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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
4
A visiting artist recalls Caribbean practices where people soak legs to coax ticks out of flesh and fish methodically pull the ticks free for nourishment. The tale portrays fish as efficient, painless surgeons. The piece also includes dialect verses about Brer Possum, Christmas, and Turkey roosting high, reflecting folk humor.
A British Society of Arts journal notes German industry rising sugar output from beet root due to scientific methods. From 1840 to last year yields climbed from 5.5 to 13 percent as laboratories and trained scientists continually improve processes, with dry colors chemicals and dyes also expanding production and value.
A collage of quips and ad blurbs including Washington Star satire about Mr Washington ideas, a Puck joke on coffee, and a Monterrey rail plan. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure, Dr Kline nerve restorer, Mrs Winslow soothing syrup, Piso cough cure, Parxam dye, and assorted testimonials and notices.
A year old bashful monkey named Bashful Willie, son of the famous Carrie Nation, avoids other primates and prefers solitude in a Keeper McCrossan office cage. He only accepts the white cat with a blue and yellow eye, which visits him and allows tail pulling. Carrie Nation mother was brought to Willie's cage when he coughed, but Willie screamed and hid.
A traveler on a cycling tour describes a dramatic night at a country inn. A rider galloped in with a young, lively horse, requested pasture, and calmly prepared to reclaim the animal in the morning. A fierce bull watched from the hedge as the horse fed nearby.
In a North Sea port town, a fire in a fish-cutting house led to cooling haddock cured by smoke from burning kelp. The maister approved the taste and shared haddies with all, founding the Findon Haddie trade name later shortened to Finnan Haddie.
The first stage of catarrh is catch cold affecting head nose throat or lungs with severe chills or fever or minimal symptoms. Neglect leads to chronic catarrh. Peruna is urged on first symptoms to prevent progression. Testimonials from Miss Lae, Miss Elizabeth Uber, Mrs. M. J. Brink, Sibyl Hadley praise Peruna’s quick relief and cure after cold and catarrhal illness.
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