09 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
1
A fragment from Harper's Weekly recounts a travel diary in Panay and Cebu during the postwar era. The writer notes insurgent activity, American forces, local reactions, and the tense outlook for governance in the Philippines while touching on German colonial ambitions and Pacific strategy.
The piece highlights women leaders of the suffrage movement and industrial titan Robert Knight. It profiles Carrie Chapman Catt as a supreme organizer, orator, and editor advancing women's rights, and recounts Knight as the “Cotton King,” detailing his vast mill ownership, villages, and rise from bobbin boy to a dominant figure in the cotton industry.
Fragmented reminiscences recount perilous river rapids and rescues on the Klondike voyage, including a dangerous landfall and a jokey Indian pilot. Also includes a storm tale, a courtly Indian king episode, a wildcat kill by Mrs Ferry, and a note on a butter king with vast dairy operations.
A historical column describes Scots in a Manila town colony life. It notes a Scots club with library and billiard room, critiques Yankee conduct toward natives, and claims wire arms and harsh measures used for minor offenses. It claims Yankee soldiers arm and shoot at locals, mocking Spanish nobility.
A Japanese Bride Tree marks birth and marriage by preserving its wood until nuptials, then transformed into fine furniture by a cabinetmaker. The first American newspaper on the Pacific coast appeared in 1844 at Oregon City as the Flamgudgeon Gazette. At Ypsilanti, a monumental floral eagle statue, five feet six inches tall, graced Michigan Central Station grounds, designed by John Laidlaw, landscape superintendent.
The Boston Public Library reports about 75,000 card holders, surpassing any other city. A separate estimate suggests 40 million Protestant Church members worldwide have an annual income around $15,000,000,000.
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