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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
6
Philadelphia Record notes the Pyr amid builders finishing a great store and a new company proposing to construct an absolutely modern office building. The piece also mentions peculiar Buddhist customs in Ponce, including hammering and carving holy symbols along the wayside.
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and improve health, claiming nine of ten lack pure blood and can laugh with lasting happiness through the remedy.
The collier Teutus of the Mare Istar navy yard was found with a bottom thickly encrusted by oysters while in Manila Bay. The navy yard forwarded oyster shell samples to the Bureau of Construction and Repair. The hull paint remained in good condition and natives reportedly cleared exposed plates for viewing the oysters, prized as a delicacy.
Readable text notes a 10 square mile workable area for coal beds in Colorado. No clearer context or dates accompany the fragment, but the item records a geographic estimation for coal resources in a specific region.
A Cincinnati style ad urges women with the blues to write to Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for advice. It cites testimonials like Bess Westphalia Kansas who credits Lydia E Heartwell for stopping a six month flow after using a recommended remedy. The piece promotes the notion that feminine nervousness signals disease and endorses the Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as aid for women’s ailments.
A seasoned farmer emphasizes the value of a diverse crop mix including fruits vegetables berries and grains to spread risk and increase long term farm viability based on hands on experience and observation.
A hero from Exten ton Track No 20 C Hayes Tastan helped rescue a woman from a sixth floor room during the Windsor Hotel blaze. Ford and Clarke guided a ladder story by story through smoke to pull the woman to safety as the building collapsed around them. Other feats include a bear encounter, a ship rescue by Lieutenant Bernadou, a twelve year old girl stopping a runaway horse, and a wildcat encounter near Melrose.
A compact hut for miners is described with a roof of aluminum and sides, weighing about 6 points. The setup holds 129 exhibits, as illustrated by the sketch and notes in the article.
A fragment from a Philadelphia North American column reflects on a Kansas couple during war times. A trooper plans marriage to his sweetheart Bess after the Philippines conflict ends, dreaming of returning to farm life and a simple wedding.
A montage of witty quips and light humor from numerous newspapers. Jests range from puns about jail and knaves to family quarrels and post mortems. The strip surveys social scenes, jokes about weather, tea parties, and lovers on a tandem bike for a playful cut of early 20th century amusement.
French artist Aime Nicolas Morot returns from Abyssinia and reports harsh treatment of Frenchmen there. He claims France misreads Abyssinian infli jored and notes Abyssinians scorn French visitors while British are respected. He predicts English mastery of Abyssinia, as in Egypt.
In Bangkok the majority rely on waterways for transport with half the city reachable only by boat. A Siamese woman paddles to markets by canoe while wealthier classes use a run chanc or ricksba road travel and depend on patrons for support and protection, as described in Harper's Weekly.
A TALMAGES sermon portrays atheism and infidelity as a sun turned to darkness threatening the globe. He argues Christian influence raises women’s status and condemns heathen practices, urging a rallying call against secularists and their alleged collapse of society.
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