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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
1
Amos Wells urges steadfast toil over quick fame in a poem that exhorts workers to embrace steady plodding. It praises humble tasks from broom to hod, linking patient labor to nature and the divine, and to personal purpose in toil.
Augustus Sniper arrives at a drawing room to win Katie Gunn’s favor while wearing disreputable boots that betray his bravado. He stumbles through tea, flirtation, and awkward advances as Katie and Maggie Neville watch, culminating in a refused proposal and a humiliating escape.
A discussion on archery and rifle targets notes the Army may revert to a round bullseye for qualification as silhouettes prove best for skirmish firing. The piece also surveys early pie origins, detailing meat tenderizing and the Gaelic etymology, plus a call to name county roads to honor pioneers.
Aesop tale where a tiger captures a monkey. The monkey pleads insignificance and leads the tiger to an ass on a hillside, claiming a finer prey. The ass asks why only one tiger was brought, startling the tiger into fleeing. Thus quick wit wards off danger, as reported by the New York Press.
At South Congregational Church in Brooklyn Rev Albert J Lyman preaches on Common Ethical Illusions Concerning the Practice of Gambling using Exodus 20 15 not steal to argue gambling is a cross between stealing and dueling and a poison to the mind He contends there is no objective chance only subjective uncertainty and urges immediate self restraint to protect youths and the community
A Dickensian reflection extols the poor man’s attachment to his humble dwelling. He argues that household affections grounded in toil and bare rooms prove more sacred than wealth driven ties to halls and lands. True home binds through heart and habit, not silver or stones.
The article extols character as a word of honor forming a protective coat. It claims thoughts, actions, and words forge a golden chain of character, stronger than a steam engine’s measure, and notes reputations can be damaged only by internal faults, not by external forces.
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