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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
2
The Orange County Observer notes General Otis starting anew in the Philippines with 37 000 troops on October 1. It also prints patriotism from General Julian S Carr and urges readers to support local papers and home enterprises while reflecting on war costs and loyalty to President McKinley.
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the only remedy for a dreadful malaise with body pains liver disorder loss of appetite and general debility. It claims prompt relief by toning the liver stomach and kidneys and guarantees a cure or price refund. Sold at W A Hayes' Prog Store for 50 cents per bottle.
A Ram's Horn note decries crime by linking motive to character, saying some who would steal for profit also take a purse for pleasure, reflecting on ethics and temptation.
A Virginia editor nearly gave up on illness but was restored to health by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after trial. He recounts suffering and costly failure before success and notes the remedy's endorsement from testimonials. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist.
A woman with no arms was married in Christchurch New Zealand with the ring placed on the fourth toe of her left foot. A similar marriage occurred at St James church Bury St Edmunds England in 1832.
Mrs. Emma Bolles Matron Englewood Nursery Chicago says the salve soothes wounds burns scalds and skin eruptions and when all else fails in healing ear babies it will cure W A Hayes endorses De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a reliable healing product for infants and skin conditions.
A Chicago syndicate offered Alfred Dreyfus four thousand dollars per night for fifty nights or two hundred thousand dollars to come to America and lecture, contingent on release.
Mothers of children with croop or severe cold urged to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as it contains no opiate or narcotic and is safe for babes and adults. The medicine has earned wide approval in the United States and abroad and is sold by W A Hayes Druggist. W H Newman notes the urgency of salvation work before the grave.
A letter from J Q Collier of Hubard Arkansas hails Ramon’s Liver Pills and Tovic Pellets as a cure for sick headache saying one red pill is worth more than a dozen of any other remedy and noting W A Hayes Druggist sells them. The Wilmington Star notes Seymour Garland of Wilcox County Alabama claims to be 108 and still nimble.
Ada E. Hart of Groton South Dakota revival story credits Doctor King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds after eight bottles. Trial bottle offered at W A Hayes Drug Store. Also mentions De Witts Little Early Risers for constipation and a quip about old friends and faults.
An odd patent medicine claim appears alongside a Hillsboro market listing for farm goods. The ad touts a syrup with cures sold by druggists, followed by prices on wheat corn oats meal pork and many staples. Market items include butter eggs wool coffee and sugar with varied per unit rates.
The Supreme Court meets next Monday to examine law license applicants. The Winston-Salem fair catalog and Chief Marshal Julian S. Carr are announced. Notes include a 103-year-old train passenger, field lightning dangers, and local patent cures. Public notices cover pastors, tobacco markets, medical remedies, and a North Carolina Synod meeting in Asheville.
Two beggars argue about belief and invisible ticks. The first accuses the other of skepticism while the second insists on his own awareness of a troubling tick. The exchange highlights tension between doubt and self-knowledge in a street scene.
A valuable farm two miles northwest of Hillsboro offers 116 acres with necessary outhouses and farm buildings, well watered and timbered. It will be sold on reasonable terms. For full particulars apply to the noted contact.
The note states Sunday service for order fulfillment. Prices listed include 1 cent per pound for small quantities and 75 cents per hundred pounds for larger lots, with explicit reference to a 100 pound rate.
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