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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
3
A drunken prospector’s wife and a bold tenderfoot plan to elope in a blizzard. The prospector is shot by the wife, the loyal youth takes the blame, they flee toward a railroad, and fate twists into a long, moneyed rematch with social and graft entanglements in New York.
In a storm bound at a country lodge, Gormly hosts Mrs. Haldane and her party of three, planning to shelter them until morning. He learns of their social work aims and is pressed by Miss Haldane to use his vast wealth for real world good rather than mere commerce.
Miss Haldane and Mr Gormly discuss the settlement house project with mutual flattery. He commends her business insight and she muses on leadership and action, noting Ruskin’s idea that seeing what to do is key. The scene ends with her remark that she would urge action, not answers.
A crowded elevator fell floors as office staff demanded downward travel. The operator declared full, then revealed the car was “filled up with hats” after a man on the fifteenth floor tried to ride down amid the lunch rush.
A 360 ton shipment from South Carolina quarries reached Aberdeen as a response to demand for color variation in granite. The note frames the export as a strategic choice to diversify the local supply and appeal to buyers seeking contrast with native stone.
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