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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1892
Page
1
A dubious English contest offers prizes up to five hundred dollars for questions about dental care and teeth. It proclaims fairness, urges entries from the public, and promises various rewards including watches and dress patterns. The scheme targets readers with assurances of legitimate prize funds and national participation.
Report says a West with Ta onty company of women directors plans a nationwide breadmaking machine. The device would be operated by women and produce loafs with perfect shape, feeding ingredients in, printing and publishing speed. The New York World notes the project and its automatic opening mechanism and cleaning brushes.
In a lengthy missive dated September 17 1822 Z B Vance appeals to North Carolina voters urging support for the Democratic party over Republicans and a third party threat. He argues the Republican platform benefits special interests and warns that a third party could hand power to Harrison and the Republicans while praising Democratic principles and urging farmers and laborers to resist divisive movements.
The piece argues that protectionist policy harms production and exchange by raising costs through bad roads tolls and tariffs. It uses farming as an example, asserting surplus corn requires markets and transport to prosper. It equates high duties to robbers and asserts free trade expands overall prosperity for most people.
A quotation attributed to David A. Wells notes that in industry every man seeks a good deal and aims to sell as little as possible, reflecting tensions between producer gains and market efficiency. The line appears in the American Journal of Politics.
The passage argues that McKinley era tariffs protect the cordage trust and raise prices for farmers. It charges Democrats would pursue tariff reform to end monopoly effects and tax the consumer burden, while governing without favoring cordage or lumber interests. It warns Republicans block reform to preserve revenue and trust profits.
The article discusses reviving coal transport by purified coal slurry in water via underground pipes. It claims pipe lines cut transport costs versus rail, with a four inch rope delivering over 300 tons daily, a twelve inch pipe delivering 1 ton, and a twenty four inch pipe capable of 25 000 tons per twenty four hours from thirty miles apart depending on grade.
A regiment tested a novel aluminum alloy footwear and horseshoe material. Finnish Dragoons observed practical use as horseshoes for several horses, with one mule shod in slumigua and the other with standard gear. After six weeks on stoep roads, the slumium shoes wore better and lasted longer. Trenton ( J.) Americas.
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