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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1889
Page
7
A fragment from a 19th century advertisement promotes a claimed remedy for lung disease and epilepsy. It touts success for hereditary lung illness and promises a sample bottle and treatise to readers who mail their addresses. The page notes public notices and mentions the late French artist Cabanel.
An Indianapolis Journal piece condemns narcotics use among women, arguing opium laudanum and morphine resemble a disease more than vice. It details symptoms, methods to obtain drugs, treatment failures, and the rise of bromide and other hypnotics like antipyrin and chloral.
A Maine fisherman recounts a red squirrel leaping aboard his boat while anchored off Moosehead in Lewiston Journal style narration. The animal paddled, rode the stern, then scampered up a spruce tree, apparently seeking scraps, and vanished by day's end as an old guide noted the creature’s deliberate crossing timing.
The article describes Barbadoes as a dense yet healthy British West Indies island with 180 000 people, 25 by 14 miles, linked by cable, sugar export, English dialect, strong garrison, rich tropical fruits, and a temperate year round climate from 75 to 88 degrees. It notes proximity to St Vincent and resorts for winter travel. Jefferson Davis’s county named Harrison is mentioned as a curious fact.
An ad offers a $125 organ given away to the first sender of $1 for a 24 packet seed offer. It lists flower and vegetable seeds including beans peas cabbage turnip beet tomato celery pepper and more. The note urges readers to mail back payment and order details with seeds to be shipped by freight.
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