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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
3
Local notices from Hillsboro include ad rates, post office hours, and election posts. Rail schedule lists west and east bound trains, with agents J M O NeaI and Charles G Roszman. Local notices cite candidates for county offices, travel to Philadelphia for millinery, and recent visits of residents.
Mrs ML Taylor and Mrs Floyd Leonard head to Bell and Winter Millinery in Hillsboro to purchase goods. Miss Josephine Parris and Miss Maria Parris, returning to Salem Male Academy, praised by teacher P J Daly. Electric Bitters touted by a Chicago address as a tonic aiding an elderly mother’s health, with W A Hayes drugstore selling at 50 cents.
Extensive improvements at Bingham-A Fine Boys School in Piedmont North Carolina promise a stronger faculty, new administration plans, repainted rooms, fresh enamel, quality furnishings, and upgraded campus facilities ahead of the September opening. The school sits between New York and Florida, offering Bible, physical culture, penmanship, music, classics, science, mathematics, and a full commercial course, with a growing cadet corps and picturesque grounds.
In a September ceremony at the Presbyterian church, Miss Elizabeth Scott and Mr. W. A. Oldham, both of Alamance and Orange counties, spoke their marriage vows. Dr. Mebane presided, with a large local guest list and a bountiful dinner at the bride’s ancestral home. The couple departed for Rocky Mount to begin their life together.
A fragmentary notice records McKerall and Lewis visiting Salishary parish on Thursday to see Mits Minde's parents Mr and Mrs Wy Edackeon.
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