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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1892
Page
7
A collage of humdrum and remarkable vignettes from river life to odd court cases. Reading details cover a floating community of houseboats with fish meals and shared labor, a canine ownership dispute resolved by a singing dog, curious animal and nature stories, and local curiosities from Kansas City to Jersey.
Reliable recipes show simple home cooking using cold potatoes fried with onion and butter, parsley added during frying, and browned. A strawberry short cake method uses layered dough with butter between layers and sweet berries with cream. Dumplings from stale bread are stirred into veal or chicken stew to finish cooking before serving.
Public Opinion reports President Cornot's long day from 9 A M to 1 A M with meetings, dispatches, and decrees. He dines with family at 7, studies or writes by 9, and enjoys opera drama painting, with time for Fontainebleau sketches. He raised six sons to independent livelihoods.
A Maine family near Newcastle reports their dog drives alewives from tidal pools into shore. The dog chases into shallow net-like pools as tides fall, catches fish in its mouth without biting, and brings them ashore to be eaten as breakfast.
A collage of jokes and quips from 19th century humor pages. Sage gags about landlords ghosts and fruit jars mix with playful puts downs and punny one liners. Notable: a haunted house line and a meteorite insurance gag.
The War Department tests balloon trains for military use. A three wagon setup carries a balloon, hydrogen cylinders, and a basket. Balloons ascent in minutes, reach 2000 feet, and stay tethered by copper wire linked to ground telephones for direct communication. Observers monitor fortifications and send sketches. A captive camera balloon concept could photograph enemy lines automatically.
A Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt describes a Timpson Texas cobbler famed for reading Euripides Aristotle Kant and other classics. Surrounded by shoes and flowers he imagines ancient poets and orators visiting his shop as he hammers to the earth’s music.
The Mississippi flood leaves river sand deposits across fertile land, ranging from one inch to ten feet thick. In 1858 farmers in the American Bottom returned to their premises to find sand burying property, requiring years to regain productive soil. the current year may repeat this outcome according to the New York Journal.
The total quantity of gold shown in the United States from 1722 through 1890 is cited as $1,871,706,769 or more, exceeding the combined value of all money forms then in circulation, including paper, gold, and silver.
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