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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
1
The verse questions why youths are taken while the aged remain in sorrow and punishment after death. It recalls human fragility and mortality, ending with a religious lesson about submission to God's will as taught by a speaker reflecting on life and loss.
In a household of sisters led by Miss Abby, Eric, Hilda, Valeria, and their mother discuss the courting of Allen Rathburn, a wealthy suitor. Eric reveals Rathburn’s wealth and a Western sheep ranch, while Miss Abby worries over Valeria’s sisterly reputation. a wedding soon follows, and Allen later appears as a capable, amiable schoolteacher.
An 1890s feature describes Oxford University Press as the world’s longstanding Bible printer. It notes four great manuscripts, the Codex Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, and termaers, plus the vast process of type setting, multi-language fonts, and a secret papermaking method enabling mass Bible production. The piece highlights the daily Bible output, historic presses, and the care to avoid errors with a prize for corrections.
Two gangs of workers have started the longest tunneling task ever attempted in Colorado. The main bore will be 20 miles with 30 miles of subsidiary tunnels, totaling about 50 miles under Pike's Peak. The project aims to run from Colorado Springs toward the west with a daily progress near 30 feet. The cost is estimated at 820,500,000.
A collage of quotes from Jeremy Taylor Locke Addison Burke and George C Lorimer on virtue courage ambition and perseverance. The passages warn that wealth misfortune and idle courage ruin character while true progress demands action and disciplined effort.
Readable fragments describe Jefferson's boyhood sites at Tuckahoe James River near Richmond with a schoolhouse scene shared by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas M Randolph and tangled notes on Jefferson’s family. The piece also notes a Pennsylvanian bubble spring near Franklin and rising iridescent bubbles observed in water with historic inscriptions and local names.
Prominent reports describe electric lighting being installed in Swissta Slos railway cars with policemen using electric lanterns for night work. Other notes mention rotary snow plows, water-throwing devices on tracks in South Dakota, and cold storage plans for Trailways ports and steamers. Additional items cover railway clearances London Edinburgh, heat expansion, and new steering devices for ships.
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