Orange County Observer

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1. October 9, 1880 The Orange County Observer begins publication at Hillsborough Joseph A. Harris started the Orange County Observer at Hillsborough in October 1880 as its publisher and one of its editors, numbering it a new series of a paper established in 1878. The paper ran until about 1917. People: Joseph A. Harris Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 23, 1880, p. 1 (masthead: Established in 1878, New Series, Vol. I, No. 3) · Also: Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952; Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 8, 1887, p. 2
2. early September 1883 A new storehouse on Churton Street opens with Hayes's drug store and the Observer office A new two-story storehouse on Churton Street, north of Jones's store, was made ready for use at the start of September 1883. W. A. Hayes moved his drug store into the ground floor, and the Orange County Observer moved its office and press to the second story, where it stayed for the rest of the year. People: Joseph A. Harris Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 1, 1883, p. 3
3. late January 1892 The Orange County Observer moves its office to rooms over Joseph A. Harris Jr.'s store The Orange County Observer moved its printing office in late January 1892 to new quarters over Joseph A. Harris Jr.'s store, opposite the court house. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 16, 1892, p. 3
4. January 4, 1897 Two added county commissioners named by Judge Spencer Adams take their seats Two additional county commissioners appointed by Judge Spencer B. Adams, one of them A. J. Gordon, took the oath and sat with the Orange County board for the first time. The enlarged board then gave the county printing to the Orange County Observer for two years. People: Adolphus J. Gordon Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 7, 1897, p. 3
5. 1915 Three weekly newspapers are published in Orange County The county's weeklies in 1915 were the Orange County Observer and the Hillsboro Enterprise at Hillsborough and the Chapel Hill News. M. C. S. Noble (University of North Carolina Bureau of Extension), The Teaching of County Geography (1915), scan p. 28
6. by March 1, 1917 P. H. Elkins leases and publishes the Orange County Observer John T. Johnston, now editor and owner of the Orange County Observer, leased the paper to P. H. Elkins, who became its publisher and business manager. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 1, 1917, p. 4

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