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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
1
A motivational verse celebrating resilience and perseverance. It extols the man who toils while others shirk, endures distress with head held high, learns from failure, helps others rise, and remains steadfast against envy as he forges on to win.
Edward Billings Henry, eleven, limp and eager, hitches a ride with a streetcar driver to Congress Square to interview at Florins office for an office boy job. The driver, Junius Florins, offers guidance and helps the boy explain his father’s washing work and his own drive. Florins hires him on the spot after hearing the boy’s resolve and story.
An aspiring painter seeks tutelage from an old master who rejects the sample at first. After tossing the sketch out a window three times, the master concedes the youth’s perseverance and invites him back the next day. The tale highlights grit over immediate talent.
A Smithsonian attache details a tropical forest curiosity called the lizard tree or centipede plant. The green leafy stem grows from bark with white roots at joints, and, reaching three to four feet, lower sections detach to root elsewhere or climb another tree.
The note critiques women as dramatists arguing men excel at portraying a sex not their own. It cites Max Beerbohm’s view that male characters feel real while female writers fail to render men convincingly. The quote reflects gendered perspectives on authorship and character realism.
A succinct aphorism notes that when genius earns wealth it shifts from brilliance to mere talent, implying success reshapes perception and value. The contrast hints at evolving creativity under financial gain and public recognition.
In Brooklyn at Irving Square Presbyterian Church Rev Ira W Henderson argues that receiving the Holy Spirit transforms the inner heart, makes spirituality the key to divine citizenship, and enables growth toward Christlikeness. He portrays the Spirit as a constant, personal presence who guides, comforts, and sustains believers, linking spiritual life to enduring strength amid world trials. Prohibition remark follows.
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