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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1894
Page
4
A Santa Fe bound burro bravely dodges danger after a train strike. The animal is knocked ahead but recovers with a single leg injured, leaping away as the engine crew reels. The episode, noted by the Atlanta Journal, showcases the burro’s tenacity on the rail line.
A Chicago based claim asserts No-To-Bac can cure tobacco addiction, promising a medical cure with a $2 box and a $500,000 potential market. The firm says it refuses sale to tobacco trusts while touting patient gains and nationwide distribution via traveling agents and druggists.
The Thyaner Porter’s Business College of Mincon Georgia expands with a practice and banking department led by ELS. Curtis, former president of Atlanta Basin University. A circular with special summer rates will be mailed to any address.
An OCR fragment touts cures for catarrh and skin diseases with testimonials. It references a firm VAX Wholesale Druggists and a Georgia actress, plus Oregon prison statistics. The text presents dubious medical claims and solicits buyers for internal blood remedies and topical treatments.
The article notes Swiss engineers support tunneling the Simplon route through the mountain to improve transit. It also mentions concerns over a growing cholera situation in Russia and references various unrelated phrases and names without clear context.
A 19th century sermon argues against ostentatious dress and wealth display, urging modesty over fashion. The preacher condemns both women and men for idolizing clothing, warns of fraud and debt from wardrobe obsessions, and insists heaven favors meek charity over gilded appearances.
A text lists varied historical and biblical figures and groups, contrasting earthly prominence with eternal expatriation. It mentions Vasati Handab Grandmother Lois and Mary among heavenly queens, framing a Christian exhortation about doing God's will as kin.
A St Louis Globe Democrat report discusses England's penny banks tied to post offices in schools. It notes 4000 banks, nearly one million stamp slips yearly, and almost 1,000,000 depositors with annual savings near ten thousand dollars. The plan, if adopted here, would teach thrift as a national benefit.
The London Telegraph notes Queen Elizabeth I’s brass pocket pistol, 24 feet long with a powder charge and eight mile range, moved from Dover cliffs to a castle display. Once a symbol of protection, it now rests as a historic relic amid legends and inscription myths.
A reader recounts stomach relief from Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets after years of catarrh and digestive distress. He describes prior vomiting and weakness, then claims improved health, weight gain, and better vitality following use of the pills.
A Philadelphia Times report from Alton Illinois recounts two railroad workers driven mad by trauma. One New Jersey born engineer haunted by a female sighting, haunting nightmares, and eventual insanity from railway life. The other Camden and Amboy conductor died after a suicide at the accident site.
Paris inventor M Trouve suggests lighting nets with electric lamps to attract fish into a bagnet across harbor mouths. The net would close automatically when fish gather, allowing a ready market catch. The idea faces questions on whether large numbers would crowd in from seas like the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Japan reports 39 600 physicians with 1 425 Tokio University graduates.
A new octopus species found in Lower California by M. Diguet hatches its eggs by sitting on them. The animal rests in an empty valve shell, possibly using it as a permanent home rather than just during incubation. Aristotle reportedly noted this sitting behavior in octopuses.
A rare mineral spangolite has been identified in British Museum copper ore from St Day mines Cornwall and in a Tombstone Arizona specimen. It forms deep emerald green translucent hexagonal crystals ending in truncated pyramids and is a hydrated copper aluminum sulfate chloride. Only two samples are known.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys, liver, and bowels without weakening them. It claims wide medical approval, affordable 60c and 1 bottles, and warns buyers to prefer the California Fig Syrup Co. with its brand name on every package.
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