13 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
1
In a nostalgic reminiscence the narrator recalls boyhood winter thrills racing down De Bouse on a hand sled with damsels at their sides, skating and moonlit rides near Slocum's Hill, McGuffy's cider mill, and the old farmhouse creaking as blizzards howl.
Tubu a stylish figure known for charm and debt dodging plans to wed the Albany widow of Clifford A. Rogers. He visits Huff & Peak Bankers seeking three thousand dollars to bridge his looming crisis, after six years of mounting obligations. The scheme unfolds amid talk of marriage and fortune.
News from Aden reports a Sambook sailing from Hodeida to Kunfadah seized by pirates near Jaizan. Ashore loot included $12000 cash and merchandise worth $21000 as crew and passengers were beaten and bound. Four pirates bought rifles, then sailed toward Towail with captives. Ahmed Gobaish identified as gang leader. Report filed from Madras Times.
The excerpt alleges Kipling, as a colonial Englishman, taunts home England by calling them islanders and accusing them of favoring sport over war. It quotes a cable summary saying he urges conscription, a rule alien to Anglo-Saxon genius, and that his poem provokes British readers with sharp reproach.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Japan as a progressive nation quick to adopt ideas from advanced peoples. It observes twenty five years of prominent exhibitions and argues that the 1903 monster exposition offers a chance to attract visitors and enable profitable business, describing the event as a world shopping expedition to Japan.
Statistics from Germany show over fifty percent of consumption cases traceable to habitual breathing of dust tainted with injurious substances. The finding highlights airborne exposure as a major risk factor in respiratory disease.
The article discusses Lucretia Cornaro, Venice native and first woman to earn a Doctor of Laws at Padua, cited as the world’s first woman lawyer. It notes her eloquence and influence, with Shakespearean linkages and the Shylock case reference from the Chicago Record-Herald. It also includes anecdotes about Mrs Wide Awake a cleaning entrepreneur and medical care of the face with soap and scrubbing brushes.
An outline of facial washing motions is described by an authority. The sequence covers cleansing from the center of the forehead to the temple and eye, patting eyes dry, sweeping down the cheek to the jaw, compressing the nose, and sweeping upward to the scalp while coordinating hand movements near the temple. The guidance appears as a health tip in a New York News item.
The Empress of Germany’s famed pearl necklace valued at $50,000 is noted alongside several prominent women. Mrs. Indiana Williams leaves land and $700,000 for a girls school in Virginia. Mrs. William Gregory heads a Rhode Island mill business. Ellen Wetherald Ahrens earns Carnegie Institute second prize with Sewing, which Carnegie intends to purchase. Miss Alice F Crane starts seed testing on the Pacific coast. Chicago employs hundreds of women in municipal work and sanitation. Mrs. Christian Bradley, Peru Indiana, a major landowner and shrewd financier, left a large estate with notable growth. Miss Helen Heisser of Minneapolis gains fame for cabinetmaking and design rivaling men.
A catalogue of dainty garments and accessories features a delicate pink muslin dress with a white figure, dull gold hat pins with jeweled eyes, bold floral printed muslins with wide borders, a pocketbook card case with a large gold enamel initial, tucked chambray shirts with white stripes, a pink lawn frock trimmed with black lace petals, a blue and white hat for blondes with forget-me-not trim, blue satin bow, versatile belts with back lacing, a Persian silk belt with black braid and ribbon ends.
Farm Topics discusses good seed potato practices to maximize yield and warns against cutting seed. It covers corn growing tips by Secretary Wilson on soil moisture, underdraining, and dust mulches. Dairy feeds review gluten meals and brewers grains as balanced rations, noting no milk flavor impact. A self feeder for hogs, built of rich lumber with a six foot high side, is described.
In a Rural Spirit column, McSparran extols cows and red clover as steadfast farm allies while praising durable, simple barn designs and long feeding troughs. He notes intent to pursue alfalfa yet favors tradition, urging faith in cows, clover, and practical improvements like electric lighting from distant Marzore Falls.
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