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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1893
Page
6
The document asserts Virginia is not liable to cyclone visitations. It estimates working age as twenty to sixty years and counts only male workers. It states that 440 persons in the country live on the labor of every 100 workers.
The report states aluminum will be used for accoutrements arms and equipment where feasible. It claims infantry soldiers will carry about fifty seven pounds instead of slightly more than six hundred eighty four pounds, easing load.
Professor Koenig of the Michigan Mining School announces a superior marble deposit near Avondale Pennsylvania. Specimens drilled with a diamond point were tested for fineness and durability, and he reports the marble surpasses Carara and Paros, perhaps the best in the world.
A historical excerpt outlines Afghan peoples as uncivilized in national cohesion yet individually courageous. It notes fierce, bloodthirsty traits and a lack of central authority beyond personal, temporary leadership within clans and tribes.
A new enterprise emerges as railroad damage suits are farmed out. Lawyers offer defense and settlement services for death and property loss, promising relief to road officers. The practice, likened to insurance, yields profit as several lines adopt the model with roads of about 300 miles paying around sixty five thousand dollars yearly.
London Truth argues that German control of Alsace and Lorraine blocks disarmament and that Europe is split into two armed blocs. It notes Salisbury backed the Triple Alliance, contrasts a Franco Russian dual alliance, and urges restoration of French provinces. It also hints at annexation of Holland as a price for peace depending on the Dutch queen’s fate.
Rev. John Gmei ner describes the tertiary age and the great cretaceous sea, its decline into inland lakes, and the rise of the western continent. He details glacial advances, climate change, and the extinction of megafauna, noting humans emerge as the final chapter in Earth's long history.
The Mexican Giant's Causeway, called the Palisades Regla by locals, lies ten miles northeast of Pachuca Hidalgo. A branch of the Vera Cruz Railway provides access. The basalt columns form regular pentagonal tiers, similar to Ireland's famous site, with over 10,000 columns standing 25 to 100 feet tall.
A York county family faces a deadly scare when a three year old girl handles two copperheads near the home. The mother keeps calm, retrieves the snakes, but the snakes turn aggressive forcing the family into the house. Both snakes are killed and the mother remains bedridden from shock.
Anne L. Pierce recalls the Longfellow house at 487 Congress Street in Portland built by General Wadsworth and later tied to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It preserves original features such as carved shutters chairs and a sun table where Rainy Day was written. Mrs. Pierce notes repairs and a nearby house fire that highlighted the era's days.
The Detroit Free Press notes high costs of training cadets in various navies. It cites Annapolis cadets costing about 800 dollars per year and 248 cadets with 102 instructors aboard Britannia at Dartmouth costing 200000 annually. It adds Royal Naval College Greenwich running costs about 250000 yearly with per-officer instruction around 1650 dollars.
In Tallulah Falls Georgia Greorge Moore about twenty years old crafted a full violin using only a pocket knife and poll ax. He then learned to play and entertains guests at a local hotel with his music, impressing by self taught skill.
A medieval dictionary copy created by Chinese scholars in 1109 B C remains preserved in Celestials archives. The document showcases early Chinese linguistic effort and is kept among ancient manuscripts for study by researchers.
A Roxborough woman who bought an axe from George Davis in Manayunk in another era claimed a lifetime warranty. After a crowd backed her, the two Davis brothers honored the guarantee by exchanging her worn blade for a new axe, symbolizing a long-ago pledge fulfilled.
A reader explains how to estimate thunderstorm distance by timing lightning and thunder. By counting seconds between flash and sound, and knowing lightning travels about 1,100 feet per second, one can compute miles to the storm center. Example shows 9 seconds equaling roughly 33,000 feet or about six and a half miles.
Report says a Maltese sailor acted with gallantry at sea during a collision between the Victoria and Camperdown. Off duty, he ran to close watertight doors and aided the crew, keeping the vessel from sinking. Admiralty to recognize his selfless action with promotion and a pension.
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