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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1891
Page
3
The piece surveys global pastimes among tribes and islanders, from the Warau whip dance in Guiana to Araucanian hair pulling, Sandwich Islanders swimming feats, and Fiji swinging, noting these vivid sports are dying out as modern civilization encroaches.
Demetrio Jauregui and six companions occupied a plantation residence near El Carrizo in Jalisco triggering a dawn siege by Col Jurrea and Lieut Celso Gomez. After exchanges of fire, Jauregui died in the attic while a soldier died at his hand and four soldiers were killed. The gang had terrorized planters with robberies abductions and murders.
An elderly teller recalls Thompson and his famous colt from Canton Illinois. The tale explains the saying as foolish as Thompson's colt and notes the trader's downfall. The column also comments on thrift and invention with aphorisms about economy and necessity.
Dr. Horatio Wood challenged the idea that chloroform ends life after respiration stops. He praised nitrous oxide as the safest, with one death in 50 000. Ether hailed safer than chloroform. fresh air should be mixed with ether. He cited resuscitation after two minutes of stopped respiration and circulation and warned against alcohol and digitalis. Artificial respiration lasting hours aided recoveries.
Dr Hoxsie advertises a croup cure that allegedly prevents pneumonia diphtheria and membranous croup with no rival. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt of five cents. Address A P Hoxsie Buffalo New York.
A proverb-like observation notes that bell sounds do not predict a cow's milk output. The remark contrasts aurally based cues with actual dairy yield data, implying unpredictability in livestock productivity.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a top laxative and mild diuretic with pleasing taste and eye appeal. It emphasizes ease of use, stomach acceptance, and healthy effects in this era of material progress.
A countrified couple on a northbound train share a humorous exchange over a box of carrymets. Obediah claims the sweets, jokes about how they grew, and finally asserts the papers are the shins, revealing playful miscommunication and a light rural tale. The column closes with an unrelated ad tease about Dr Kline’s nerve remedy and a proverb about hearing birds in caves.
An advertisement asserts Erreham's Pitts cures sick headache and promotes a hearing cure for deafness caused by catarrh. It claims a 100 dollar reward for any case not cured by Hal's Catarrh Cure and offers circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The note ends with a statistic on world ore outcrop.
The passage questions the value of remedies and doctors while acknowledging some favor for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It invites readers to try them and demands a refund if there is no improvement, asserting the need for discernment between effective and ineffective treatments.
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