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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
4
A compact meditation on ambition and virtue. It notes that wealth builders bear dust without complaint and that guilt persists beyond pardon. The speaker praises a wise man who blends strong zeal with broad sympathy.
Mrs. Hobbs narrates Anabelle Hobbs and Henry's quiet wedding gifts after a trip home. Henry bought a half bushel of onions for Anabelle and a pint bottle of hyacinth perfume for the guest room, a gesture the mother claims reveals Anabelle's whims.
Neighbors trade frustrations over unfinished rooms and leaking roofs while a fireman husband and a locomotive past loom. A Baltimore Sun joke about pronouncing am and am not follows a farmer family quarrel. Seven men are injured by a bronze casting explosion in Philadelphia with three feared dead.
A Washington family narrates how coffee caused stomach troubles and skin blemishes. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, their digestion improved, complexions cleared, tongues cleaned, and nerves steadied within six weeks. The Postum Company of Battle Creek promotes the product and its booklet The Road to Wellville.
In a Sunday sermon Rev. Edward Lawrence Hunt proclaims that Jesus came to give life eternal and abundant. He links sin death and grace, urges believers to follow Christ, and uses vivid images of trains and vines to urge surrender and faith for true life.
The Reverend Alexander McLaren argues that true stewardship requires deliberate conscience in all spending both personal and charitable. He urges mindful allocation of household, savings, and gifts as if handling funds not owned, to transform individuals and responses to appeals.
Last words of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon extol the livery of Christ. He is meek and lowly of heart, a steadfast captain in battle, bearing the cross with believers, promising life peace and joy in his service. He urges immediate enlistment under Jesus Christ.
What Prayer Gives. A 1880s style reflection by George Simmons on prayer as a source of serenity, trust, and joy. It describes prayer as an irrepressible sense of want seeking supplies from the Infinite Fulness and as aspiration climbing toward the Fountain of all joys.
The Spirit-filled life requires utter surrender of the old will to Christ. Self is emptied as Jesus reigns and dethrones selfishness. A heart carrying God’s presence shows unselfish service and character, and cannot host an idol's throne.
A vintage recipe note lists corn cake batter with cornmeal, eggs, and milk for muffin sized cakes, and directions for soft ginger cakes, hominy, cornmeal muffins, and Southern fried chicken with milk gravy. Dorothy Bay in The Pilgrim provides the guidance.
A discussion on house paint colors notes warm tones like reds browns grays and olives resist heat better and outwear cold yellows greens and blues. It cautions against adulterated white lead and canned paint while stressing proper materials and true linseed oil for lasting color.
Mrs. A. Taylor of Wharton New Jersey suffered severe kidney pain backache and frequent burning secretions with dizziness and low spirits. After trying doctors without relief she used eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills and notes the troubles vanished with restored strength and health. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mr. Phamley reports a curious scene in the parlor claiming Bertha and her young man were present with an improbable sight, describing two heads on one pair of shoulders and fueling society chatter.
The Delineator introduces Marie Devaux as culinary editor and features The Perfect Dinner. It notes her authority in culinary art and science and previews departments on menu terms, favorite recipes from famous people, and a Secrets of the Kitchen section with input from Lillian Russell Swami Abhedananda Serge Witte and others.
A professor says idiots were drowned in ancient times. A student quips that there were no openings for insurance inspectors and national bank examiners then, highlighting a joking take on job scarcity.
The Fourth and Fifth Regiments continued their excellent work at Mount Gretna. FITS St Vitus Dance Nervous Diseases per manently cured by Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial battle and treatise free. Dr H R Kline Sd 981 Arch St Philadelphia Pa. Some men would rather be wrong than right if there's more money in it.
Mrs. Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Connecticut reports a year and a half battle with spreading sores on her infant son. After medical care failed the use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment halted the disease in two months and the boy has remained well since.
Miss Ricka Leopold of Menasha Wisconsin writes that Peruna greatly improved her run-down condition and restored health after several bottles. Hettie Green of Iuka Mississippi also reports relief from catarrh and better appetite after using Peruna, noting it is sold by local druggists.
Stewart Battle, telegraph operator at Collier's Station on the Atlantic Coast Line, was struck by lightning and killed while at his key during duty at the station.
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