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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
4
Secretary Leslie M. Shaw recounted a Iowa school incident about a teacher punishing an entire class to compel one student to confess. The boy finally revealed he caused the misdeed, illustrating a moral about clemency discussions for customs law informants.
Congressman Joseph T. Robinson recounts an Arkansas hog theft case where a Black man, without counsel, declines a court appointed lawyer. The judge urges representation, but the defendant prefers to rely on the court’s ignorance, asking for a “cheap white trash lawyer” and implying the system would not help him.
Philadelphia reports the largest circular saw in the world seven feet four inches in diameter. It will be used to cut pine stumps into shingle bolts. Also notes products and ads including Dr. Kline's nerve restorer and Allen's Foot Ease. Mentions coffee consumption lead and other assorted items.
The Democratic platform from the National Convention at St. Louis declares commitment to fiscal economy, anti trust enforcement, tariff revision, and Isthmian canal support. It opposes monopolies, favors civil service reform, expanded protections for citizens, and domestic land reclamation as part of broad national development.
An explorer recalls penetrating deep into Alaska’s winter to photograph musk oxen. He notes the animals stay in primeval state, exhibit no fear, and stare curiously as he moved among them within thirty yards before retreating. The journey highlights musk oxes as a reliable focal point when deer have vanished and musk oxen are scarce.
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