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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
4
A Kansas City man in Omaha overhears tourists debating how far they can walk to Omaha city limits from the Paxton hotel. A ticket clerk defends the claim, noting no Seeing Omaha cars exist and joking that an expert walker would need about twenty minutes to reach the city edge.
A correspondent in Har per's Weekly argues animals think and reason. He cites a horse that learned to unlatch a barn door a sheep that warned a farmer a companion fell into a ditch and a rat that hid its gnawing by covering itself with a shingle. The correspondent challenges disbelief noting the boy has not med.
Argentina holds about 120 million acres of land with only 25 million under cultivation. The country may not become a manufacturing power but has large agricultural potential. With 5 million inhabitants, two million live rurally, and farmers are now importing machinery to boost output.
The Indianapolis News notes that facial features vary widely with two eyes uneven in many people and one eye often stronger. It cites eye alignment, ear hearing, finger growth rates, and leg length discrepancies, with statistics such as seven in ten having stronger right eyes and fifty four in hundred with a shorter left leg.
A venturesome land owner turns a bad bargain into a real gold mine in a tale titled A Boom in Reality from Lippincott's Magazine August issue. The story, told with humor, showcases bold risk taking and clever persistence.
A reflective aphorism notes that only bachelors mock marriage while married men avoid the topic. It adds that even a single harsh sermon can ruin the sense of Heaven.
A mother in an Ohio town shares a photo of her 4 year old boy who has eaten only Grape Nuts since age two. He prefers the cereal with milk or cream and rejects other foods even at Thanksgiving. The family notes his good health and complexion and wishes for Postum Company’s continued success. The Postum Co. is named and referenced with a nod to The Road to Wellville book.
I recall a lone night on the Olympic shore where a roaring panther attacked a hut door. The creature broke through the frame with a single shove, while the writer, then a 22 year old Smithsonian observer, faced the primeval forest and its lawless coast.
A hunter recounts a night inside a hut as a mountain lion besieges the door and roof. He uses salmon laced with arsenic to lure and kill the beast, which dies near a stream at sunrise, weighing about 250 pounds.
A Peckham school inspector contrasts a child’s definition of imagination with a vivid scenario he described. When asked what to call the scene, a student named Willie blurts out that it is a lot of lies, illustrating honesty gaps in understanding imagination.
An elderly woman sued Sir William Broadbend for not buying her mineral free elixir. The remedy blended an herb unknown to medical men, promising purity from minerals. She pleaded in person and lost. her sincere belief rendered her more pitiable than ridiculous.
An excerpt describes Russian unofficial diplomats in Washington as a corps of elite ladies who entertain lavishly. It claims these hostesses extert influence, whispering into lawmakers ears to sway Congress.
Niagara Falls August 4. The volume of water diverted from the falls now powers nearly five hundred thousand horsepower for industrial uses. Calcium carbide production and acetylene lighting flourish, with acetylene generators forming a growing business supplying farms, villas, and urban streets.
The article argues against leaving roses unpicked to aid the plant. It says pick roses freely and with long stems, keeping one or two outward growing eyes on the stem below the cut. If not all roses can be picked, inspect plants daily two eyes below flowers to ensure automatic blossoms from hybrid perpetuals.
A reader from Lakeside New York credits Cuticura for curing months of raw itchy sores after trying many remedies. The letter notes instant relief after first use and complete cure after using Cuticura Soap Ointment. Also mentions Lippincott's Magazine August novelette Her First Elopement by Clara Bartram and paint pricing critique.
Henry Soule a Hammondsport cobbler recounts severe kidney trouble twenty years ago and says Dean's Kidney Pills cured him eight years ago restoring health. He attributes long life and relief from diabetes symptoms to the remedy. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells the pills for 50 cents a box.
The piece notes many men repent after eating green apples and reports that spinsters and some married women seek husbands. It observes the June bride stepping into domestic duties as graduates fade from view.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a $2 trial bottle and pamphlet offered by Dr. R. H. Kiaxe in Philadelphia. It notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething as a remedy for gum inflammation pain and wind colic at 25 cents. It adds a historical claim that books weren't cloth bound until 1823.
A widow awakens strong emotions in a man, making him feel cherished as if he is experiencing true love for the first time. The tale centers on emotional magnetism and intimate tension within a discreet relationship.
A delicate refined woman endures an emotional ordeal as she faces intrusive medical questions about private health from her family physician, highlighting discomfort and social pressures surrounding intimate medical inquiries.
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