20 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
1
A street essay contrasts the crowded urban chase for money with a serene garden moment where two rivals once hurried, now at peace. The piece references a bustling city, crowded sidewalks, and the struggle of the strong against the weak amid the all consuming pursuit of wealth.
A Chicago newspaper office worker known only as Billy Smith performs unnoticed tasks each morning. His brother, an electrical expert in New York, travels nationwide for a municipal rights dispute in Omaha, facing a lengthy legal fight. A stranger arrives with a card shortly after Billy begins his day.
Herbert M Goven, city attorney in Omaha, visits a newspaper office asking for names of top electrical experts to evaluate costs of installing plants and supplying electricity. He aims to back a favored company's bid for a lucrative franchise amid a city government split over two rival firms.
United States leads world wealth with estimated property at 81.75 billion dollars while the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia trail. Debt to wealth ratios favor the U S at 1.4 percent, with France highest at 12.3. Additional notes compare 1901 wheat and 1900 metals production, and a brief proverb on noise and popularity.
Fashion notes describe chemises cut closer to the body with lace and embroidery and knee length. A feature on George Sand recounts how she became a writer after Balzac advised publishing in Figaro and her later adoption of the name George Sand.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note recalls small flat silver boxes with perforated interiors used to hold sponge vinaigrette. Travelers tucked them in pockets or carried them to church with a clean handkerchief around the prayer book, valuing the revived odor amid stuffy worship spaces.
Mrs William Douglas Sloane showcases a famed fan collection as Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes funds native bird protection with 3000 dollars. Leicher Atsye, Pueblo nurse, emerges among early Native American medical professionals. Belle MacKinnon becomes a partner in her Utica mill overseeing 2000 workers. Mrs George Jay Gould hosts a Moorish gold library in New York. Mary Bryan Cobb, a 99 year old widow of the War of 1812, links to Colonel Bryan. May Alden Ward earns a diamond brooch for Cantabrigia Club leadership. Buffalo women's union adds photography etching and art needlework courses. Jessie Benton Fremont, 77, lives in Los Angeles after paths with Pathfinders fame and ties to U S presidents.
The article surveys dress details from hair ornaments to hats and gowns. It highlights a Paris import reception gown in green velvet with white cloth and black embroidery, Swiss muslins with Oriental motifs, a blue dotted velvet waist with white taffeta lacing, and updated corsetry and undergarment trends aimed at a slender silhouette.
War Department notes attar of ylang ylang from the Philippines commands 40 to 55 dollars per pound amid high demand. The oil, valued for perfumes and medicinal uses, is produced mainly in southern Luzon and the Visayas, with limited global supply. Collected flowers yield about one pound of oil from seventy five pounds of blossoms.
A brief Chicago Record Herald line notes some men resemble anthills, drawing notice only after people stumble upon them.
The article describes Marshall Islanders using yard square stick charts and shells as map markers to navigate vast Pacific waters without a compass or chronometer. Pilots study the stick streams from a chosen island, steering by the chart and currents, and only seek landfall after error leads them leeward to familiar coasts.
A meditation on honest effort and reputation, noting that all deeds yield value either good or ill. It argues age brings limits, favors major aims, and warns against overreliance on suspicion. It lauds female strength, virtue, modesty, affection, and urges humility over boastfulness.
A concise reflection on inner wealth over material riches. True wealth lies in health courage kindness and nobility, radiating through actions words and deeds to influence community rather than hoard wealth, drawing on O S Marden's Success insight.
A Paris Messenger note reveals a hidden street uncovered during Rue Vaneau widening. The narrow two metre passage had no paving and ends blocked, formerly called Rue dOlivet, long unknown to locals.
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