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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
4
A cabinet officer expects a formal statement from Mr. I about a third of the telephone system installation. The delay may push back fleet actions planned for January. In Potsdam, Prince Charles of Thurn and Taxis was killed while sliding down banisters in his regiment mess room.
A Census Bureau bulletin shows the South surpassed New England in manufacturing power at year end 1904 with 14.64 million horse power. Steam engines supplied 73.9 percent overall, Southern states leading in regional power use while Middle and Central States ranked first and second.
Georgia banker William S Whitman declared the South’s cotton crop will dominate world commerce this season. He argued farmers harvest billions of bushels of grain, sugar, rice, and provide feed, steel, and iron exports across 47 states to back cash payments and capitalizing banks, presenting a new view of Southern wealth.
A natural conclusion hints Father-Young Smollet plans to become a preacher while Robby aims to be a doctor. The dialogue references future study topics including anatomy as Robby asks about stomach contents. May Lippincott's.
A Bristol Herald correspondent muses on preferences between the concert singer and the operatic variety and notes the press has found a salt river in Greece. The writer then questions who is the Honorable William Jennings Bryan in that country.
An old coffee drinker can quit coffee and switch to Postum with no morning bitterness. Well boiled Postum served with cream allegedly tastes like fine Java and eases the withdrawal, with a claimed transformation in the body within ten days as caffeine is replaced by a nourishing liquid food. Real “The Mead to Wellville” in packs, “There’s a Reason.”
The article argues national highway aid is essential for farmers to market year round, lowering living costs, reducing price swings, and diminishing strikes. It cites W P Brownlow and notes bad roads waste $1,500,000 daily, hurting national life while good roads would improve commerce, social fabric, and moral standards. It closes with satirical quips about a Creek chief and other quotes.
Official figures from Washington show Texas has 121 409 miles of public roads, the nation’s largest state. Only 2128 miles are improved with 1909 gravel surfacing, 167 stone, and 52 shells. Improved roads account for 17.1 percent. One mile of road per 25 inhabitants, and one improved road per 1432 people. Between ages 18 and 45, all able-bodied males must perform up to five days of road work annually.
The people of the whole South are learning that an expenditure for good roads from the country to the towns is a good investment for the whole country. It develops the resources of the county as nothing else will in so great a measure. The people's money cannot be put to better use, with the certainty to get back satisfactory returns.
B Frank Doremus a Roosevelt Ave Indianapolis veteran describes severe kidney trouble after military service in 1897. He details headaches dizziness sleep loss dropsy and leg swelling that led doctors to consider amputation. After using Doan's Kidney Pills the swelling subsided urine normalized and pain vanished. He has been well for nine years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A Richmond Journal quips that a verbal pyromaniac is a hot air artist. such figures cannot be sent to the Home of Incurables and are instead dispatched to legislative assemblies.
Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co Toledo sworn as senior partner, promising ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each catarrh case uncured by Hart s Catarrh Cure. Notice cites testimonials, price 75c, pills for constipation, and a jab about Roosevelt.
A year of constant itching and sleepless nights ends after using Cuticura Soap Resolvent Pills. Walter W. Paglush of Chicago reports complete cure, detailing purchase and relief. Also referenced are other ads and quack cures from the era.
A persuasive piece urging women to guard health by addressing feminine organ disorders. It warns that neglect can threaten marriage and life, urging immediate use of a tonic with specific powers to rebuild energy, alleviate fatigue, backache, headaches, and other symptoms.
Criminal proceedings are started against Maxim Gorkey for his novel Mother which has been confiscated. Four people died in a collision between a freight train and a work train on the Seaboard Air Line near Alamo Georgia. The Duchess of Marlborough Acting Consul Vanderbilt will visit America next month.
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