02 Jun 1894
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1894
Page
1
The piece surveys patent medicines and progressive era advertising, noting the public’s exposure to medical puffery and moral concerns. It discusses poet Carleton’s statistics on American verse output and critiques global railway expansion. It closes reflecting on optimistic tunes about “happy days” amid industrial change.
The Mercantile Library in Philadelphia, a leading U S institution, reports a drop from a high 788 members and 2600 subscribers with 268277 books to 4004 circulation, amid challenges from a new free library and declining engagement. The piece also notes shifting tea and coffee consumption and quotes editorials asking if Americans are becoming a nation of coffee drinkers.
Miss Kitty Rivington, a seventeen year old in society, clashes with her elder sisters and tests friend of the family IBBY ARNOLD. A box of candy, a box at Pallard’s, and a box of feelings drive a day of social missteps, conflict, and a budding romance between Kitty Cassie and Robert Arnold.
The St Louis Republic describes a site in Lancaster County near York Farnacs Bridge as a cave like fissure network emitting a steady draft of air. Observers note it resembles a blow hole rather than a true cave and the air flow is cautiously observed.
A detailed look at Pacific salmon fishing on the Columbia, including boats, gear, and crews. It describes canneries with rough buildings, process from fish to cans, and notes many workers are Chinese while crews are largely Scandinavian, Finn, and Italian. It mentions 1.7 million cases packed coastwide and the dangers of fishing near the river bar.
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