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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
1
A stream of verses and prose pieces ponders melancholy, treasure, and love. A sentimental king laments, a tale of marriage prospects unsettled by fate, and a coin toss decision fuels a romance. Mixed notes on fiction and nature finish with reports of distant places and curious events.
A long extract discusses rats as social animals with three varieties the brown red and black noting the brown rat dominates after 1775 and that ferrets are their natural enemies. It claims rats drink any liquid including oil and decaying meat while noting breeding potential from a single pair and describes a historic royal rat catcher and ferret behavior including biting and killing rats.
A Native Australian weather foretelling method is described with Warrigul guiding Dalton to dry spells and rain signs. The piece then discusses desert etiquette among Arabs, warning against asking about a wife. It notes Bedouin warmth and social customs before segueing to a brief history of Jean Henri Dunant and the Red Cross. An ostrich egg fact closes.
The Chicago Post recounts a sweeping sale at the stockyards where buyers and sellers transact by hand signals and whip gestures rather than written records. A trader explains that personal integrity and quick transfers govern a million and a half dollars in daily business, with no need for pens or paper.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral in London will measure 360 feet in length and 156 feet in width, covering about 55 000 square feet. Its nave alone will occupy 14 000 square feet of the total area.
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