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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
6
A mother asks eight year old Fred to illustrate the twenty third Psalm. He draws a shepherd and green pasture then scatters presents of his enemies with a toy gun train cars and marbles causing a clatter as quiet gives way to mischief.
A Minnesota family recounts how their mother’s second attempt at brewing Postum, longer and stronger, produced a satisfactory drink. The father, once coffee addicted and dyspeptic, now drinks Postum daily and thrives. children also benefit. The story cites Postum Co., Battle Creek, Michigan, and mentions The Road to Wellville.
Narrative recounts Samuel Colt's early submarine telegraph ideas tested near Fire Island, his insulation method with beeswax cotton yarn and asphaltum, and how General Zachary Taylor's 1000 revolvers order redirected Colt from cables to firearm manufacture, delaying transatlantic cable progress.
A Philadelphia woman travels to New York, leaves a fifty-dollar bill in her bag on a Pullman seat, and a neighboring passenger steals it while she naps. The two women part amicably in New York, and back home the wife discovers she has spent the money, thinking it remained at home.
The 1875 encounter of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and ex U S marshal Isaiah Rhynders reframes their feud. They exchange views, recall past fights over fugitive slaves, and form a respectful, reflective bond as the era’s tensions fade.
Reminiscences recount how John Brougham, famed Irish actor and playwright, reflected on fate in a New York study in 1877. He cites London Assurance's fortune favoring Dion Boucicault while he earned little, and describes a failed late dream to stage Little Nell and the Marchioness by a California actress. He died at 70 three years later with an unsigned manuscript unfinished.
A Ragged girl, seeking her soldier lover, wandered across Hungary’s central plain for 200 miles. She was found in a fresh grave near Gross Wardein and revived by a doctor. After learning her lover balked at her condition, she planned to end her life and bury herself alive.
The text notes that upon Quaker arrival in 1682 the area was inhabited only by the Delawares who had recently suffered defeat by the Five Nations and were compelled to submit to being called women under a treaty terms.
A short vignette from Youth's Companion recounts Augustus Johnson misreading a clock. The boy insists the time is eight o'clock though the employer notes it will be twenty minutes to, highlighting imperfect lessons in time and observation.
In a parish tale a young curate learns the perils of overreliance on a single Bible. A veteran minister recounts how feminine mementos accidentally appear in the church book, prompting the curate to adopt a second Bible for home study.
A Kentucky woman credits Doan's Kidney Pills with stopping back ache dizziness and improved kidney function after doctors warned of gravel. The ad cites Mrs. F L Stewart of Princeton and notes the product is sold by druggists and stores at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Hicks' Carupinz claims to relieve aching and feverishness from colds, cure the cold, and restore normal conditions. It is a liquid with immediate effects advertised in 10c, 26c, and 50c sizes at drug stores.
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