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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
6
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna as a safe, effective laxative for the whole family. It claims quick relief from indigestion, headaches, and constipation, warns against imitations, and urges buyers to look for the California Fig Syrup Co. name on packaging. Pricing noted as 60 cents per bottle.
In a unprecedented private call, President Arthur offered Hugh McCulloch the job of secretary of the treasury to succeed General Gresham. McCulloch, a long time Indiana banker and former comptroller, accepted after a brief hesitation, reshaping the nation’s fiscal leadership amid post Civil War era challenges.
John G. North recalls Wendell Phillips as a top platform lecturer who spoke without manuscripts. Phillips memorized lectures, often delivering two into one by combining The Lost Arts and Toussaint l'Ouverture for the price of one. The Bennington tale ends with the audience unaware of the double act.
The story recounts Elias Howe's rise from patent battles to wartime philanthropy and bold self sacrifice. Howe, a millionaire inventor of the sewing machine, joined the Seventeenth Connecticut Volunteers as a private, funded needed equipment, and served until medical unfitness forced retirement, a rare act among captains of industry.
Dialogue highlights a father pressing his son about debts while the son agrees to settle only what has already been asked. The exchange focuses on financial responsibility and potential consequences of unpaid obligations within a household context.
A religious reflection urges readers to seek knowledge of God and Jesus Christ as the essential, absent center of life. It cites biblical figures Samuel David Solomon Jeremiah and Isaiah to claim true knowledge comes from spiritual awakening, not earthly wisdom, and stresses personal prayer as the path to eternal life.
Guido Blenio, gold medalist at the 1909 International Exposition in Turin among 142 chemical experts, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing his kidney trouble. He notes life-insurance approval after treatment, urges others to remember the product, and states it was available nationwide for 50 cents via Wester-Milburn Co. in Buffalo, N.Y.
A promotional line touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething gums and wind colic with a 25 cent bottle price. The quote notes the difficulty of persuading others to accept advice and ends with a quip about giving advice.
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