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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
Odds and ends note J Russell Wattles elected to succeed Dr St George Tucker Brooke as Buchannon professor of law at the University of West Virginia. Includes a quip about advertising virtues and a humorous Smart Set exchange on ruined proposals.
A humorous exchange recalls a daughter denying a father’s claim of a hug while describing a toy telephone device. The quip contrasts two types of people: the obviously bad and the unexposed.
Mrs Thomas Thompson of Clarksville writes of 15 years with tormenting eczema. After trying many doctors nothing helped until Turrizinz cured her. She attests thousands have similar cures. Turrizinz costs 5 00 by mail from J T Suvereine Savannah Ga.
An advertorial claims Hicks Capuchine relieves monthly pains nervousness and headache with immediate effects. It markets cheap doses 10c and 25c and urges readers to seek results from physicians and drug stores. The piece closes with a humorous line about money and marriage.
The Rev. Ira W W Henderson at Irving Square Presbyterian Church Brooklyn preaches from Genesis 28 19 Jacob awaked and named the site Beth El the house of God He urges churches to be Beth El not clubs and to radiate spiritual blessing inspiration and covenant with God through a living temple rather than mere edifice.
A girl in a dull town laments lack of culture and money. An older friend suggests changing perspective, not conditions. She accepts and discovers renewal through recognizing blessings and serving others, writing a year later that life feels entirely different.
A Christian Guardian meditation urges men to bear trouble inwardly not outwardly. It promotes patience courage and hope as ways to lessen burdens and brighten the world. The piece advises developing habits of smiling and singing to lift spirits and help others.
A reflective meditation argues that life is a disciplined school sent by God to educate believers. The Master guides learners with patient care, speaking softly or loudly as needed, and measures progress by divine love rather than human fault.
The Rev Dr Meson of Pittsburg defines a true leader as a man of ideas who advocates a plan and persuades through the press and public speech so people may be convinced of its wisdom.
A collection of maxims noting that laziness leads to binding consequences. It cites Latin and Spanish lines about praise and cobwebs becoming chains, and a Coke quote praising law as reason. Also mentions a hare started by small dogs and warns about changing opinions carefully.
An American company manager in London tries to ban afternoon tea rings and disrupt centuries of habit. After a month he concedes, as clerks and directors protest, and reveals tea brewing costs of 385 a year in gas.
A Chicago Tribune item recounts a confrontation where one man complains that a bill was sent to the wrong person. The other insists the amount isn’t owed. The quarrel centers on mistaken billing and misaddressed correspondence.
Observations on anger and temper in a young woman. A hot temper harms friendships and a happy home, and the consequences of folly bring penance. The piece urges restraint and self control over anger.
Mrs Ellen Toothaker of South Harpswell preserves a small apple given by a kind stranger after a Sunday church outing fifty years ago. The man, now seventy five, remembered the gesture upon learning the tale. The apple was hollowed and studded with cloves and kept as a memento.
A wise young man pauses before guessing a widow’s age. She presses for a guess, he offers two options ten years younger or ten years older, and then he departs with a graceful, swift exit. The anecdote ends with the widow smiling and blushing.
Admiral Capps travels to the Pacific to review armor belt line and related construction after criticism. In a separate note, William H. Barnes drowned himself grieving his brother Charles A. Barnes who died from gas at Easter. An outbreak of smallpox on the transport Sherman prompts vaccination and quarantine for all aboard.
A Buffalo News vignette shows Marian reading aloud to her mother and sister. Marian explains she reads the book for the part she understands, despite its heaviness and advanced vocabulary. The piece notes the typical 700 word vocabulary for the average son.
Advertisement fragments detail eczema sufferers praising Cuticura Remedies for curing leg ulcers and scabs after long years of treatment. Included are testimonials from Mrs. J. B. Benaud of Montreal and other unsourced claims.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease claiming relief for burning, swollen, sore feet and ingrowing nails. It touts a tasteless formula with quinine and iron, urges asking dealers, and offers a 25 cent price with a mailed sample from Allen S. Olmsted in LeRoy New York.
In Cy The Spanish War inquiry continues over church land dealings and the commodity clause. Pittsburgh residents face financial stakes near ten million dollars as chief figures are named and events unfold.
A promotional note extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly successful in relieving female ailments. It cites vast testimonials from women in Lynn Massachusetts and asserts the remedy avoids drugs while restoring feminine health and even saving some from surgery.
In a witty exchange, Authoress explains to a friend how she finally got back at the editor who rejects her manuscripts by declining his son, with thanks, in a light Tit-Bits style vignette.
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