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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
6
A brief serif exchange shows Edith blocking a marriage to Mr Stingy due to rumored cigar cost disputes. Edward defends Edith, while Edith accuses him of smoking expensive cigars, revealing a lighter social clash over habits and money.
Bowing to the new Turkish government, Bedouins rise against authorities in Arabia. Arabs raid the Hejaz railway, despoil stations and trains, kill crew, and cut telegraph wires. Nine Americans lose possessions but escape with aid. government sends large expedition as Bedouin movement grows. Britain may gain control of Arabia while Hejaz remains critical to Turkey's Caliphate.
A long excerpt discusses Mecca's Mecca railway and its impact on Arab towns, Christians in Turkish service, and rising cosmopolitan pilgrims. It notes how the Hejaz railway provokes unrest by spreading progress and intolerance, with Arabs selling camels due to rail competition and pilgrims bringing global ideas. The piece contrasts Ottoman decline with Western influence.
A mother describes a six month old's severe scalp rash spreading to the face and body, with hair loss. After trying multiple doctors and ointments, treatment with Cuticura Resolvent, Soap, and Ointment led to rapid improvement and full recovery. She endorses Cuticura for skin issues and toilet use.
An old ad touts Ok Standard Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming quinine and iron drive out malaria and build the system, priced at 30 cents. It also promotes Hicks’ Cough Suppressing Capsules for colds, and Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a laxative cure, urging readers to avoid night-swallowing habits.
One of the largest imports into America are willow clothes baskets mostly made by Russian peasants in central Russia with some from the Danube valley. Imports last year topped one million dollars. Osier willow has long been worked by Russian peasants, and the craft passes from father to son.
A devotional essay urges seeking the face of God through purity, peace, and love. It cites scripture, argues glimpses of God are possible now in nature and in others, and especially in Jesus Christ. Anecdotes on kidney health and a Doan's Kidney Pills testimonial follow.
Rev. F. B. Mason of Boston argues that only negative human law opposes man. Without it, man would return to a pristine spiritual ego. He claims depravity stems from a mortal finite mind bound by the law of cause and effect.
Rev C K Carpenter of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago argues that without ideals men would lack purpose and direction. He contends ideals shape thought and provide standards by which people live, guiding choices and sustaining moral effort.
A fun blindfolding game is described with steps to walk on paper and pick a pin from a wall. An Elixir Babek malaria remedy ad follows, claiming prevention and cure of fevers with a testimonial from J Middleton of Four-Mile Run Va and pricing at 50 cents.
Miss Geraldine Farrar seated in a deck chair on the George Washington watches six youngsters at play and muses with a pensive smile on where all the queer old men originate from given how charming children are.
An advisory urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the signature of Childbn In Use For Over 30 Years, highlighting Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and noting that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A Scottville Michigan farmer’s mother of several children extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative inserted as a trusted remedy. She credits the products with preventing backache and heavy labor pains and recommends them for young girls building strength.
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