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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1904
Page
4
The fight over Sunday golf has stirred sharp debate and prompted an appeal to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The stance remains that Sunday pastimes are a matter of individual conscience, leaving the issue unresolved as discussions continue.
A collage of medical ads and anecdotes notes women enduring backache, fatigue, and loss of appetite from kidney problems. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. Wallace, offers a free trial by Foster Milburn Co, and cites price, while also including other patent remedy pitches and light humor.
The article argues that hard work properly done rarely harms the mind or body. It cites system and focus as keys, noting that worry and poor pacing cause damage. It prescribes one hour daily outdoors and seven hours sleep to sustain high output safely.
A Philadelphia connection tells how a Japanese agent obtained details on the Russian battleship Waring built at Cramp's shipyard. A detective firm posed as laborers to gather construction and armament data for the Japanese government. Prof. Lawson asserts Sierra Nevada is 3,000,000 years old.
A feature describes Hawaii and Darjeeling as the only two places where a traveler can pass tropical, subtropical, and temperate zones within an hour by ascending high mountains. It traces Hawaii from palm shades to cooler fields and Darjeeling from tropical passes through jungle flora to tea plantations and snowy peaks.
In York Pennsylvania a wealthy business group funds a top line steam fire engine after Amoskeag pattern. The costly unit, about $9000, will join three matched coal black horses, three grooms, and a lavish new engine house under construction. Three members pledged $1000 each toward the price. Delivery awaits completion of the housing building.
A visitor with a religious bent questions children about the Bible at a school. The children answer quickly with “In a manger” and a Scotch boy adds a quip about Jesus’ mother. The Globe notes the moment amid a discussion on street railway fares. The average passenger fare on U S street railways is 2.9 cents.
A letter from M C Butler, former U S Senator from South Carolina, endorses Peruna Medicine Co for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. The advertisement claims Peruna cures catarrh in the head throat bronchial tubes and stomach, avoiding artificial digestion and narcotics.
A reader is urged to write Dr Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio for free professional advice regarding their case. The notice emphasizes obtaining guidance directly from the physician and stresses gratis consultation.
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