06 Jan 1894
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1894
Page
1
A Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling forbids a creditor from invading a debtor’s room to wake and undress him, affirming damages for assault. The report also notes Britain’s imperial reach in India and comments on rising crime and telegraphs changing pursuit methods, contrasted with worker wages.
A new bill crafted by engineers and road scientists aims to create a detailed state road system. It defines a state road and highway engineer, authorizes equipment and staff, outlines county road boards, contracts rules, and funding through county commissioners.
In the Christmas rush of 1893 shoppers find low prices on rocking chairs stands book and hat racks picture frames first class pocket knives and scissors dolls toys and fireworks.
N W Brown and Company advertises a complete selection of general merchandise for daily needs. The notice emphasizes a full line of goods available to customers.
A summary of earth density and mass methods discusses density as mass per volume with water as a standard. It notes mean density about 5.41 times water, sea-level experiments in France, and a weight near 5.757 sextillion tons, with Wall Street’s hard times tale and global ocean facts followed by Georgia’s yearly cotton and lumber figures.
Seaman John Fascal reports a Alaska letter recounting the death by self destruction of Francis James who shipped on the Merom six months ago. He recalls a fortune teller warning of misfortune for Lawrence who fell overboard and James who later died by shooting himself.
The article recalls Sappho Leaped a cliff now Cape Ducato at Santa Maura Ionian Islands where legend says the poetess cast herself into the sea. It notes a criminal thrown from the rock during a festival, a ritual rescue by boats, and the rock as a site where lovers jump to end love pangs. The piece also mentions the clipper Hoanghg of 3100 tons and 535 feet in length.
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