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Orange County Observer in Hillsborough, North Carolina

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Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1908

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Four Anchors of Righteousness Anchor a Daily Life

A New York sermon urges faith hope love and prayer as four anchors to steady daily morals. The preacher compares modern deceit and social injustice to a shipwreck and calls for faith in righteousness, hope amid darkness, neighborly love, and persistent prayer to guide actions and society.

Orange County Financial Bureau of Information N. Y Unity Church Gates Avenue B. J. Newman Paul Rome Gilers Sailos Inilu Ie New York Brooklyn Bridge Symr Brooklyn House of Labor

Indian Bones Unearthed at Updegraff Farm Site

Workmen digging behind the Newberry area schoolhouse in Lycoming County unearthed an Indian skull and large bones. The skeleton likely dates over two centuries, buried head down in a blanket, with a remarkably wide jaw and well preserved teeth.

Updegraff Newberry Lycoming County Updegraffs Philadelphia

Fortune Tellers in Business Probed by Christian Register

The Christian Register notes that some capable men still seek guidance from fortune-tellers for business tips. The piece highlights the tension between prudence and superstition in modern conduct.

Christian Register

Manganese Deoxidizes Nickel Alloys and Global Tech Notes

The American Machinist cites manganese as the premier deoxidizing agent for nickel and alloys, removing oxygen and sulphur. Wireless messages reach Sitka from Point Loma across 1905 miles, the Pacific coast’s longest distance, while Berlin reports the Wireless Spark Telegraph Co claims a 2290 mile transatlantic run to a Cap Blanco steamer near Teneriffe. Spinel in blast furnace slags is tied to 1880 Muirhead observations, and Wiechert in Gottingen unveils two large seismographs with a 17 ton horizontal pendulum and 2600 pound vertical unit for detecting earthquakes miles away.

Amercan Point Loma Sitka Pacific Coast Berlin Wireless Spark Telegraph Company Marconi Hallen Teneriffe Canary Islands Wiechert Gottingen Germany

Weeklies Raise Their Fates

The Jour nal and the Witness and Mining Times of Platteville announce a price increase from $1 to $1.50 a year starting January 1, 1908. Publishers cite higher costs for print paper ink and equipment as the reason and warn others may follow with higher rates.

Journal Witness and Mining Times Platteville

Resigning Colonel Tests Horse Before Leaving

A colonel ordered a horseback jaunt but found the horse would stand with no hitch. After confirming, the colonel returned to his quarters and completed his resignation.

Fie Cleveland Plain Dealer

Women Auto Drummers Signal Private Auto Sales Craze

A New York observation notes women drummers profit from private automobile sales. A progressive girl describes friends in new gowns selling cars, linking contracts with auto firms for commission and driving purchases among wealthy social circles. The piece cites market schemes and fashion incentives behind the trend.

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