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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
3
Subscriptions in advance are $1.00 per year and 50 cents for six months with three months at a smaller rate. Advertising costs $1.00 per square inch for the first, plus cents for each additional publication. Contracts may be made at the Orange County Observer office or by correspondence.
Southern Railway timetable effective June 23 1901 lists West and Easy Bound trains with local passenger and mixed services to Hillsboro along with connections. Additional items include mail hours ship delays land sale ad notices county meeting and community notices and a memorial notice for Henry C Thompson.
The following firms have designated my store as a depository for the sale of all Public School Books: University Publishing Co. C Heath Co. and Newson Co. Call on me for contract prices, cheaper than ever before, for cash or barter. H. L. Parish.
Store frontage touts a vast stock of fall and winter goods at low prices in Hillsboro. Clothing for all ages, overcoats, hats, shoes, sewing and hardware, stoves, furniture, farming implements, shingles, and fertilizers are highlighted with promises of fair profit margins and customer-friendly pricing. Also promotes Minute Cough Cure and a state circular on cloth bound textbooks for durability.
Josiah Turner died at his home on Saturday October 26 after a fever. Born December 2, in Orange, he served as Sheriff, Confederate congressman, legislator, and United States congressman. Funeral held at St Matthew's Episcopal Church with many relatives and friends in attendance. Interment beside his wife. The notice notes his influence on state history and honors the memory of a man described as remarkable.
Local notices mention a beast in a mysterious event with unclear timing and participants. The fragment references names and items but lacks full details to identify location or outcome.
An advertisement states acceptance of The New Birdsall Co. agency for Orange, Person, Alamance, Durham, Moore, Wake, Chatham and Granville counties. It offers estimates on all kinds of machinery and invites inquiries for a catalogue and details, addressed to Caldwell Institute in Orange County, N Y.
Mrs M L Taylor and sister announce new fall and winter millinery stock for ladies and children. The store offers hats bonnets ribbons feathers trimmings notions dress trimmings jewelry and related items. Public invited to inspect. mail orders receive immediate attention.
The notice promotes Southern Railway services as the standard carrier with first class trains, Pullman sleeping cars on night trains, and fast schedules to Texas California Florida Cuba and Porto Rico. It invites inquiries for timetables rates and information from ticket agents and officials in Charlotte Asheville and Washington. The Charlotte Observer is advertised as a daily independent newspaper.
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