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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1903
Page
4
A discussion notes that the little reddish two cent stamp has been unsatisfactory and will be replaced by a more artistic design. The new stamp eliminates rival flags, enlarges Washington as the main figure, and improves legibility.
The article describes European double-deck street cars with many having the upper deck roofed or open. Upper decks are typically divided by a central aisle with seating on both sides and accessed by a semicircular stairway. It notes a large volume of common stock and a decline in dividends last year across the street railway sector.
Mrs Rosa Adams niece of the late General Roger Hanson extolls Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and energy to the point of renewed vigor and regularity after illness. The letter from Louisville Ky praises the remedy as a boon to sick women and endorses its continued use.
Woman seeking guidance on health issues is urged to write to Mrs Pinkham for free, kind, understanding treatment. The notice emphasizes thousands of women aided and the Lynn address.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarra Cure as the only positive cure for Catarra, claiming it cures in all stages through constitutional treatment and offering to pay $100 for any case it fails to cure. Also mentions other products and assorted notices including a gin house description and weathered testimonials.
A little English vicar from Hexton, amid clashes with Bishop Potter, explains how sermons can backfire. In a Fifth Avenue cafe he cites a miser whose response to a charity sermon is to consider becoming a beggar, illustrating unintended effects of rhetoric.
Signor Boni heads excavations to reveal the colossal Domitian equestrian statue pedestal found near the Forum center. The base measures forty by twenty by ten feet, with traces of bronze sockets and horse feet indicating a much larger statue once stood here. The site sits between Basilica Pauli and Basilica Julia, behind the Temple of Vespasian, confirming early Forum topography. Also: canary care tips and a note on a fatal Biddeford drowning tied to legend of the Saco River curse.
A Brunswick man found a hollow egg shaped growth on a tree that no one has classified. The object is about the size of a football with a wood shell about a quarter inch thick and its odd formation has sparked much comment among passersby.
Blood and skin ailments including cancers, itching, ulcers, eczema, scrofula and rheumatism are claimed cured by Botanic Blood Balm B B. Sold by Druggists for 1 per bottle. Free sample via mail from B Loop Bam Co Atlanta Ga. Describe trouble and receive advice in a sealed letter.
Sir Oliver Lodge argues that physical science methods apply to spiritual phenomena and telepathy, noting other scientists like Wallace Crookes James and Lang who engaged with spiritualism and Mrs. Piper. The New York Commercial Advertiser cites these views amid debate over occult inquiry and pseudoscience.
The Canadian plan of preferential tariffs in favor of Great Britain and the British colonies is being adopted in South Africa. A Bernese man had an odd night ending with him falling into a bears pit in Berne. He slept unharmed among the bears and was rescued next morning using ropes and a ladder.
Mr Jacob Fleig of 44 Sumner Avenue Brooklyn writes that at seventy five he is a new man thanks to a remedy. The letter mentions catarrhal inflammation of the kidneys or Brights disease, described as acute or chronic. A book on catarrh is offered free by The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Q.
A Denver Post quip notes a back East poet wishing to be the belt that clasps a lady’s waist would feel embarrassed learning she bought it at a bargain sale for 19 cents.
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