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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
1
Full front display for clothing and millinery with bargains on suits dresses hats at W E Hay Burlington North Carolina. Travel 100 miles to trade advertised as money saving for shoppers. Quoted line from Morgan Sill in Harper's Weekly is included.
In a New York Central Office ordeal, the famed pickpocket known as Jimmy the Lift confronts detectives Brannan and a stern Captain over the Harbison case. Identified as the slayer’s suspect, he narrowly escapes via a handcuff break and flees into Bowery night, leaving authorities puzzled and relieved.
A Chicago News letter from Johannesburg lampoons local price chaos. Fresh eggs from Ma deira roasteries fetch $1.08 a dozen, new-laid eggs range $1.70 to $1.90 a dozen, mutton costs thirty cents a pound, fowls $2 each, and turkeys about $15 each, highlighting widespread affordability concerns.
A brief notice from the New York Press notes a widow experiences a quip about the sparkle leaving a wife head and partly returning as she moves through widowhood, reflecting social sentiment in a concise quip.
The Galveston News notes wonders in the great Northwest but asserts Texas leads the far West in material, industrial, and historic changes. It praises half a century of development and calls Texas a new record for progress among western regions.
The Boston Herald recaps Treasury figures on January 31 showing $1,000 notes outstanding total $73,515,500 across various series. It notes the dominance of $10 bills by far, then $5 and $20, with the largest bulk of ones and twos in silver certificates and most tens in United States notes. Only a few high denominations exist beyond the thousand dollar bill.
A Turkish healer proposes a universal remedy for all diseases based on the idea that changing clothes refreshes the body. He describes a theory that frequent wardrobe changes, with garments tailored to specific illnesses, can rid a person of any ailment.
The sermon by Dr. Roderick Terry in New York argues for establishing a true spiritual life on the revealed faith. He stresses contending for the faith once delivered to the saints, building daily upon its foundation, praying in the Holy Ghost, and keeping in God’s love while awaiting eternal life.
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