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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1893
Page
4
The article applauds Cantra from Yale as the year’s standout college twirler with praise from peers and sports writers. Mentions other players and a year of strong pitching across college teams, highlighting Yale’s standout performer.
A long excerpt from a Rev Dr Talmage sermon blends imagery of light after darkness with biblical references to trials and triumphs. The speaker envisions daybreak as spiritual victory, cites martyrs and hymnody, and ends with reflections on perseverance, faith, and heavenly reward.
The passage presents disjointed religious phrases about light, salvation, and divine presence. Imagery centers on crowns, thrones, and the crucible of night yielding to dawn, with references to Jesus, salvation, and praise for light in the evening. The text feels like a fragmented sermon or hymn snippet from an older era.
A fragmented prose piece reflects on wisdom and folly with observations about shyness honesty and wealth. It explores motives behind actions and cautions against vanity while noting moderation and truthful conduct as guiding ideals.
A curiously tough flexible wood from a climbing palm is described as rattan like vines in Celebes forests. The plant winds through thick jungle, scales trees, and uses air to reach sunlight. A native water carrier uses a hollow section in the vine to carry water eight feet high. Prices and cuttings from Brooklyn advertisers appear among the fragmentary notes.
Ezra Thomas a Shasta County prospector known as the Mountain Boy battled a deer that charged him near Taylor's Flat. He struck the animal's head with his pick, killing it, before the deer could attack again. The dead deer was later brought to J. D. Heyward’s residence for processing.
The Chinese government embraces a long coastal fortification program stretching along seaboards and the Yangtze, with Shangtung Province to receive fortifications. A naval station is planned at China Clan south of Shantung with others near Chefoo. Krupp armor and nine guns have been ordered for two forts mid construction, one guarding Chefoo Harbor and another westward. General Sun Chin-piao has ordered roadwork to fort sites and a military road toward Wei Hat Wei.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative with pleasant taste and cleansing properties. It claims relief from colds headaches and fevers and asserts effectiveness in treating constipation. Sold by druggists in 50cc and 1 bottle sizes and manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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