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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1895
Page
4
A municipal ordinance in Beatrix, Wasl, revisits reviving the curfew bell. The measure aims to regulate evening hours and public order in the town.
A poor Maryland Episcopal congregation raised five dollars for an alms basin through a one-person fund drive. A young girl started with a single cent and, after tedious work selling a china doll and crocheted items, turned the cent into five dollars, then bought the basin. The tale, cited by a Socialistic observer, shows effort can yield results.
A rusty circular saw lies outside a sawmill near Stricikland’s Ferry by the railroad, partially through a log with the disk damaged. The site recalls a past accident when a worker was cut in two, and the machine remains unrepaired in its post incident state.
A New Jersey family kept eleven servants to manage their home but faced general prostration from the labor involved in supervising the household. The strain led the family to reduce staff to ease the workload and restore balance.
Fragmented text shows varied items including a Whisky ADIS style note, a Neena and Wis. reference, a possible book mention by Hunter, a San Francisco bank withdrawal mention, and assorted travel, malaria remedies, and insurance notes. The legible parts indicate miscellaneous notices and ads in a historical page segment.
The article surveys cowboy life in Texas with lasso work and horse skill, describes saddle gear and costly equipment, and contrasts cattle herding with sheep tending, noting roundups, branding, mavericks, and abundant beef trade as the range grows plentiful amid harsh conditions and healthful climate.
A Chicago Herald snippet notes diplomas are engraved in the best style for avenues and colleges issuing degrees. It mentions a man proud of his academe box and silver boxes for this use, with prices around nine dollars.
In Flat Rock near Somerset Kentucky a sixteen year old girl weakened by St Vitus dance improves after her mother uses Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The piece extols cures cited by newspapers, promoting the pills as a blood builder and nerve restorer with broad claims.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections from Collier Johnson Beecher Lowell Seneca Eliot Burke Washington and Cowper on truth heart courage solitude and moral conduct. The quotes emphasize compassion simplicity and choosing discerning company to guard reputation and character.
Hoit Seit, an Umatilla Reservation Indian, had his hair cut by an Indian court for drunkenness. He sues for 200 damages, arguing recognition of citizenship after lands were allotted in severalty. He won below. the defendant plans an appeal to higher courts.
Secretary Carlisle requested 500190 in funds to collect the income tax from the government. The request aims to supply resources for tax collection operations.
The clipped text mentions Tayne's Fong from the opera Chari the Maid of Milan with a faulty 182 era note, claiming the song became popular and sold over 100000 copies first year. It also notes Mme Ohyama joining the Roman Catholic Church in Vienna with her husband’s consent, and Samuel D. Lane of Northampton longtime justice of the peace. It includes an advert about deafness cure claims by Catarrh Cure offering 100 dollars for unrecovered cases.
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