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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
3
Local notices from Hillsboro including train schedule snippets, land sale notices, and post office mail reads. Items mention Colonel Crawford appointment, church services, and the death of Mrs. R B Peebles. Also ads for Sarsaparilla, town druggists, and a stereopticon show by Harry R. Lucas.
On September 21 1896 at Hillsboro court house door the estate of the late Benjamin Kenton will be sold to the highest bidder for partition among heirs. Two tracts described as the old home place of 156 acres and a 29 acre adjoining parcel. Terms: one third cash and two equal installments at six and twelve months. Commissioner John R Kenson signs.
The item blends patent medicine ads with political notices. Ayer's Hair Vigor promises strong roots and silky shaft. public speeches mark campaign stops in Chapel Hill and Hillsboro with Settle and Kitchen visiting Orange County. Also mentions Botanic Blood Balm as a tonic, staves timber sale details, Gold investments by E S Dean Co, Goose Grease Liniment cure claims, and a prayer line.
The County Board met at the County Home in regular session on Monday and approved accounts and routine business. On Tuesday the board re elected Mr. A W Jordan as Superintendent of the Home for a further two year term.
The column notes the arrival of Mr. Marshall E. Tinnin and Ada Marie Greenleaf after their July 24 wedding in Los Angeles, with plans to settle near Hillsboro. It also reports a death, a church visit by Rev. H S Bradshaw, and announces the Democratic County Convention to be held September 19 1896 in Hillsboro with township meetings on September 12.
A crude advertisement touts Goose Grease Liniment as a universal remedy for aches and pains including rheumatism neuralgia coughs colds and wounds for humans and animals. It guarantees every bottle and sells through druggists and merchants by the Greensboro company.
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