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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1888
Page
6
The observer describes a crowded one story venue on a major street with a circular gallery and floor pits for audience seating. Performers include male actors in disguise as women. a revolving stage and simple machinery move scenes as a blind beggar story unfolds with a brutal innkeeper murder and a dramatic ghost finale.
A St Paul Press excerpt recounts a trip near Fort Berthold where four Indians vanish and reappear, leading the narrator into a hidden Mandan cave. The cavern hosts a lone, scalpless artist who carved snake motifs and claimed a legendary underground passage linked to a serpent spirit.
In Accomac Virginia a private upper-story draw game at a house ends when a woman appears armed with a hatchet and berates players for cheating her husband. She hurls the hatchet, routs the players, and pockets the stakes totaling about 15 dollars before returning home with her husband.
A groom saves a life changing gift at a wedding when the room admires a top present. The man steals back after three hours to burn the coal order, crying saved from beggary and ruin. Solomon’s wisdom and a joke about a man with 700 wives close the tale.
An Albany observer recalls an overnight misdirection in pine woods near Brisbane road. With no fire or means to signal, a horse’s instinct guided them seven miles to John Fletcher’s farm where warm shelter awaited. The writer notes the mystery of the animal’s sense endures.
Bobby teases sister Clara about not staying out past midnight. Clara confirms with father’s rule that she never stays later than quarter to twelve because saloons close at twelve.
An advertisement extols Piso's Remedy for Catarrh as the best cheapest and easiest cure for nasal d iscomfort and offensive breath. It targets dizziness indigestion eye inflammation headache and general indisposition promising rapid relief and social relief from the disease.
A dialogue about timber scarcity in Michigan shows a state senator quizzing Mr. Palmer on timber availability. The exchange ponders vast standing timber and long supply potential, hinting at policy questions about resource use and infrastructure.
A carpenter reports years of poor health improved by Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery after trying other remedies with little relief. He claims the tonic builds up and strengthens the system and credits his renewed energy to the medicine. The account reads as a testimonial style endorsement.
A Chicago dime museum presents an exhibit centered on a girl wearing size 32 shoes. The display attracts very little attention and significance remains limited.
A chaotic recount shows Mrs Peters suffering illness and failed remedies until miraculous pellets, labeled as Dr Pierc P purgatives, allegedly cured her. The tale frames pills powders and cures as ineffective before the pellet remedy allegedly worked.
A local note reports a woman praising Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs claiming it stops coughs instantly. It notes druggists offer a free sample bottle and that large bottles cost cents and dollars.
Dr J B Comps Owensville Ohio reports four hereditary long disease patients treated with Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver and Hypophosphites show marked improvement. Cough chest pain rapid breathing fever and emaciation eased. Weight gain to 28 pounds noted. no further medicine required.
The narrator urges customers to seek Ivory Soap for shampoo to avoid counterfeit white soaps claimed to be as good. Barbers explain they suffer from fake products and scalp diseases caused by inferior soaps. Emphasizes insisting on genuine Ivory Soap to ensure safety.
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