06 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
1
A poem narrates the lure of El Dorado and the West, contrasting desert hardship with visions of Gold and glory. It recalls battles for Spain, the perilous quest, and the enduring courage that defines the journey over wealth. The speaker weighs risk against honor and finds value in brave deeds and companionship.
Kathleen, a bright visitor in a city setting, asks to attend a party and reveals family ties and a lonely narrator’s longing. The nurse, aunt Merva, and the little girl’s loyalty shape the domestic scene as the narrator learns of affection and Conte’s gentle companionship. Kathleen’s honesty about feelings brings quiet solace and gratitude from the narrator.
A London Academy critique notes American Rhodes Scholars often lack a unified education, pursuing breadth over depth and sometimes lacking language skills for European history. It cites a Somerville recipient with 32 tested subjects and a historian lacking manuscripts or languages, while predicting potential shifts in American literature and education influence from Oxford exchanges. It contrasts American and English academic cultures and mentions hospitality shaping Anglo American ties. A note on new glassine book covers closes the piece.
The column covers methods to stop sows from eating chickens using nose rings and straps, training horses by gentle hobbling, beautifying grounds with water features and plantings, and notes on legumes supplying soil nitrogen yet needing potash and phosphoric acid for best crop results. It reflects period agricultural guidance and practical demonstrations.
A summary of Prof. Spillman’s bulletin on balanced cow feeding describes a herd with one 15-year-old cow still thriving and milked profitably. Cows receive three-part rations: succulent greens, dry hay, and mill products with bran, oil meal, and gluten. Feeding is seasonal, with silage and hay from May through July, then corn and silage rotations, gradual changes, salt supplementation, and meticulous cutting of all roughage to quarter-inch sizes. Two round silos store about 100 tons, produced on four acres, with eleven workers and heavy equipment to fill them.
The Flamingo has about seven species with three in America found in the Bahamas Florida and Cuba. It averages five feet in height and when stretched its neck towers above a man. Breeding season is May and June. plumage fades then but returns to bright hues in winter. Young hatch with straight bills that bend later. First plumage is grayish white passing through pinks to scarlet. final gaudy plumage takes several years to perfect.
The item surveys diverse science notes including non sleeping animals and snakes, electric welding on rails, a supposedly lemon free pie, a Marconi wireless coast station link, thermite casting temperatures, and Julius Hann’s Antarctic mean temperature comparison showing the southern mean about two and three quarters degrees cooler than the northern.
The Chicago Tribune notes conclusive tests show a room with 60 percent humidity and 65 degrees feels warmer than 72 degrees at 30 percent. Dr Henry M Smith says if 68 degrees is not warm enough humidity is too low and water should be evaporated to raise moisture. Water, not coal, could make rooms comfortable when the temperature reaches 68 degrees.
P. E. L. in New York Times explains a map of a maple gate lifted by trunk growth rather than branch widening. The reader recalls a farm gate hung on a maple trunk that rose as the trunk thickened at the base, illustrating deceptive appearances in tree growth.
A playful exchange frames a football tale where a hero’s 90 yard run crowns the game. The contrast with a different hero who dominates the ticket market and rests easy afterward is drawn in Town Topics style. A remark notes Sweden and Norway have few illiterate people.
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