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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
4
Household advice from The Home Journal covers painting a boys room over wallpaper wit decor guidance on wicker chairs and easy wall cleaning with stale bread. It also offers dusting tips, window flower boxes to repel flies, lace washing hacks and a Victorian recipe for fruit cake and sponge.
The piece describes exclusive boot shining rights in new large office buildings commanding rents from 1460 to 2000 dollars yearly. A single operator paid 1500 dollars for ten chairs, with some owners asking 2000 dollars, making chair maintenance and daily shines a crucial factor. It explains per-chair economics, estimates 25 cents per shine and about 40 to 45 cents daily upkeep, arguing the business hinges on high-volume daily shines to cover rent.
A farmer describes intensive strawberry growing on one acre in 1897 using cowpeas, manure, ash, and fertilizer. He reports a large yield of over 10,000 quarts sold locally and $506.10 revenue, plans to replant with Clyde and Brandywine varieties, and has two more acres planted for 1900.
A confidential note recalls a friend urging a U S Senate run and a public figure acknowledging a cautious, strategic move by supporters and enemies to remove him from his current post. The exchange hints at manipulation and political maneuvering affecting a potential candidacy.
Product and ad snippets mix with health claims and cures. References include Foot Ease powder for tight shoes, No-To-Bac tobacco cure, Bise's Cure for consumption, and Hall's Catarrh Cure. Mentions Ex-Senator Smith in Berlin and local sample requests.
A historical note describes Mire Winslow's soothing remedy for teething in children. It claims to ease gums, reduce inflammation, and relieve pain, mentioning relief from wind colic and discomfort for babies.
Reading notes describe two artifacts linked to John Franklin and Admiral Keppel. One is Arctic expedition relics donated by a widow via Joseph Smith’s secretary and passed to Rev J J Smith. The other is a damask table cloth and dinner napkins ordered by Lord Phormond for a Keppel tribute dinner.
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