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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1914
Page
7
Simeon Ford once ran the Grand Union Hotel and was a national humorist. In response to a Boston Herald question he recalled a hotel tale about a bill of fare notice and a guest asking if it applied to false teeth.
A vintage advertisement touts Resinol Ointment for raw itchy and scaly skin with quick relief and healing. It claims the product soothes sores immediately and cites doctors prescribing it for 19 years and wide druggist availability.
A Houston Post item notes a full-grown elephant yields 120 pounds of ivory worth 300 dollars. The piece frames the ivory’s monetary value as a surprising fact with a light tone.
Two Irish immigrants Mathew Dorsey and Wolf Tone Cassidy quarrel over a stray Thanksgiving turkey on their Harlem cliffside, sparring until a Salvation Army lieutenant intervenes. After a dramatic confrontation and a costly brawl, they end the day with a plan to share the meal and mock-heroically vow future peace.
C P Heindel of Charlotte spoke on interchanging ledger experiences as about fifty concerns attended. J R Finley of North Wilkesboro was elected president with C F Tomlinson of High Point and F S Lambeth of Thomasville as vice presidents and J T Ryan of High Point as secretary treasurer. An executive committee of seven and a traffic committee of three will be named. The group discussed expanding foreign business and opening new markets during the war. W A Thomas of Statesville toured South America to study conditions and report back.
At the annual session the conference announced a laymen committee to nominate boards for the next quadrennium. Members include E M Lydia Asheville and G R Hoey Shelby among others, marking a democratic shift. The Methodist Mutual Fire Insurance Company reported $100 000 in force, praising rapid growth since its recent organization.
In a Greensboro quarterly meeting merchants voted to hold a city cotton exhibition soon likely on December 10. Speeches were delivered by A. W. McAlister E. H. Anderson J. J. Stone Cey McLean R. C. Bernau J. M. Hendrix and R. E. Steele among others.
Rev W B Allen rector of Grace Episcopal Church has been chosen by Bishop J M Horner as general missionary for the Asheville district. The appointment was announced recently and he will depart soon for an extended Eastward trip to promote missions in the district.
Buncombe County will wrap up Community Service Week with a rally in Asheville where farmers and families from all parts of the county are expected to attend. Mayor J E Rankin will preside as the general committee coordinates invitations and attendance. Newbern oyster catches rise with better quality and larger quantities as local dealers sell many bushels daily after previously relying on distant sources.
An advertisement warns against calomel for liver cleansing and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable alternative. It claims calomel causes sickness, bone necrosis, and weakness, urging readers to try the 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee and noting widespread use.
A compendium of early New York history notes the first white houses on Manhattan by Adrian Block and the 45 Broadway bronze plate. It traces the city’s growth from a modest camp to a modern metropolis with vast real estate value and global influence. It also notes ancient coin counterfeiting methods uncovered by the University of Pennsylvania museum, including clay molds and molten metal casts used in 313 to 367 A D.
A light London boarding house scene shows an American tourist insisting on tea and dinner while asking for a hot water bottle. The cockney maid gleefully mishears and offers to eat the bottle instead. The exchange captures playful wordplay and cultural clash.
A Newport News chief of police endorses Elixir Babek for chills fever and malaria after twenty years of use. The ad promotes Babek at 50 cents from Kloczew ski & Co. and Babek Liver Pills at 8 or 5 cents per unit.
In a brisk New York Weekly-type aside a widow's marriage unfolds quickly after her daughter's baby starts to speak. A neighbor recalls the haste to wed before the child learns to say grandma.
A modest maid questions a major about the meaning of a kiss in a conservatory. The major answers with playful humor as the exchange escalates into a light math pun. She finally declares that a kiss is nothing divided by two.
Rev Alexander Sha of the Presbyterian church in Columbus Ohio returned from a two month vacation abroad and found mice had eaten his universal peace sermon stored in his desk. The sermon was an earnest plea for universal peace delivered before he left.
Astoria safe remedy for infants and children bears long history of use. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted stomach ache relief and gentle soothing tonic.
A quick exchange centers on stamps with one quip noting that stamps are on every tongue tip and another retort highlighting common interest in philately. The brief dialogue captures a playful moment about stamp collecting.
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