlesey dies in Raleigh at nearly 99. Tarboro Presbyterial Synod meets Oct 31 with 141 ministers and 311 elders. Rev J M Rose to preach. Asheville noted Col John D Cameron gravely ill. Morganton Herald reports abundant sorghum syrup and low imports. Charlotte News notes tramps in city. Laurinburg man about sixty never drunk or in court, implying he has wings. Ads tout Simmons Liver Regulator and English Spavin Liniment with warrants of cure.
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Trinity College
Connor
B. H. Bunun
Wilson
Rocky Mount
M. S. Whittlesey
Raleigh
Sutton
Mase
The
Presbyterian Synod
Tarboro
J. M. Rose
Fayetteville
Asheville
John D. Cameron
Cherry Street
Morganton Herald
Burke County
Charlotte News
Mason
Designs for State Confederate Monument Planned in Raleigh
A Raleigh paper reports monument designs are being developed with Mrs Armistead Jones stating plans to choose a design within ten days. The project aims for a $25,000 cost, with $15,000 expected from the Monument Association. Membership certificates at $1 each feature the four Confederate flag designs and other seals, plus a ribbon from Jefferson Davis’s funeral car.
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Raleigh
Armistead Jones
The
Monument Association
Association
Jefferson Davis
Reed Rocking Chairs Line Opens at Hillsboro Book Store
Special notice states a line of comfortable Reed Rocking Chairs will be opened at the Hillsboro Book Store around October 10. The ad urges readers to stop by, promising free samples and a broad stock of school books.
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Hillsboro
Orange County
Prices for Dried Fruit and Health Tonic Ad
An advertisement offers cash prices for dried fruit services from grandmother era buyers. Apples 1 to 3 cents average 2 cents, Peaches 2 to 7 cents average 6, Damsons and Plums 5, Cherries 2 to 8 cents. Damp sour fruit brings half price and is unwanted. Purchases must yield cash to pay the seller. Includes Brown's Iron Bitters for malaria liver trouble or indigestion.
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Confederate
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Hillsborough
Hillsborough, N. C
Joseph A. Harris
Hillsboro Roller Mills
Wilhelm
W. Fr
Sehold
North Carolina
Laurinburg
Simmons Liver Regulator
W. A. Hayes
Thomas J. Oldham
Oaks, N.C
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M. Whita Ktz
Chas
A. Whitaker
Weasel Shoes
U.S
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M48
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the State Confederate Monument
Charles F. Deems
Church of the Strangers
New York City
M. E Coorch South
Charlotte
Dancan
Dr. King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
W. A. ‘Hayes
Produce
Alice Montgomery
S. R. Breeze
Augusta Breeze
Office of Register of Deeds of
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Little River Township
Nelson Parker
Thomas Parker
John Q. Warren
W. A. Boon
de Bonis Nou
Dr. Garrett
Rougemount
Norfolk and Western
Durham County
Simmons
Earth
R.G. Winoer
Princeton
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Lippman Bros
Lippman’s Block
Savannah
Scientific American Agency For
N & CO
Broadway
New York
America
Scientific American
Munn & CO
Ublisheers
Jane P. Nichols
Britper
Canton Steel Room
Orange
Peties
Covne
Tom
Imates
George P. Nichols
Hillsboro, N.C
John Y. Macrap
Raleigh, N. C
Pon W. Graham
Alamance
Caswell
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Oxford, N. Cc
S Grasville
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Chapel Hill, N.C
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Hester D. Turner
N. A. M.A Co
N.C
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