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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
4
An English paper lauds Siamese force for strength in its elephant corps with eight hundred armored elephants led by a retired Anglo Indian officer. They claim protection for heads trunks and other vulnerable parts against bullets with India rubber armor.
The item touts land at five dollars per acre with favorable terms and promises good schools and churches. It mentions no blizzard or cold waves, a new illustrated paper for three months at ten cents, and a contact in Cincinnati. The ad blends various ads for tobacco, patent medicines, and household products with a dated 1894 endorsement.
This old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood cleansing tonic to remove winter impurities and spring humors. It claims to purify the blood, strengthen the nervous system, increase appetite, improve sleep, and renew energy.
Rev. George H. Hepworth resumes Herald sermon series with An Ennobling Faith. He cites faith as essential to endure loss and the afterlife, urging belief in Providence and eternal hope. He contrasts earthly sorrow with a coming universal triumph guided by God, invoking Armageddon imagery and optimism.
A sermon reflects on Isaiah's prophecy The Lord has made bare His holy arm and the bold biblical image is linked to divine intervention. The speaker compares earthly toil in factories and mines to the coming of divine action rolled up sleeves style and ultimate fulfillment by the Almighty.
Reports from Alaska describe early travelers in fear from cold and ice. Avalanches near Lake Bennett destroy outfits, Chilkoot Pass blocked by blizzards, freight halted, and many explorers frozen. Copper River expeditions suffer. snow up to fifteen feet with frostbite.
A St. Louis convention on highways urges using one third of county road taxes to fund improvements and calls for a constitutional amendment to raise levies for road work. A State highway commission and joint efforts with the Missouri Road Improvement Association are endorsed.
The article discusses road-building as a cooperative effort and cites opinions from public figures on improving goods roads, education, and reform. It notes Minnesota voters may approve a new one-twentieth mill tax to enhance the state road fund and appoint three state road commissioners, increasing the current $12,500 annual fund by about $28,750.
A clergyman invents meadow grass blocks for paving. Oil tar and resin impregnated grass pressed into blocks, bound with iron straps. Claimed benefits include noiselessness elasticity wear resistance and heat and cold imperviousness.
The Seaboard Air Line secured a differential rate against rivals, gaining a tariff that lowers the fare by 3 dollars on key routes. The advantage applies across the Southeastern and Trunk Line Associations, with standard New York to Atlanta at 24 dollars and the Seaboard differential at 1 dollar, Washington to Atlanta at 17.5 dollars with a 14 dollar Seaboard differential. The line plans to push similar rates with the New England and Mississippi associations to extend the differential east of the Mississippi River.
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