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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
3
The issue includes a notice of land sale by administrator and commissioner, local business ads for groceries and products, travel fare offers, and updates on residents. It mentions Foleys Kidney Cure endorsements, upcoming lectures, buggy sales, and travels to Hot Springs and the Pacific coast with reduced rail fares.
D. P. Daugherty of Mercer and Sumner counties recalls a neighbor saving his life with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a severe bout. A pharmacist and two physicians intervened. a bottle cured him within twenty four hours. Also notes on rail tickets and a Northern territory trip.
Public auction at Hillsboro court house on October 19, 1903, offers 175 acres near Hillsboro from S J Lynch estate. Terms include one third cash with installments at 6 and 12 months. sale to settle debts per Orange County Superior Court order. Also separate action to sell 20 6-10 acres in Hillsboro township under foreclosure.
Notice of sale of real estate by C. R. Parish, commissioner appears amid a collage of local ads and names. Promotions extol Melrose Flour Fancy Grocery Co and Parish products while medical and travel pitches mix with university updates and drugstore product pitches.
The Frieco System from Saint Louis and San Francisco offers reduced one way and round trip tickets in July August and September from Birmingham Memphis and Saint Louis to destinations in Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas. For information write W P Saunders GA P D Frisco System Atlanta Ga.
The post office at University Station was robbed Monday night shortly after 7.00 pm. Robbers took 40 in cash and 142.20 in checks, all Southern Railway checks cashed by postmaster O F Craig. No clues found as he watched a train pass near the store.
By deed of trust dated May 1 1901 James H Andrews and Valeria D Andrews secure notes to William Strain defaulted. On October 19 1903 at Hillsboro courthouse door the A P Jones place near North Carolina Railroad Eno River bounded land 25 3 4 acres offered for sale. Terms one third cash and balance at 6 and 12 months with interest from sale. title retained until payment. John W Graham trustee.
A new law firm Winston & Bryant is established in Durham by Judge R. W. Winston and Victor S Bryant, effective immediately, to practice law. The article notes the partnership and ongoing service arrangements.
A Sanitary purgative called De Witt’s Little Early Risers is praised for biliousness and constipation relief without griping or weakness. Houston resident W H Howell endorses them for constipation and headaches. Local druggist W A Hayes sells them. Also noted is a Confederate veterans gathering in Oxford with Crosses of Honor awarded by the Daughters of the Confederacy and a luncheon at Occoneechee Hotel.
Mortgagee E L Cooley will sell by public auction a 312 acre Cedar Grove tract two miles north of Hillsboro to satisfy a mortgage and costs. Administrator John A Suit invites claims by August 22 1904. S J Hall administrator will sell the Augustin Moore tract Fifty acres Cedar Grove Township on September 24 1903 to pay debts with terms one third cash and remaining in 6 and 12 months.
Alvin R Parish buys half interest in stock of his brother A L Parish and continues the business at the old King Street stand under the firm name T H L Parish.
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