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Newspaper

Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1903

Page

4

Hair Vigor Promises Color Back To Gray Hair

Ayer s Hair Vigor claims to restore natural color to gray hair and may thicken and promote growth while reducing hair loss priced at $1.09 per bottle and available at druggists. A Brunswick man reports a curious hollow wood growth found on a local tree in Maine drawing attention for its unusual football sized shell. Aggregated ages total 898 years across twelve people at a Wilton New Hampshire birthday gathering. Signor Boni excavates Domitian statue base in Rome Forum, detailing pedestal dimensions and surrounding structures, confirming Forum topography for the first century. A jam recipe uses fin halves, currants, raisins, citrus, and sugar to yield a delicious relish for cold meats.

Brunswick Forum Stattus’ Silve Signor Boni Domitian Pauii Julia Vespasian

Deer Tracked Into Vienna Suburb Dies of Fright

A hungry wild deer descended from snow covered hills into a Vienna suburb. It was chased by residents and died from fright after entering the residential area.

Vienna

Curse Legend Linked to Biddeford River Drownings

A drowning at Biddeford Maine evokes a local river curse from a historic tale of the Saco river. The legend says every year must claim at least three white victims after a papoose was thrown from a Narrows cliff. Already two fatalities occurred this summer.

Biddeford Saco

Dean's Kidney Pills Route to Kidney Health Highlighted

A Sherman Texas reader recounts back pain and leg ache blamed on kidneys, recounting a medical visit and a doctor’s $50 cure offer. The testimonial claims Dean's Kidney Pills directly target kidneys, easing early trouble signs from the back and bladder with rapid, reliable relief.

Dean

The French Recruits and Other Notices

The French army recruiting for 1904 shows 196000 accepted, down from 233000 in 1903 due to stricter conscript exams. An unrelated ad offers 100 dollars reward for cataract cure failures by Hains Catarra Cure. Testimonials vouch for Fr J Cheney’s reliability. Hall’s Catarrh Cure claims blood and mucous surface action, with testimonials and prices. Generations of compositors in the Tren ton Republican Tribune office are named Allen family members.

Catarra Hail J. Cazner & Co Toledo Fr. J. Cheney Wear & Tavax Kinnax Manxyix Wholesale Druggista Hall All Druggista Trenton Republican Tribune Allen C. A. Allen Thomas Mabel

Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Claims Cure

An advertisement touts FITS permanently cured with Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and a $2 trial bottle plus treatise offered by Dr B H Kurve Ltd. The jumble of product pitches includes butter color in creameries, June Tint Bor color, Pasteur Institute plans in New Orleans, and various medical cures with names and locations.

Kline B.H. Kurve, Ltd Arch St Phila New Orleans

A Young Clerk's Advice and Garrett's Desk

W A Garrett rose from clerk to president of railroads, recalling a clerk who urged keeping a full desk to appear busy. Garrett chose a cleared desk, now earning about 12000 a year while his former adviser earns sixty dollars monthly. The Philadelphia Press notes this story alongside a proverb about unseen promise.

Tragedy in the Caucasus A father kills son on church threshold

Ivan Aslamazoff of Bayandour Caucasus claimed a divine command after a dream of St John and God. He killed his seven month old son at the church threshold, saying the infant would be a sacrifice to restore his health. He was once arrested and defended by locals who saw him as saintly. The story quotes the New York Herald with the remark on pleasure being a fleeting bubble.

P Casant Bayandour Caucasus Ivan Aslamazoff St. John God Abishty Ivan Aslamazoff New York Herald

Fremantle Magistrates Free Stowaways After Fines

Western Australia Fremantle magistrates fined five stowaways three pounds each but refused imprisonment unless the captain guaranteed jail costs. As he refused the stowaways were released. Judges said shipping companies bear costs and ships should be searched more thoroughly before departure.

Fremantle Western Australia London Daily Chronicle

The Crown and Sceptre Elopement Mix-Up

A vivid excerpt from Ralph Henry Barbour's story The Crown and Sceptre in Lippincott's November issue features a distinctly Irish mood and a chaotic elopement mix-up that unsettles the social scene.

Ralph Henry Barbour W November Lippincott

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