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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1893
Page
2
A jumble of updates from Raleigh to Charlotte includes Labor Statistics notes, congressional talks on tariffs, a major fire in Chietue destroying 200 buildings with casualties, and North Carolina business moves. North Carolina towns report gubernatorial chatter, local crime trials, and a dairy of light industry, including laundry soap manufacture beginnings in Dar ham and mineral springs ventures near Saxapahaw.
A via restored letter details Colonel Benoehan Cameron’s memorials to Tiamuty church and recounts a disaster at Sebastian Bridge. It includes medical testimonials for bitters and tonics, names of vendors, and dates, with household remedies and a long list of market prices for farm produce and grains. The passage combines personal health anecdotes with farm commodity rates and selling advice.
A Raleigh Wir correspondent recalls a heavenly home promised by Jesus with vast mansions beyond earthly splendor. The piece contrasts earthly royalty and wealth with the humble, enduring home in the Lord, where even the poorest is part of a grand anthem in a divine mansion. A separate note mocks currency debates and mentions a cotton trader’s odd fear of silver.
Fragmented OCR text references a public sale and estate actions in Orange County with names like Daniels and Teresa Jess, a mortgage, and a foreclosure process. It mentions forty eight acres and various parcels, with references to court and executor Metracken.
A collage of moralizing quotes, marriage notice, and local ads. Items include a 1803 marriage in Christ Church Calvert County Maryland, a Simmons Liver Regulator testimonial, school book stock at Sillsboro Book Store in Orange County, Dr Wing’s New Discovery for Consumption with trial bottles, a storm damage note in Hillsboro, and an erring claim of Rheumatism cure “Mystic Care” with 1 to 3 day relief and 75 cents.
Advertising notice offering to buy dried fruit from grandmothers at negotiated cash prices. Apples fetch 1 to 3 cents average 2, peaches 2 to 7 cents average 6, currants and plums 5 cents, cherries 2 to ? cents. Damp sour fruit half price not wanted. Produce must command cash value to pay prompt.
Pursuant to a Superior Court order in Orange County case William ownership and as Executor B Perry deceased. An administrator is required to notify all persons having property claims to come forward before August. A ghost bid sale is set for Hillsboro on September 4. A tract in Hil Townshp Orange ex of Prices Creek will be sold on credit with deferred payment and bond security. The life estate is reserved until full payment.
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