18 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
1
A short verse humorously details a suitor pressing for a purchase. The narrator refuses then relents, buying a book of safety pins as a playful twist. The piece showcases witty dialogue and a light domestic comedy tone.
Kentucky Garrettson vows vengeance for her father Ben Garrettson while Dan Simpleton wrestles love, honor, and a vow to kill Hearst. Kentucky trains her courage, defies bearing a feud, and shoots at Doctor Hearst at Gontier's saw-mill to defend family. Charlie guards his sister's gun as the climactic duel ends with Hearst alive and debts paid.
A mud volcano eruption on December 15 created a new island off Burma. The 400 by 200 yard landmass sits 20 feet above water, at latitude 19 0 6 N and longitude 93 24 20 E, with warm mud and small craters. Royal Indian Marine Survey officers noted 148 F mud at three feet depth and raised a warning flag for passing ships.
A nine year old Tommy plans a party trip. His father offers half a crown and a four wheel drive home if it rains. Tommy returns drenched and explains he rode in a cab, sitting on the box for the ride, calling it great fun. Captain Mervyn Buckey, a great great grandson of Samuel Washington, serves as an army engineer in Puget Sound.
Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson preaches at Irving Square Presbyterian on the authority of parentage and obedience to both family and civic law. He argues that honoring parents, respecting elders, and yielding to wise leadership build a lawful society, urging parents to lead with love and wisdom rather than control. He warns that disrespect for law erodes nations and calls for courage at the ballot box to ensure just laws and competent leaders.
An old man on his deathbed blesses his three sons. One son asks for forgiveness for past harsh words, but the father answers with undying love that he forgot it all long ago. The prodigal returns and, as he confesses, is restored to sonship in the father’s loving memory.
A Crabb quotation urges small acts of kindness, noting Dr. Johnson’s view that waiting for a great good yields none. Good progresses by degrees. steady efforts amid disappointments can achieve much through perseverance.
The piece argues that God hates sin but loves sinners and humanity despite wrongdoing. Love is an invisible force guiding toward holiness and happiness, aiming to love the wrongdoer out of sin and into decency and righteousness.
A brief spiritual note on approaching the most holy place of communion with God. Hannah Whitall Smith asserts that only a wholly consecrated soul may enter the inner sanctuary and experience divine fellowship.
An admonition urges a woman to curb self focus and envy, cultivate steadier actions, and extend virtue to her own household rather than reserving graces for outsiders, as quoted from the New York Press.
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