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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
1
The Old Green House now houses a complete display of furniture including bedsteads mattresses couches and spring lines along with Nissen Chase City and Ryder wagons and ranges. Prices are stated as very low. H.W. and J.C. Webb advertise as agents for harvesting machinery and related equipment.
Mattie Hunter's temper challenges her marriage to Marsh Hunter spark family strife. After a bitter quarrel and a plan to leave, Mattie seeks her mother’s counsel who urges confession. Mattie returns home with her baby and both confess. Marsh and Mattie reunite as warmth returns to their home.
William D Orcutt of the University Press lectured on the evolution of the printed book from ancient manuscripts to the present day at Wesleyan hall before the Society of Designers and Engravers. He traced movable type from ancient use to Gutenberg 1439, praised Aldus Manutius and Morris, noted Morris flaws, and highlighted American faces like De Vinne Renner and Merymount. The talk used lantern slides to show title pages and early manuscripts, linking the Humanities period to modern University Press typography. The report also notes a $5 600 000 loss from the French battleship Sully wreck off Cochin China and explains the Japanese farewell Sayonara.
The Rev. John C. Ager preached on The First Temptation from Matthew 4. He argued the three temptations picture three levels of life within the human soul: natural, religious, and celestial. He warned against living by bread alone and urged shaping all thought and action by every word from God.
A reflective piece on discouragement citing Booker T. Washington and an old prophet. It argues that perseverance and belief in success sustain effort against obstacles, while discouragement darkens prospects. The text also notes a discouraged mindset hinders progress and quotes historical figures and a doggerel verse.
The Duke of Wellington spoke of preaching as marching orders for Christians urging action to recruit and win men to Christ. The text frames evangelism as the immediate and imperative duty of every believer, the first business in life.
In disobedience, Tommy skates on a frozen pond, falls through, returns home soaked. His sister Jennie shows sympathy, hides the incident from their parents, then later falls in herself while coming from the pond. Tommy chides Jennie about the ice, she explains she wanted to see for herself.
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