15 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
1
Hidden in the Old Green House is a full assortment of furniture, mattresses, iron beds, couches, spring mattresses and a line of Nissen Chase City and Ryder wagons, stores and ranges. Prices are advertised as very low and enticing.
W. C and L J. C. Coebb advertise as agents for premier harvesting gear including mowers rakes binders and related equipment. The notice emphasizes their role in supplying the best harvest tools and machinery.
In a village tale drawn from Scribner's, Avis Shaw rebuffs a boastful suitor Dick Pardon. Raymond Bell, an architect, exposes the haunting as a real man hiding behind a blue light ghost. He shoots the suspect at Shaw farm, saving Avis and revealing Pardon’s confession before Avis marries Raymond.
A private Bermuda letter recounts a multi hour fight off St George's Island between a whale a thrash er and a swordfish. The Gladissen observed the clash at sunset with the whale weakening as the other two fins hammered away. A New York Post note adds that at Wellington England 5245 tramps were housed last year.
The Right Rev. Frederick Burgess preaches on Matthew xvi 13 20 at Brooklyn's Church of the Messiah. He argues Christ built His church on Peter's faith rather than on doctrine or wealth and urges the congregation to become lively stones in the Divine build.
Notes survey cooling methods for hot bearings using petroleum spirit evaporation and outline plans for an Arctic botanical garden in Disko Island. It discusses French soil fertility measurements, radish potatoes hybrids by Molliard, electric lighting in Hangchau mission schools, a push for a universal phonetic alphabet, and a feature on how nature protects winter buds with forethought in tree resilience.
On a Bridgeport train north of New Milford Connecticut Engineer Parrish spotted a large owl cross the engine. The bird vanished then reappeared perched on the pilot at Great Barrington. Parrish lifted the owl to find a slight head injury and signs of daze from the long ride.
A new reporter defends using stretched to describe the wedding floral display from the chancel rail to the church doors. City editor urges richer wording, but the reporter insists the decorations, six rubber plants, required length to cover the distance.
A Cunard liner Caronia used at least 1,800,000 rivets weighing about 600 tons. The rivetting was largely performed by hydraulic power, illustrating rivets' crucial role in modern steel shipbuilding.
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