30 Nov 1899
Page 1
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1899
Page
1
A long fragmentary tale recounts a blind man mocked and starved by neighbors, culminating in a brutal winter death and ravens feeding on his body. The text shifts to unrelated health notes and curious museum curiosities, including breathing through the nose and a cash article about fruit box counts.
A retro farming column covers feeding cows for cream quality, barnyard stock, and poultry litter. It advises on milk temperatures, hay seeds in feed, and the value of hay in poultry yards, plus tips for small hog farming and efficient sow management for multiple litters each year.
A four by two by eighteen inch box makes a compact window seat and storage for children's cambric frocks, with cover options in cretonne denim sateen and other fabrics. Also tips on bed airflow and ventilation, sleeping positions, and avoiding drafts. Cleaning, restoring furniture, and varnish techniques are outlined, plus simple recipes for Sabayon Nut Drops and Marshmallow Wadding.
The Alfred Corning Clarke Neighborhood House opens in New York City at Rivington and Cannon streets. A five story salmon brick building offers a boys gym and drill room with swimming pool, a girls and babies floor with nurseries and sewing classes, a day nursery for working mothers, and a library with a 350 seat lecture hall. Admission is formal with fees. only the “elect” join. Tea and crackers replace alcohol, and roof garden hosts weekly entertainments. The project memorializes a public spirited philanthropist.
The prose describes how inhabitants of Procida Bay of Naples manufacture a fine gut from silkworm stomachs. The process, from selecting mature worms to extracting the gut and stretching it, is labor intensive and export oriented. Prices average 150 lire per kilo, with seasonal quality differences and risks in worm viability. The island is small but commercially significant, with 14,000 people and a busy harbor supporting coasting trade.
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