28 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1894
Page
1
A Pune artist painted an old Kent pasture featuring two trees and sold the work for 1490. The pasture owner then sold the land and trees together for 509, claiming full title.
United States Consul Penfield in Cairo notes Egypt is making a small but steady advance in raw cotton production and domestic consumption. He cites New England fabric mills increasing cotton use from negligible levels ten years ago to over 60,000 bales valued around 3 million dollars in recent times.
Henry Labonenere comments from London that readers fall into three groups those who read and remember a rare few those who read and forget many and those who read little or nothing the original writer today belongs to the first class and writes for the others
The San Francisco Chronicle notes bicycles gain favor inland as horse owners fear collisions but resist none. As discussions calm, horses are expected to grow accustomed to wheels, a trend seen in cities where bicycles are widely used.
The Secretary of the Interior ends government tests on arid tracts after years of effort. Railroads in New Mexico and Arizona will continue experiments. The text compares attempting to extract moisture from barren land to squeezing blood from a turnip, noting some regions have no pasture and moisture remains unrecoverable by powder or dynamite.
Captain Moore of the Mary Gibbs recalls a sea voyage from Boston to Africa’s coast. He speaks of trading New England rum for fourteen ealoon ram and taking two women missionaries en route to civilize and Christianize local peoples. The brigantine docks at thirteen ports to unload rum, which natives receive with evident interest, while the missionaries press on to counteract the ram’s influence before Gibbs returns home.
A fragmentary note reviews the Suez Canal year’s shipping, praising Lord Byngfield’s foresight and noting that tabular passage data show nearly 3009 ships through Tira canal, with costs, losses, and family provisions referenced amid praise for the grand enterprise’s endurance.
A faded Atlanta Constitution note speaks of morning light easing sorrow and a hopeful heart. It contrasts lingering ache with promised joy as dewdrops kiss roses and clouds part, revealing brightness and a fresh greeting from Jove at daybreak.
A sixteen year old mill worker/library student narrator falls for Eleanor Crane, heiress and wife of his mentor Mr. Crane. After years of study and toil, his great invention brings fame but also a chance to win Eleanor as his wife. A mill accident costs him his arm. Eleanor vows to stay, and in a moment of truth he accepts marriage, choosing love over ambition.
A compact historical note traces how the sense of smell faded in culture yet incense gained religious prominence. It describes ancient rites from Mesopotamian and Egyptian practices, to the use of fragrant resins in offerings, mummification needs, and trade routes influencing contact with Hebrews, Greeks, and later Buddhists and Christians.
Thomas Barnes was bound over for twelve months on a fifty pound recognizance after he attempted to draw blood from Miss Frances Mitchell under a superstition tied to ill health. He believed he was curing her by harming her with a needle, motivated by gypsy teachings and a misreading of signals from her condition.
Whitmarsh reports no ox teams in town, last year one was sold for beef. The Burt ownership marks the last ox team here. The piece reflects on how ox power fades with steam, electricity, and better farming, forecasting oxen’s return as a rarity in a future revival.
A reader laments the decline of lightning rods favoring skepticism of old protections. The piece notes many fires and few prevented disasters, recalling a time when farmers and houses routinely used rods. It mentions a friend and a father’s reluctance, ending with a mention of the Buffalo Examiner.
A dog owner Ly Copain Orentz keeper of the Wool Island lighthouse becomes famous as a dog rings the keeper bell to signal for help. The dog taps at the door three times, attracting the captain’s attention, then seizes the rope and rings the bell, alerting the crew.
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