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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
3
The column lists trains and schedules with passenger and freight movements. It covers a Monday fire in the county, civic notices, arrests for liquor violations, and local investments including a proposed Alliance shoe factory planned for Hillsboro. It notes scholarships and student activities, plus advertisements and editorial prose on knowledge and a dictionary anniversary.
In Durham residents are urged to contact eye specialists for examinations. The notice names Samer Barrorr and Othee Wright as eye specialists and references a Durham NC location for services.
The ad highlights a large assortment from clothing to hardware at PARKS & HEDGVETS with prices on fabrics, woolens, dress goods, sherpa items, and extensive stove furniture stock. It promotes a Tennessee Centennial trip with round trip fares from Durham and varying limits to attract travelers.
SCASTORIA describes Col Jalan S. Carr offering a handsome gold medal for the best poultry exhibit at the State Fair. The notice notes land sales with parcel options and deferred payments on a mid North Caravan plantation, with terms one third cash and two equal installments, interest accruing from sale date.
Reported horse mishap leaves rider badly cut and awaiting surgery after an altercation while riding. Cotton industry updates show renewed production at Yaron and Charlotte Machine Company plans plus new factory contracts in Hillsboro. Public notices list recipients and a postal forwarding warning with local names. A Vien professor warns of a comet collision on November 13 1S, and a tonic ad concludes.
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