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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1904
Page
4
The Swedish government conducted firing trials at Karlskrona on pasteboard three inches thick. Revolvers rifles carbines and machine guns were aimed at millboard targets. Small arms bullets could not penetrate the pasteboard while machine gun fire perforated it. Carbine bullets pierced five inch wooden planks though.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day’s use of Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer two dollar trial bottle and treatise from Dr R H Kline Ltd 931 Arch St Phila Pa The first electrical railway was that of Siemens at Berlin in 1879 Isamenee Circular Saw largest circular saw in the world just made in Philadelphia seven feet four inches diameter used to cut pine stumps into shingle bolts
An advertising note touts The Great Southern Remedy for stomach and bowel troubles and notes Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial as a major stomach remedy for dysentery diarrhoea and flux. Ex chief justice O E Lochrane commends the cordial for summer use. Also promotes Halltiwanger Taylor Drug Co Atlanta and Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein for coughs croup and consumption at 25 or 50 cents.
The Chicago convention platform defends Republican records on trusts and enforcement of laws, pledges continued policy in eight years of achievement, and calls for proportional reduction of representation for disenfranchised states. It upholds the gold standard, supports a strong navy, merchant marine incentives, and equal protection under the law for all citizens.
A modern eighty car freight train will move 3 600 tons of freight, compared with 945 tons for a 35 car train a decade ago, reflecting substantial gains in capacity and efficiency.
The Republican National Convention in Chicago named Theodore Roosevelt of New York for President and Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for Vice President after a ceremonial roll call and swift nominations. Delegates cheered, Alabama yielded to New York for Roosevelt, and Alabama would yield to Iowa for Fairbanks.
ISS Blanche Grey of Memphis writes from 174 Alabama Street praising Peruna as a nerve tonic and vital invigoration. She states it restored strength and health after fatigue from irregular meals and stress and urges readers to buy a bottle. She notes a guarantee to write to Dr Hartman in Columbus, Ohio if benefits are not received.
A tale by Anne Warner titled Her Husband depicts a susceptible gentleman speaking suggestively before his wife. The husband, S. G., expects ejectment, but discovers that Her Husband is deaf and dumb, creating a ironic twist in the plot.
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